‘Euphoria’ star Eric Dane went full-frontal for ‘dumpster fire of a meltdown’

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the Hollywood Reporter of entering into Season 2. “Therefore, we’ve never seen him. We gotta break him down before we could build him back up.

And that’s what we’re seeing right now: the absolute dumpster fire of a meltdown that is Cal Jacobs.”Fans of the dramatic HBO series have watched Cal struggle during the entire first season to keep his secret life hidden away from his family as questions surrounding his sexuality ruminated at the surface and threatened to burn his life to the ground.But in the most recent episodes of the series, Cal’s world went up in flames as he began to embrace his identity and reveal his truth to a worried family, including his son, Nate (Jacob Elordi).

Cal’s meltdown moment had him exposing his (prosthetic) penis in his home’s foyer as he tells his family that he’s led a double life, sleeping with men since his wife was pregnant.That breakdown begins in Episode 3 titled “Ruminations: Big and Little Bullys,” which offers a look at Cal during his high school days. “He spent every day with his best friend, Derek,” explains narrator Rue, played by Zendaya.

Derek (Henry Eikenberry) and Cal (Elias Kacavas) fall in love after spending a majority of their time together while competing on the school’s wrestling team.Unfortunately, Cal is unable to pursue a life of love with Derek, even after sharing a kiss at a gay bar outside of town on graduation, because of the disapproval of his father and the shocking revelation that his girlfriend Marsha (Rebecca Louise) is pregnant.“There are causes and conditions to what made Cal Cal, and I think watching episode three, you get a lot of insight as to how he became who he became,” Dane toldTHR. “It doesn’t explain all of it.