This backstory is technically sad but not necessarily sympathy-evoking, considering what we know takes place in the future. The next morning, Cal receives news from Marsha that she’s pregnant in a very “Timothee Chalamet at the end of Call Me by Your Name” moment that makes Cal’s contempt for Nate a lot less complicated. Their feelings for one another finally come to a head when they go to a bar after their graduation, start lip-syncing to INXS’ “Never Tear Us Apart” in the most stereotypical fashion, and share a kiss. If viewers were taken aback by last week’s sex scenes, this episode is sure to spark more discussions about Levinson’s treatment of female nudity and what seems like a tactic to defend himself from criticism by inundating us with closeups of penises.īut back to Cal and Derrick. At this point in the sequence, the amount of bare boobs, butts and genitals we’ve seen is pretty jarring, even by HBO standards. Cal starts dating a classmate named Marsha, who turns out to be Nate’s mom, and convinces himself that he enjoys having sex with her. Despite the romantic undercurrents in their friendship, they each pursue relationships with girls.
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