The Euphoria Pilot - Friendship, Love, Drugs, Sex, Trauma, and McSteamy?

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Happy Wine Wednesday! We are back from the holiday break with an
all new installment in our special series, The Pilot
Project.  Very special guest and friend to the podcast Abbey
White from The Hollywood Reporter joins us again to discuss the
pilot episode of the critically acclaimed HBO series,
Euphoria. 

We kick things off by sharing our respective experiences with the
series.  Abbey is a regular watcher while Jocelyn is a
newbie.  Next, we discuss the sh*t we liked and the sh*t we
did not like about the pilot episode.  The Euphoria writers
are telling two different stories - one focused on teens
navigating life and the other story that feels intended to scare
the crap out of those of us in the audience who are far removed
from our teen years.  The pilot was at its best when it
focused on world building and laying out the challenges that the
teens will grapple with as the series develops. 

As always, we had some Qs that needed some As.  We had a lot
of questions about teen boys hanging out with no shirts on. 
Seriously, is that a thing?  We also discussed meaningful
choices made in the pilot from the decision to make Rue's mother
Black, the use of lighting and coloring, and musical
selections. 

As a regular watcher of Grey's Anatomy, Jocelyn had a lot of
thoughts about the surprising appearance of Eric Dane AKA
McSteamy in the Euphoria pilot.  We talk about that and
other unexpected twists from the pilot. 

We would never leave you without a thirst segment, but we did
things a little differently this week.  Given that there are
very few adult characters in the pilot, we went in a different
direction and shared a few things/people that make us
euphoric.

For those who are all caught up on Euphoria or not afraid to know
what happens after the pilot, we have a fun spoiler
segment.  Worry not, spoilerphobes - you'll  have lots
of warning before that segment.

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