Subtext: What we’re getting here is the story of Evens breakdown and dropping out of school, but told from the perspective of Elias and friends. They never really got to know that Even was bipolar, they couldn’t help him, and Even probably wanted a break from them out of embarrassment. And if the show hasn’t hammered its message into you hard enough, remember this kids: Talk to each other! People need people! You are not alone!



Subtext: The girls are discussing something that was posted to the hate-account about Vilde. Apparently she posted a photo of herself in new clothes, but with the tags still on. As we’ll find out later, this probably wasn’t a mistake, Vilde kept them on so she could return the clothes, because she couldn’t actually afford them.



Lost in translation: When Eva reads Ingrid’s text message, she imitates her by speaking in East Norwegian.



Subtext: It’s been a long while since the show did one of these, but we finally get a scene where the characters are talking about something that unbeknownst to them applies completely to the main character. Because this is Sana’s greatest fear at this point, that her friends will disown her for making the first hate account.

Blink and you miss it: Sana started writing an iMessage to Eva. Then she got a notification from Facebook about something Sara wrote, switched over to that app, and read the message. Then she tried to call Chris, who didn’t answer, so she switched back to iMessage, wrote a message and sent it, thinking it was going to Chris. But since she was actually in the middle of composing a message to Eva, that’s who actually got it.



Blink and you miss it: Sana’s birthday is December 24th, same as Jesus.



Blink and you miss it: Sana saved the flowers that Yousef picked. Now, you may have been anticipating another quiz on Norwegian literature, but the whole joke is that this season is about biology, so here’s a biology quiz instead: What kind of flowers did Yousef pick again?



A) Siberian Squill

B) Alpine Squill

C) Hyacinth

D) Hydrangea



Subtext: Chris has to be lying to Sana here. You don’t buy a van that quick, so what probably happened is that the girls got together, decided to forgive Sana, cooked up the plan to get a Los Loosers van instead, and then decided to let her wallow in misery a bit longer before they staged the reveal.



Cinematography: Last time we saw Sana and all of Pepsi Max, she was presiding over them at their first bus meeting, sitting pretty much like they’re doing in this clip. But this time, Sara and Ingrid are running the show, sitting directly opposite Sana, judging her.



Lost in translation: The song that’s been playing in fragments over this clip is called Håber Du Har Plass by Cezinando, and it’s about being forgiven, and being allowed back in someone’s life.

Lost in translation: Eskild actually says “Is that some kind of Fedon Lindberg?”. Fedon Lindberg is a Norwegian doctor and author, known for promoting a low-carb diet that is named after him.



Blink and you miss it: Chlamydia in the eye was a stupid throwaway background conversation Vilde and Eva was having in season 2.



Cinematography: Sana is still in mostly black clothes, although she’s toned down the lipstick and eyeliner. Noora, in contrast, is all white with bright red lipstick, signalling that they’re opposites. But this time Yousef is wearing mostly black, because as we’re about to find out, he’s on Sana’s side, and he was actually always on Sana’s side.



Blink and you miss it: Yousef sees what’s going on with the champagne bottle, and is just laughing when it pops. Elias didn’t notice, was really surprised and shocked when it popped, so he’s practically hiding behind Eskild.



Blink and you miss it: While Noora and William only has eyes for each other, and the camera is focused on them, in the background you can see that Eva only has eyes for Chris, and vice versa, so they’re also having a little reunion.

