Does Nate Have Ulterior Motives For Serving to Jules?

Just about from day one, Nate Jacobs (Jacob Elordi) has confirmed himself to be a grade-A POS on “Euphoria.” He is been abusive and manipulative to all of his love pursuits, making him somebody we’d completely steer clear of if we knew him in actual life. However within the Feb. 13 episode of the present, he perhaps, kinda did one redeemable factor by giving Jules (Hunter Schafer) the intercourse tape that his dad, Cal (Eric Dane), made from the 2 of them collectively with out her data.

What Occurred Between Nate, Jules, and Cal in “Euphoria” Season 1?

Let’s rewind a bit. In season one, Cal and Jules hook up after Jules tells him she’s 22 (which she’s most positively not). Cal data the 2 of them collectively with out Jules’s consent — one thing he appears to do with all his dalliances. Nate then finds Jules’s tape, which throws him for a loop, because the two know one another. Fearful Jules will report his father to the police and spoil his life, Nate begins flirting with Jules by means of a courting app with a view to get nude photographs to blackmail her with. However issues get much more sophisticated when, by means of his blackmail scheme, Nate additionally seemingly develops emotions for Jules. If Nate’s even able to actual emotions, anyway.

Maddy (Alexa Demie) finally ends up stealing the tape after an argument with Nate on the finish of season one.

Why Did Nate Threaten Maddy to Get Cal’s Tape Again?

In “Euphoria” season two, episode six, Nate threatens Maddy with a gun (after which turns the gun on himself) to get the tape again from her. Earlier, in a voiceover, Rue explains that Nate not cares about what occurs to his dad, however he does fear about what is going to occur to his actual property enterprise Nate is poised to inherit if it is related to a “pedophile.” By means of this narrative, viewers are led to consider Nate is attempting to get the tape again to maintain it underneath wraps so nobody must know his dad slept with a minor. Nevertheless, Nate could have even had barely extra heat intentions behind taking the tape.

Why Did Nate Give Cal’s Tape Again to Jules?

After getting the tape from Maddy, Nate calls Jules and asks her to come back out to his automobile. She goes with a field cutter in hand (simply in case she must “slit [Nate’s] throat” in self-defense), solely to seek out out he is there to provide her the tape Cal filmed. Jules is understandably skeptical and asks why he is giving it to her, and he says his motive is just too “silly and easy” so it is higher off a thriller. “Did you develop into, like, an excellent particular person?” she asks sarcastically, however he shuts that down rapidly, alluding to the violent lengths he went to to get the tape again. However earlier than she will get out of the automobile, he tells her, “For what it is value, every part I ever mentioned was true.”

Now, I nonetheless do not suppose Nate’s an excellent particular person (and Nate would most likely agree), however it looks as if he gave Jules the tape as a result of a bit a part of his chilly coronary heart does really look after her and needs her to be in command of the tape that she by no means consented to filming. Reactions on Reddit are blended between folks pondering it was purely to save lots of his future, whereas others suppose it was out of hatred for his father and his fondness for Jules.

Realistically, if Nate is only attempting to guard his dad’s enterprise, it could have made extra sense to destroy the tape as soon as he received it again from Maddy. Giving it to Jules and telling her to “do with it what [she] happy” means she will take the tape to the police if she needs, which might place Cal and his enterprise at risk. So, both Nate is taking part in the final word thoughts sport and is banking on the concept Jules will not go to the police, or he genuinely simply needs to assist Jules.

The concept that he is merely doing Jules a stable is not too far-fetched. For those who keep in mind the candid smiles on Nate’s face in season one when he was speaking to Jules, it could persuade you he really has good intentions right here and that it is his f*cked up mind-set about romance and his personal life that makes him suppose his motive for serving to Jules is “silly.”

Both means, the tape is now Jules’s to maintain or destroy.