'03 Bonnie and Clyde

## *Euphoria*

"**'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.

*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

* Zendaya as Rue Bennett
* Maude Apatow as Lexi Howard
* Angus Cloud as Fezco (credit only)
* 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**
* Elpidia Carrillo as Sonia
* Austin Abrams as Ethan
* Keean Johnson as Daniel
* Larry Joe Campbell as Officer Wilson
* Jeff Pope as Johnny\_Unite\_USA
* and Colman Domingo as Ali
* Paula Marshall as Marsha
* John Ales as David
* Jeremiah Birkett as Principal Hayes
* Shiloh Fernandez as Trevor
* Mercedes Colon as Kat's Mom
* Sean Martini as Minako
* Javon "Wanna" Walton as Ashtray
* Sophia Rose Wilson as BB
* Ruben Dario as Ted
* Greg Bryan as Coach
* Keilani Arellanes as 11-Year-Old Maddy
* Theo Breaux and Vito D'Ambrosio as Police Detectives
* Aileen Burdock as Detective Riley
* Priscilla Davies as Survivor
* Marsha Gambles as Miss Marsha
* Lisa Pescherine as Mrs. Donovan
* Aliyah Conley as 13-Year-Old Rue
* Justice Alan as Rue's First Kiss
* Casey Miller and Andy Sandoval as Rando Fuckboys
* Virginia Schneider as Lawyer
* Melissa de la Cruz as Random Girl
* Courtney Taylor Burness as Another Girl
* Betty as Third Girl
* Cameron Alexander as Random Guy
* Jojo Tua as Another Guy
* Carson Nicely as Older Guy
* Kossisko as DJ
* Akono Dixon as Some Guy
* Hugo Almonte as A New Guy
* Dylan McNamara as Another New Guy
* Jean Kinsella as Stockbroker Guy
* Christian Berishaj as Hot Roller Rink Dude

### Crew

* Jennifer Morrison

**Written By**
* Sam Levinson

**Created By**
* Sam Levinson

**Executive Producers**
* Sam Levinson
* Kevin Turen
* Ravi Nandan
* Drake
* Adel "Future" Nur
* Jim Kleverweis
* Ron Leshem
* Daphna Levin
* Hadas Mozes Lichtenstein
* Gary Lennon
* Mirit Toovi
* Tmira Yardeni
* Yoram Mokady

**Produced By**
* Philipp A. Barnett

**Co-Producers**
* Michael Carroll
* Lisa Schomas
* Alonzo Nevarez

**Director of Photography**
* Drew Daniels

**Production Designers**
* Michael Grasley
* Kay Lee
* Harry Yoon

**Music Composed By**
* Labrinth

**Casting By**
* Jessica Kelly
* Mary Vernieu

**Unit Production Managers**
* Jim Kleverweis
* Philipp A. Barnett

**First Assistant Director**
* Sally Brunski

**Second Assistant Director**
* Cindy King

**Costume Designer**
* Heidi Bivens

**Supervising Editor**
* Julio C. Perez IV

**Associate Producer**
* Harrison Kreiss

**Music Supervisor**
* Jen Malone

**Consultants**
* Scott Turner Schofield
* Jeremy O. Harris

## 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.

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## References

1. ↑ Euphoria Ep 5: '03 Bonnie and Clyde | Official Website for the HBO Series | HBO.com