Subtext: Eskild’s situation with Lito is actually completely opposite to Sana’s. They didn’t care about having different opinions on religion, but disagreed on other things. But in Sana’s case, she and Yousef agree on the big questions, but the problem is that they’re not both Muslims.



Subtext: Of course Eskild brings up Elias, because he tried and failed to charm him when Elias was sleeping off the vodka in their apartment.



Culture: The boys are playing Kubb, an outdoor game that’s been popular in Scandinavia since viking times.



Cinematography: Again we see Sana standing in a doorway, looking out, hesitating to join. But this time it’s different, this time Yousef is there, this time she knows he doesn’t have a thing with Noora, so this time she goes out to join them.

Blink and you miss it: Noora is wearing one of William’s shirts, the same one he wore in the trailer to season 2. Presumably they’ve been cooped up in William’s apartment, and Noora hasn’t been home to get clean clothes for several days, so she just borrowed something from him.



Cinematography: With all the drama resolved, Sana isn’t wearing all black anymore. She and Noora both are wearing black and white clothes, signalling that they’re no longer opposites, no longer enemies.



Subtext: Let’s say the carrots are a metaphor for guys, and Sana has now picked up one again.



Subtext: Sana is straight up lying to Yousef, because what her mom said made her doubt that she should pursue him, so she pretends it’s too short notice and that she’s too busy.

Cinematography: Another doorway that Sana passes through, because she hears I Feel it Coming playing, the same song Yousef was playing when he was dancing in the apartment, thinking he was alone. Thinking of Yousef makes Sana change her mind about standing him up.



Lost in translation: Sana writes that “life is after death”, so Chris makes a word-pun on that, saying that “underlivet is dead after death”. It literally translates to “under-life”, but means something like below-your-waist, and is used to refer to your genitals or your groin.



Culture: This episode takes place on June 16th, which is really close to midsummer. On this date, sunset is almost at eleven in the evening, and there’s a whole hour more of daylight than just two weeks before, when Sana was discussing Maghrib with Jamilla. And since the sun is up for 19 hours, Sana has been fasting for 19 hours as well.



Compare this to the years when Ramadan occurs during winter, that’s when the sun is up for less than six hours per day, which makes it a lot easier to fast.

