Culture: The song Jonas is talking about is a russ song called Sjeiken 2015, and it was actually playing in the background of the revue party in episode 1. The lyrics are over-the-top racist and sexist, which of course a woke person like Jonas doesn’t like.



Blink and you miss it: Jonas says his line about what he thinks of the whole russ phenomenon, and Eva will repeat this exact line later in the episode. Because she has no opinions of her own.



Blink and you miss it: The Instagram photos that are scrolling across the screen as Sana is liking all of P-Chris’ posts is of course exactly what his account looked like at that point in time.



Culture: Åndenes Makt is a documentary-ish TV-show where a team of “psychics” are trying to solve supposedly supernatural problems that people are having. The title roughly means “The Power of the Spirits”. The lady Vilde is talking about is called Lilli Bendriss, and she is a pretty intense and controversial person.



Blink and you miss it: This is the first time Julian Dahl is referenced in the show. In real life it was a friend of Tarjei’s who liked and commented on clips and social media posts, pretending to be an in-universe character. This also means that this scene had to have been filmed after the series had already premiered.



Subtext: Eva is embarrassed to tell her mom about Jonas, but not because they’re sleeping together, but because she still hasn’t told her mom about the situation with Ingrid.



Culture: All parties at this age are bring-your-own-beverage, since it’s illegal for under-18s to buy alcohol. This means you have to convince someone else to buy for you, and since this is also illegal, people usually try to convince an older sibling or another adult who can be trusted not to tell your parents.



The “beer man” that Chris knows appears to be a sketchy adult who doesn’t mind buying beer for underage girls, and even though she’s joking about allowing him to see Vilde or Noora naked as payment for the beer, it’s just meant to show you what kind of person he is.



Blink and you miss it: Vilde talks about her mom’s very expensive wines that she can’t steal. This is a lie.



Blink and you miss it: Talking about seeing Noora naked is of course foreshadowing Noora’s plot in season 2.



Blink and you miss it: Vilde’s smile when she goes to greet the Pepsi Max girls is 100% fake.



Blink and you miss it: Noora answers her phone with a Spanish Hola, which means she’s still in contact with her friends in Madrid.



Subtext: P-Chris and the rest of the Penetrators have been working on preparing for russ for over two years, they’re half a year away from it, their whole social identity revolves around it. Eva rejecting russ completely is like a slap in the face to P-Chris. If she’s not interested in celebrating being russ, why is she even at their pre-party, which is all about the thing?

