Subtext: It’s pretty likely that Eskild is talking from his own experience here. We know he hooked up with a married guy in episode 2, so he may very well have caught feelings for some guy in the past who didn’t leave his girlfriend to be with Eskild.



Subtext: Sana and Isak are agreeing to disagree, they find a way to move forward on the biology exercise even though they disagree, just like they move their friendship forward while disagreeing on religion and homosexuality.



In this case though, Isak is right, and Sana is wrong, mirroring a future clip where Sana admits she was wrong about homosexuality.

Culture: IKEA names their products according to a naming scheme where different categories of products draw their names from different categories of names. For example, all of their couches are named after Swedish towns, while storage furniture have Scandinavian male names.



Subtext: The reason that random girl calls out to Isak is that word is spreading around school that he is gay, and some girls think it would be cool to have a gay best friend, which is why Isak is suddenly interesting.



Blink and you miss it: Jonas and Isak exchange quick looks where Jonas reassures Isak that he’s got his back, and Isak squares his shoulders and starts coming out.



Subtext: The reason Isak asks why Magnus thought the guy was gay is because he is still fighting internalized homophobia, he is still concerned about not “looking” gay. He thinks that if people think Even looks gay, people might think he looks gay as well, which is not something he wants, even though he is right in the middle of telling his friends that he is gay.



Subtext: And again, it’s so hard for Isak to say the words, to reconcile himself with the thought that he is gay, that his first instinct is to deny it outright when Magnus asks if he is gay.

Subtext: Finally, when Isak has come out to all of his friends, The Locker™ opens itself as if by magic. It’s no longer stuck, it’s no longer overflowing with stuff that Isak is trying to repress. It just contains a little drawing from Even.



Cinematography: The entire end clip is a mirror to other clips in the season. Things happen that have happened before, but they’re slightly different this time, the details have changed, so the outcome changes. The pre-party is exactly the same as the one in episode 5, Isak is even wearing the same shirt, and the scene starts with the boys talking about parties and girls and Isak feeling a bit left out. But then Jonas drags him in, and soon all of the boys are talking about Even and trying to help Isak out.



In the very first clip of the season, Isak needs no help trying to pick up Emma, he’s a lot more certain of himself because he doesn’t really care about Emma, he doesn’t care if he succeeds or not, he’s just pretending. But in this mirror scene when he’s trying to talk to Even, he’s uncertain, he needs help from his friends, because this time it’s for real, he cares, he wants Even, he wants to succeed.



Culture: The apartment is a large older inner city apartment, and those were built in a different era, when the people who could afford them, also could afford servants. So many of these apartments buildings have two stairwells, and the apartments have two entrances; one main entrance for the owner’s family and their guests, and one kitchen entrance for the help. In modern days, these extra entrances and stairwells are typically not used, they’re just kept around as fire exits.



Cinematography: Continuing the mirroring theme, this time the roles between Isak and Even have switched. We’ve seen Isak chase Even, trying to figure out if he likes him, and being rejected. But this time it’s Even who chases Isak, and Even who gets uncertain whether Isak is going to reject him or not.



And going back again to the very first clip in the season, when Emma tried to go down on Isak he rejected her, because it was wrong for him. This time Even goes down on him, and he doesn’t reject him, because it’s right for him. Same same, but different.

