Euphoria explores Cal Jacobs’ sexuality with tragic gay romantic backstory
The HBO show about tearaway teens is getting queerer by the episode.
Words: Jamie Tabberer; pictures: HBO
Spoilers for season two, episode three of Euphora follow.
Euphoria, HBO’s Skins-esque series about US teens gone wild, is getting queerer by the episode in its second season.
In season two episode three ‘Ruminations: Big and Little Bullys‘, which dropped on NOWTV in the UK this week, the show’s resident villain Cal (Eric Dane) was given a gay origin story worthy of its own movie.
In a romantic flashback sequence, the symbol of toxic masculinity was seen exploring his sexuality with his high school friend – that is, until his girlfriend falls pregnant (presumably with his eldest son, played in the present day by heartthrob Jacob Elordi.) Disast.
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The latest instalment is the latest in a long line of headline-generating episodes for the Zendeya-starring show.
young cal and derek have my whole heart 😭 #euphoria pic.twitter.com/y1h3QFzZHY
— Ash🕷🕸 (@AshQuinzeI) January 24, 2022
Only last week, actor Christin Byrdsong made waves when he revealed that it he was the mystery extra rimmed by Cal – played by Grey’s Anatomy star Eric Dane – six minutes into episode two of season two.
It was me 😁😁😁😁😁😁#DreamsComeTrue pic.twitter.com/6DMPQFXKCW
— Christin Byrdsong (@C_Byrdsong) January 17, 2022
On Twitter, Byrdsong wrote: “The dream was to work on this amazing show, with the incredible director, and multitalented actors.
“And I got to film [a] fake sex scene with a childhood crush/actor inspiration!”
Replying to a fan who said “there are two darkskin characters in euphoria and one of them was getting they butt ate by nate’s dad as an extra,” Byrdsong said: “It was me #DreamsComeTrue.”
Coverage has also focused on the abundance of male appendages on the show, with a guy going full frontal while on the toilet in episode one of season two – no doubt inspired by an infamous scene from season one which featured 30 penises in one go.