![]() He knows acts of violence, no matter how warranted, will only end up ruining the life of his son, a Black boy in suburbia. ![]() In a vacuum, Frederick’s words make sense. ![]() This is why Frederick cautions his oldest child from feeling his emotions after being called the N-word during Pee Wee football. That is the legacy McKay’s dad Frederick (Cranston Johnson) wants for his son. Rather, he bottles them up just to allow them to erupt on the football field. However, Euphoria’s McKay doesn’t release his feelings through beautiful words. It’s nice to believe this McKay is a descendant of that McKay. McKay is the anchor character of “Next Episode.” Young McKay opens the episode yelling “America” by Harlem Renaissance poet Claude McKay. It’s time to dig into that complicated situation - and many more orbiting East Highland High. The same Cassie who is likely pregnant with McKay’s baby. Of course, we’re talking about the dorm room assault of Chris McKay (Algee Smith) and his subsequent terrible sex with Cassie Howard (Sydney Sweeney). The fact that “Episode” is the second episode in a row helmed by a woman also doesn’t hurt (this time, Bleed for This writer Pippa Bianco was in the director’s chair).īianco had to handle one of Euphoria’s most difficult scenes yet in a very difficult show. Halloween does tend to bring out the very best in Euphoria’s obsessions: beauty looks and teen parties. ![]() Sunday night’s “The Next Episode,” only improves upon that success with another difficult, but not mindlessly abusive, hour of television. Last week’s Euphoria, the painful and smart “‘03 Bonnie and Clyde,” stood out as the best episode in the HBO hit’s sometimes unnecessarily punishing first season. ![]()
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