"'03 Bonnie and Clyde" is the fifth episode of the first season of Euphoria, and the fifth episode of the series overall. It was released on July 14, 2019 on HBO.[1]
- For the episode's transcript, see here.
Premise[]
In the aftermath of the carnival, Maddy and Nate are forced to deal with a police investigation. Jules begins to feel pressured by her role in Rue's sobriety. Kat ignores a confused Ethan and embraces her new lifestyle. Cassie tries to distance herself from Daniel and focus on her relationship with McKay. Cal worries about how his actions have affected his sons.
Plot[]
In her childhood, Maddy felt that everyone loved her. She did not know why, but it was something that gave her great confidence. She participated in beauty pageants, and her confidence could have led her to win Miss Universe if it had not been for a beauty coach who was arrested for molesting young girls. Maddy liked Nate before he asked her out. At first, their relationship was loving and sweet. He was a gentleman, and she liked to make him feel good in bed. However, things soon became toxic, so toxic to the point where he had choked her at the carnival when she asked him about the photos on his phone. But no matter what Nate did, Maddy would still love him.
Rue is missing drugs, but she decides to focus on Jules instead, almost obsessively. As she begins to pleasure herself, Leslie bursts into her room, causing a slightly awkward and strangely humorous exchange between the two. Things appear to be on the up for Rue with her mom, and their relationship is finally beginning to rekindle without the wall of drugs between them.
Unable to hide the raw red marks across her neck, Maddy's abuse is discovered at school when she passes out in class due to her rough weekend. Given her molly incident at the carnival and inability to eat thanks to her comedown, she is called into the Principal's office, where she is asked if Nate is responsible for her bruising. Maddy doesn't admit anything, but Principal Hayes is determined. He proceeds to quiz various kids around campus on the events of the carnival before calling Nate (and Cal) into the office.
On the night of the carnival, Kat had an epiphany about men, prompting her confidence to sky-rocket. At the mall, Kat bumps into Trevor, the store clerk she had fantasized about. Trevor invites her to hang out, but Kat is still angry about Ethan. Sonia Perez, Maddy's mother, decides to press charges against Nate, much to the horror of her daughter. Cal, meanwhile, is told to speak to his son before doing anything else. He tells Nate to keep his head held high and not to pay attention to the people around him as he is marched out of school and into the local police station.
Upon withdrawing from school, Nate is seen by Rue and Jules, who then enter into a conversation where Jules asks Rue to stay quiet about her hook up with Cal. Rue asks Jules if Nate knows about it, and warns Jules about the danger of her situation. Rue then confesses her brief and embarrassing sexual history with a lack of meaningful emotion. Besides what she's feeling with Jules, she's never been in love.
Maddy is taken down to the police station as well, where she squares up to Detective Riley. After throwing a milkshake, her hoodie is forcibly removed, and multiple photos are taken of her bruises for evidence. In a room next door, Nate is interrogated, where he states that he grabbed Maddy by the arm but didn't choke her. He does tell the police she was high on MDMA, but it's not enough to prevent Nate from being suspended.
After a good talk with Ali at the rehab center about it, Rue admits the real truth to everyone in the rehab group. She wasn't clean all those times she said she was – it's actually only been 13 days. However, Jules is the one who's really helped her through this time. At a dinner at a restaurant, Jules is asked by David Vaughn, her father, if she has something with Rue. Rue texts Lexi, apologizing for not being a good friend. Cassie tells McKay about the dick pics that Nate had on his phone, which confuses McKay. In a flashback, Maddy tells Cassie that she will "come for her" if she says anything about the photos. Cassie and McKay proceed to have a sincere conversation, where he apologizes for having denied her to Nate, and tells her that he is proud to be her boyfriend. Kat and Trevor hang out, and she proposes that they have sex.
In the last five days, Maddy has sent Nate 273 text messages, to which none of he responded. She has an argument with Sonia, where she tells her that her relationship with Nate is nothing like her parents': that he would kill for her, and she for him. Upset, Maddy calls Kat, but Kat blows her off, saying she's with a friend (Trevor). In Trevor's car, Kat begins to suck him - he finishes quickly, but Kat leaves with a smile on her face. Later that night, Rue, Lexi, and Jules head to Moonlight Rollerway together, but as Lexi comments on Rue's euphoric mood, Jules freaks out and heads to the bathroom.
Cal heads back to the familiar hook up spot at the Travel Inn, but midway through his time with Minako, he has second thoughts. He talks to Mina about the rage his son is feeling and how scared he is that Nate will follow in his footsteps, wondering whether what he's doing affects him. While out driving, Maddy receives a text from Nate, telling her to meet him at the hotel off of Exit 27. Hopeful, she speeds up toward the rendezvous point where we ironically find out that it is the same hotel Cal left moments earlier. Nate and Maddy meet up and embrace while Rue falls asleep on a terrified Jules.
Credits[]
Cast[]
Crew[]
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Directed By Written By Created By
Executive Producers
Produced By Co-Producers Director of Photography Production Designers |
Edited By Music Composed By Casting By Unit Production Managers
First Assistant Director Second Assistant Director Costume Designer Supervising Editor Associate Producer Music Supervisor Consultants |
Quotes[]
| “ | Maddy knew who she was from a very early age. For as long as Maddy could remember everybody loved her. She never knew exactly what it was. She just knew that she had something special. Something intangible. Something measurable. It gave her confidence. That's why she loved pageantry. | ” |
| — Rue Bennett narrating over Maddy's backstory as a child pageant star[src] | ||
| “ | She quickly realized that there are two kinds of people in the world: the people who sit in the chairs with their feet in the footbath and the people who kneel in front of the footbath. | ” |
| — Rue's voiceover[src] | ||
| “ | It wasn't the violence that scared her. It was the fact that she knew no matter what he did, she'd still love him. | ” |
| — Rue narrating over Maddy and her confrontation with Nate at the carnival[src] | ||
Trivia[]
- The title of this episode is a reference to the 2002 Jay-Z and Beyoncé song "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" from his seventh studio album, The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse
- In "Trouble Don't Last Always", Rue reveals that she and Jules never actually got the inside of their lips tattooed, and that they only talked about getting the "RULES" tattoos.
- This is the only season one episode in which Angus Cloud did not appear as Fezco.
Soundtrack[]
| Song | Artist | Album | Scene |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucky Star | Madonna | Madonna | Young Maddy dancing onstage at pageant. |
| Maddy's Story | Labrinth | Euphoria (Original Score from the HBO Series) | Maddy's back story. Opening title sequence (INTRO). |
| Malamente | Rosalía | El Mal Querer | Rue masturbating. |
| Werkin Girls | Angel Haze | Reservation | Rue and Jules getting their "RULES" lip tattoo. |
| Preparing for Call | Labrinth | Euphoria (Original Score from the HBO Series) | Cal Jacobs is called by the school. |
| Kat's Denial | Labrinth | Euphoria (Original Score from the HBO Series) | Principal Hayes interrogating the students. Nate is taken out of the classroom by the principal and officers. |
| you should see me in a crown | Billie Eilish | WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? | Kat leaves for the mall; Kat walking thru the mall; Kat runs into Trevor at the mall. |
| Nate Growing Up (an edited version) |
Labrinth | Euphoria (Original Score from the HBO Series) | Nate withdrawing from school, followed by his parents. |
| Live or Die | Labrinth | Jules cries in bathroom. Rue & Jules talk about their "numbers" and Rue tells her sexual history. | |
| WTF Are We Talking For | Labrinth | Euphoria (Original Score from the HBO Series) | Rue is talking to Ali about Jules. |
| New Girl | Labrinth | Euphoria (Original Score from the HBO Series) | Jules has dinner with her dad; Rue rides her bike to Lexi's house. |
| Taru Tru | OHNO | Chips & Hennessy | McKay driving his car, hearing from Cassie about the dick pics. |
| So Icy Princess Intro | Asian Da Brat | So Icy Princess | Maddy sitting on her bed, looking at her phone waiting for Nate to text; (repeats) Maddy is driving, talking to Kat on her cell. |
| Run the Road | Santigold | I Don't Want: The Gold Fire Sessions | Kat gets out of Trevor's car; Rue, Julie and Lexi are rollerskating at the roller rink. |
| Fabric | CupcakKe | Eden | Mina (aka Minako) plays this on his phone in the hotel room. |
| Same Girl | Randy Newman | Trouble in Paradise | Jules, Rue & Lexi leave the skating rink & ride bikes. Kat with her mom. McKay and Cassie in bed. Maddy meeting Nate at hotel. Jules and Rue laying in bed. |
| Gallows | CocoRosie | Grey Oceans | End Credits. |
