Blink and you miss it: In the opening scene, Sana sees flashes of Facebook posts. It appears to be from a group for her old elementary school, Uranienborg.



“hope you get forced married and sent to Africa so we’ll be rid of you at Urra”



“why are you wearing that shit on your head it’s really ugly I’m going to rip it off next time”



Cinematography: Having been betrayed by Sara, and strengthened by Jamilla’s earlier messages that basically said “fuck ‘em”, Sana decides to go full Muslim, full immigrant. She’s been wearing a mix of black and white to show that she embraces both sides, but now she’s in all black clothes, black eyeliner, black lipstick.



As a contrast to that, we see the whole schoolyard full of kids wearing light clothes and being as Norwegian as possible, and we see the former Pepsi-Max girls all wearing white now. And drinking Pepsi Max.



The girl squad is wearing mostly white, and Noora is even wearing a black bag, while Sana is wearing a white bag, making them complete visual opposites in every way.



Culture: The pine-cone is a symbol of having completed a specific dare during russ, and you get it by having sex with someone outdoors.



Culture: A four is not a bad grade, it’s still above average, but Isak really cares about his grades.



Subtext: The pivotal moment in the last season ended with Isak telling Even that he is not alone, and here Sana is directly contradicting that, she says everyone is alone, so she’s also rejecting Isak and his friendship.



Cinematography: The rest of the boys are wearing black clothes, signalling that they’re still immigrants, still Muslim, they’re still on Sana’s side, while Yousef wears white, because he’s not Muslim, he “betrayed” Sana, he made out with Noora last episode, he is now against her.



Subtext: The Carrots™ were a thing Sana and Yousef shared and flirted over, but this time Sana said no thanks, while Yousef happily grabbed one. Immediately in the next scene, we see Noora sucking Yousef’s dick eating a carrot, which is why Sana looks so angry, because it reminds her of how Noora “stole” Yousef from her. Meanwhile, Eva and Noora are completely oblivious to this, because Sana hasn’t shared any of her thoughts and feelings with anyone.

Blink and you miss it: Jamilla seeing Sana with her new friends was the scene in episode 3 in season 1, when Chris introduces Sana to the rest of the girls.



Blink and you miss it: Isak and Even have sort of recreated Isak’s old room in their new apartment. There’s FIFA on the PlayStation, the blue-gray-striped bed sheets, and a roll of toilet paper close to the bed.



Subtext: Sana sent Isak a link on Messenger, because she wanted him to open it up on his computer, so that she could read his messages while she manufactured a reason for him to leave the room, which means she planned the whole thing beforehand.



Subtext: Despite her being a scheming liar, Isak doesn’t suspect anything, and tells her that she is a good person. But she knows that she really isn’t a good person right now.



Blink and you miss it: Sara writes a lot about having just seen the second season of The Wire, and how she thought the class struggles were super important, she talks about unionization and worker rights, and that it’s “fucking important that not all of society ends up as foodora bikers without pensions”.



Isak’s response is “I have a friend who bikes for foodora”. It was probably for the best that they broke up. 🤦



Blink and you miss it: The scene Sara talks about is the one in episode 2 in season 2 where Vilde talks about getting Brun og Blid as sponsors.

