![]() ![]() ![]() The existence of the tape must be kept a secret, to preserve the value of Cal’s business, which Nate believes he will inherit. It seems as though Nate deliberately intended to leave a mental scar, so deep that Maddy might never want to discuss this incident again. Of course, he never had a bullet in the gun (Nate would never risk his own life like that, although he’s crazy enough to leave the possibility open, I guess). Nate pretends to play Russian Roulette, pulling the trigger over and over until Maddy screams the location of the disc Nate has tortured Maddy without laying a finger on her. What follows is a remarkably disturbing scene, completely absent of violence - it’s all implication. Nate threatens Maddy, in his casual, understated way, before realizing that he’ll get better results if he turns the pistol on himself. Of course, that might prove dangerous, seeing as the boy managed to sneak into her room with a pistol. At this time, Maddy is in the pool with Samantha, who seems to have a bit of an infatuation for the teenager, or at least an interest.īut she emphasizes with Maddy and explains that she was once the treacherous cheater too, back in her day important words of wisdom, especially coming from Maddy’s role model, and ideally, Maddy would redirect her anger away from Cassie and towards Nate. Nate’s parents seem to be frightened of their own son, and for good reason upon understanding that he and Maddy’s relationship is over, Nate goes straight for his dad’s gun, seeking to retrieve the sex tape from Maddy. We know that’s the moment when Nate first found his dad’s meticulously organized collection of sex tapes, but I’m not sure that explains Nate’s issues - it is implied that Cal was violent with Nate, at the very least. Marsha goes on to accuse Nate of inheriting all the worst traits from his father, and even speculates on what went wrong, pinpointing the moment he “darkened” at around nine years old. ![]() For Nate and Cal, reputation is everything. She casually reminds Nate that he choked Maddy - which didn't bother Marsha at all - but the mere mention of this infuriates Nate, who reiterates that the charges were dropped, as though the law aligns with reality itself. Nate doesn’t like to acknowledge this aspect of himself, and he despises it when others do, but Marsha (as we saw in Cal’s flashbacks) is a pretty frank person who enjoys pushing boundaries. We rarely spend much time with Marsha in the show, but the scene proves pretty revealing, as the two immediately bond over their shared dislike of Cal, but it doesn’t take much playful prodding from her to spark Nate’s temper, which is always swimming under the surface, ready to emerge at the slightest provocation. He knows it’s over between him and Maddy, so Nate drowns his sorrows with his mother, Marsha. The second he looks at his phone, Nate knows exactly what happened yesterday, because Cassie has been frantically calling every second she can, while Maddy hasn’t contacted him at all. This proves to be a Nate-centric episode, which are always the best the guy is coldly calculating, yet wildly unpredictable. Nate is still basking in the glow of his victory over Cal, who has left the family to pursue his sexapades Ash, it seems, hit Cal hard enough to come out of the closet. ![]()
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