MH Illustration/Jason Speakman/HBO 8 min read IN THE FIRST two seasons of Euphoria, there weren’t many characters more detestable than Jacob Elordi’s brooding, brawny, violent Nate Jacobs. While on the surface Nate was the typical popular jock—a football player from an All-American family—the show would often pull the curtain back to reveal something much darker. Nate spent most of his time on screen causing pure chaos and throwing parties, coming together like some hybrid of Steve Stifler from American Pie and The Joker. Nate was an absolute nightmare; at any moment, he could show up and beat someone within an inch of their life . He clearly had very little moral scale outside of what benefited him in any given moment, and he wasn’t afraid to use his brute strength to achieve it. Euphoria succeeded with this vastly unlikable character because we saw the violence he was capable of, not only with his physical strength, but with his twisted, one-step-ahead mind as well.…