Stuntin' Like My Daddy

Stuntin' Like My Daddy
Episode Information
Airdate	Jun 23, 2019
Written by	Sam Levinson
Directed by	Sam Levinson
Executive Producer	Sam Levinson Kevin Turen Ravi Nandan Drake Adel Nur Jim Kleverweis Ron Leshem Daphna Levin Hadas Mozes Lichtenstein Gary Lennon Mirit Toovi Tmira Yardeni Yoram Mokady
Run Time	1 HR 5 MIN
Episode Guide
Previous	Pilot
Next	Made You Look

Stuntin' Like My Daddy is the second episode of the first season of Euphoria, and the second episode of the series overall. It was released on June 23, 2019 on HBO.

For the episode transcript, see here.

Synopsis

On the first day of school, Rue's excited about her new friend Jules, but struggles to put the past behind her and gets herself into trouble at Fezco's. Nate becomes obsessed with Maddy's hookup, Tyler, while trying to get back together with her. Kat finds out a video of her has surfaced online. McKay takes the stress of college out on Cassie.

Plot

SPOILERS AHEAD

We begin by seeing a little boy watching his Dad’s homemade porn movies. This little boy slowly becomes driven to perfect his body, growing up to become the jock we met in the pilot episode, Nate. With a fair amount of male frontal nudity, we see his football life and blossoming relationship with Maddy over a slickly produced montage piece. We learn about Nate's hatred of male nudity, his anger issues, and his extreme overprotectiveness of Maddy.

The episode then cut back to see Rue and Jules begin to hit it off together the first day. As school picks up again after the summer, Rue is forced up on stage to talk about what she’s been up to during the break. The break she spent predominantly in rehab. After fumbling her words a little, she picks out one memory that starts well enough – singing a song in a car (Bobby Womack’s ‘Fly Me To The Moon’) – which quickly ends up devolving into her memories of a drug fueled, angry outburst at home. She runs off the stage and into the bathroom where she is lining up with a credit card, ready to use. After she hears a knock on the stall, she flushes the substance down the toilet. The person outside the stall turns out to be Lexi, who voices her upset at Rue's continued drug use.

Meanwhile in a cut scene with Rue and Jules at school, they walk past Maddy, Cassie, and BB, with BB mentioning Jules as well as Maddy hooking up with Tyler. Kat then walks up with them and it's revealed she lost her virginity. In biology class, she meets Ethan. Later at home, Kat then receives a text that causes her chest to tighten. It turns out when she lost her virginity at the party, it was recorded and put up on Pornhub for the world to see. She confronts Roy and Troy, who uploaded it, threatening to go to the police for distribution of child pornography. This leads Kat into the Principal Hayes's office where he asks her if she’s the girl from the videos. She accuses him of body shaming which makes him back pedal and promise to do everything in his power to find the culprit. At the cafeteria, a pep rally for the football team is given with all the characters present.

Nate, meanwhile, tries to patch things up with Maddy, offering to take her out on a date while Jules and Rue grow closer together. However, things get heavy later that day when Fez invites a dangerous man called Mouse into the house while Rue is there scoring drugs. With a gun stuffed down the side of the sofa, Fez watches cautiously as the man offers her Fentanyl; a powerful, quick-hitting drug. Things get pretty intense and the room silences to a hush as they await what Rue will do next. She prays to the heavens above to let her survive and she takes the drug.

On the war path, Nate heads to the house of Tyler, the guy who slept with Maddy, and accuses him of raping a minor. Nate threatens him, telling him to get on his knees before beating him repeatedly in a bid to beat a confession out of him. Crying and whimpering, the boy refuses to admit to it. After beating him to a pulp, Nate casually helps himself to a shower before putting his clothes back on and heading to Maddy’s where he taunts her. After screwing her in an alleyway, he gives Maddie a present – an unflattering pink dress.

Meanwhile, Rue begins to black out and, without the money to pay for her high, Mouse looks to take advantage of her until Fez steps in to pay. Unfortunately, he charges him double; a small price to pay when the alternate is Rue being raped. After Mouse leaves, Rue takes a turn for the worst, prompting Jules to help Fez drive her to her place where she engages in a conversation with ShyGuy118 over text. Here, we find out ShyGuy118 is really Nate, who tells Jules his name is Tyler.

Credits

Cast

Starring Zendaya as Rue Bennett Maude Apatow as Lexi Howard Angus Cloud as Fezco Eric Dane as Cal Jacobs Alexa Demie as Maddy Perez Jacob Elordi as Nate Jacobs Barbie Ferreira as Kat Hernandez Nika King as Leslie Bennett Storm Reid as Gia Bennett Hunter Schafer as Jules Vaughn Algee Smith as Chris McKay Sydney Sweeney as Cassie Howard Guest Starring Alanna Ubach as Suze Austin Abrams as Ethan Keean Johnson as Daniel Colman Domingo as Ali Paula Marshall as Marsha Zak Steiner as Aaron Lukas Gage as Tyler John Ales as David Mercedes Colon as Kat's Mom Jeremiah Birkett as Principal Hayes Tyler Chase as Custer

Co-Starring Tyler Timmons as Troy Tristan Timmons as Roy Javon Walton as Ashtray Sophia Rose Wilson as BB Meeko as Mouse Bruce Wexler as Robert Nolan Bateman as Wes Gabriel Golub as Young Nate Greg Bryan as Coach Denny McAuliffe as Jean Cut-Offs Tom Clark as Biology Teacher Terry Walters as Mrs. Applegate Marsha Gambles as Miss Marsha Elsa Marquez as Paramedic Meagan Campbell as Nurse Kimberly Christian as Police Officer Chaz Kao as Jack Rose Charli Wappet and Heather Ann Gottlieb as Classmates Jojo Tua as Another Classmate Alyssa Esposito as Clerk Jared Day as Phillip Jean-Luc "Ella" Michelena as Ella Brynda Mattox as Fezco's Grandmother Natalie Mars, Korra Del Rio, Kayleigh Coxx, and Lianna Lawson as Motel Hook Ups

Quotes

• "It was the first day of school and my heart was racing"
  • Rue narrating as she sits on an outdoor cafeteria table the first day back at school.
  • "Oh shit, that's the girl who tried to commit suicide at McKay's"
    • BB when she sees Jules walk past and mentions her confrontation with Nate to Maddy and Cassie.

• "Why does everybody think we fucked?"
  • Maddy to BB and Cassie when BB talks about McKay's party and mentions her having sex with Tyler.

• "I could fucking kill you right now
  • Fez to Rue who crashes at his place when his supplier is about to come through.

Trivia

• While in her bedroom, Jules can be heard watching the tenth episode of Puella Magi Madoka Magica, "I Won't Rely on Anyone Anymore". The scene she was watching can be viewed here.
• The title of this episode is a reference to the 2006 Birdman and Lil Wayne song of the same name.
• The series main school, East Highland High School is introduced in this episode.

Multimedia

Soundtrack

Song	Artist	Album	Scene
Intro Song: "Stuntin' Like My Daddy" by Lil Wayne ft. Birdman.
Nate Growing Up	Labrinth	Euphoria (Original Score from the HBO Series)	Beginning, Nate works out.
Gangster	Labrinth	Euphoria (Original Score from the HBO Series)	Nate has sex with Maddy; Nate parties.
Say Goodnight	Labrinth	Euphoria (Original Score from the HBO Series)	At home, Nate opens his dad's office door.
Stuntin' Like My Daddy	Lil Wayne ft. Birdman	Like Father, Like Son.	Rue on the bus asleep, opening title sequence (INTRO).
Mount Everest	Labrinth	Imagination & the Misfit Kid	(Flashback) Rue and Jules get high.
All For Us	Labrinth, Zendaya	Euphoria (Original Score from the HBO Series)	(Flashback) Gia finds Rue overdosed on the floor.
Pusha	JAG		(Flashback) At the party, Maddy has sex in the pool.
Release the Hounds	Jarina De Marco		Maddy texts Nate.
Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)	Bobby Womack	Fly Me to the Moon	Rue remembers driving home to her mother and sister, from rehab. And other memories
Following Tyler	Labrinth	Euphoria (Original Score from the HBO Series)	Nate follows Tyler.
We All Knew	Labrinth	Euphoria (Original Score from the HBO Series)	Kat finds out about her sex tape
Kat's Denial	Labrinth	Euphoria (Original Score from the HBO Series)	Troy listens to Kate plan to cover up sex tape.
Goh	What So Not & Skrillex	Not All the Beautiful Things	In the cafeteria, coach introduces the players and cheerleaders dance.
Shy Guy	Labrinth	Euphoria (Original Score from the HBO Series)	Rue looks at the sky, a drop falls on her face.
dead yet (with phem)	Gabriel Black	Euphoria (Original Score from the HBO Series)	In the car, Maddy turns the music up as Nate talks.
Étude de Concert in D Flat Major, S144 No. 3: "Un Sospiro"	Franz Liszt, Alba Ventura		Jules texting ShyGuy118 (Nate) before dinner with her dad.
Shy Guy	Labrinth	Euphoria (Original Score from the HBO Series)	Rue rides the bike in the rain, heading to Fez's home
Nate Growing Up	Labrinth	Euphoria (Original Score from the HBO Series)	Nate threatening and hitting Tyler
Even the Nights Are Better	Air Supply	Now and Forever	Nate after shower, getting dressed to leave Tyler's apartment.
Mount Everest	Labrinth	Imagination & the Misfit Kid	Maddy and Nate go out. Jules and Fezco help a stoned Rue. Cassie sexts McKay. Kat watch her sextape
Shy Guy	Labrinth	Euphoria (Original Score from the HBO Series)	Last scene. Jules texts with ShyGuy118, as Rue is asleep.
Still Don't Know My Name	Labrinth	Euphoria (Original Score from the HBO Series)	Final credits.

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