That kiss stood out as one of the few genuinely positive, happy moments in the episode, and really, the whole season. Kat and Ethan’s confirmation of love for one other another, sealed with a sweet kiss and underscored by the sound of
“Euphoria” by BTS, seemed to be ripped from a teen movie, albeit a teen movie about a high-school girl who runs a lucrative sex-chat business and gives it up when she realizes she’s worthy of genuine love. It was what we expect from our coming-of-age stories, on television and in film: for lessons to be learned, and for kids who engage in “bad” behavior to eventually normalize and find a path toward goodness again
