At this rate, there really is no point analysing The Idol. Are people still watching it? Do we even care? Everything that can be said has been said (or is being furiously worked into an unpublished feature ahead of next week's finale). Tedros Tedros should be locked up. Jocelyn is hot. Leia is funny. Destiny is the only normal person. All these random cult members are unsurprisingly talented. I wonder what Hari Nef's Talia has cooking up?
Episode 4 of The Idol raised more questions than it answered. Like I get Sam Levinson is making a point, but how many more gratuitous orgasm scenes must we the audience, and the audience at Jocelyn's house endure? Jocelyn is privy enough to Tedros' tactics to stick up for Leia, but she's happy to let him torture Xander? Where is Leia during all these shock collar scenes? Why is Karl Glusman (AKA Zoë Kravitz's ex) here? Since when is heartthrob Rob and Jocelyn still on speaking terms? Does Tedros have any other jackets? What does Mike Dean really think about his slippery friend? Will Destiny and Chaim wait until they have the three songs before chucking Tedros to the curb? Will Levinson plug Half Magic beauty in all his shows, kind of like Tarantino's fictional Red Apple cigarettes? Is that what Jocelyn smokes??
Anyway, here's what the internet had to say about the episode. And if you're wondering where to shop all of those cute and skimpy little outfits, our fashion and brand features editor, Ella O'Keeffe, has done some digging for you.
Episode 1
They applauded this at CANNES??#TheIdol pic.twitter.com/5JFYzRZvsV
— g____ (@Lawyeroncrack) June 5, 2023
Wtf did i just watch?#TheIdol
— Dina (@thedinax) June 5, 2023
Jennie Kim in the first episode of #THEIDOL pic.twitter.com/LihpJwjS5q
— mizge (@mihailo____) June 5, 2023
Me when watching the idol and my parents came to me pic.twitter.com/YN6gpsONMA
— (@Jgayestera) June 5, 2023
this is what kpop stans were expecting jennie to do in the idolpic.twitter.com/uUGJvxKQ3J
— niko (@jnkobsession) June 5, 2023
Maddy perez in the idol pic.twitter.com/ZA9ZFaG1uA
— jada (@ctrlfreecss) June 5, 2023
Rachel Sennott should have just written the idol herself #theidol pic.twitter.com/ibuM3oeXe2
— josh (@josiahbum_) June 5, 2023
what happened to not watching the idol..pic.twitter.com/uoLLMuWAMC
— luke (@ot4shvt) June 5, 2023
HBO Sunday nights going from Succession to The Idol pic.twitter.com/Al1DoWi3fo
— Aaron Serna (@AaronSerna) June 5, 2023
Jocelyn anytime someone asks her a question #THEIDOL pic.twitter.com/XSBO5x7oE8
— PsychicSidekick (@ScammerZexion) June 5, 2023
Sam Levinson on-set directing every scene for The Idol pic.twitter.com/zQ6WH7Q8LR
— Instinctively Ignorant (@DownTownPIG) June 5, 2023
Sam Levinson reading people’s reaction to #THEIDOL from his burner account pic.twitter.com/FTSR5MuZff
— I have so many questions? (@english_shamar) June 5, 2023
me whenever jocelyn’s song came on during the idol: pic.twitter.com/WGqtjoYYOT
— vanessa (@nigxtss) June 5, 2023
Getting ready for the idol yall pic.twitter.com/of1hYPoeTv
— Lilith ﾒ (@unshavedass) June 4, 2023
Episode 2
me going back in time to stop sam levinson’s mom from meeting his dad pic.twitter.com/MVC4C2LfAJ https://t.co/1iWMC28kfP
— emmie (@cuntryder) June 12, 2023
okay so in other words it’s pretty obvious which scenes sam levinson didn’t write https://t.co/LmglMFRx4j
— kamani ☆ (@TEXASTITTIE) June 13, 2023
literally no one:#TheIdolHBO: pic.twitter.com/WRWUB64KoV
— unwelly clarkson (@notshawnorsean) June 12, 2023
the weeknd in #TheIdolHBO pic.twitter.com/gOQrpPNy76
— Lucía Greco (@skyisforlucy) June 12, 2023
The last few minutes of the episode was just this all over again like pls stop #TheIdolHBO pic.twitter.com/LGH7VAYD7b
— bitchirunthisshit (@jakhira_j) June 12, 2023
- 2nd episode of #TheIdolHBO pic.twitter.com/UHjv0Z8v5X
— carlos. (@carlosalbrl_) June 12, 2023
wait the idol is so good when they focus on jocelyn's life until that corny the weeknd came and ruined the show with the oversexualized wattpad dialogue pic.twitter.com/pirFgQ0vba
— ꨄ︎ (@cursedmilfs) June 12, 2023
tedros gets creepier by the minute #THEIDOL pic.twitter.com/Ny5tzLu8NH
— zach. (@theebluepriint) June 12, 2023
Why’s The Weeknd talking like this?#THEIDOL pic.twitter.com/7rsdYjJgYt
— Donovan Alexander (@DonovanAlxdr) June 12, 2023
get those the idol clips OFF my damn tl
pic.twitter.com/EZs2COEskg— َ♀️ (@ungodlywests) June 12, 2023
Me watching The Idol episode 2pic.twitter.com/RcEkqLgf6K
— bbiveo✗ (@bbiveo) June 11, 2023
the idol pic.twitter.com/P866utcZ2W
— contrvcrente (@contrvcrente) June 12, 2023
Episode 3
All the scenes I’ve seen of Abel in the Idol have been against my will pic.twitter.com/yumZXJ0iEB
— (@goresukkubus) June 19, 2023
About to be seated for The Idol. I was the kind of brainless demographic they were targeting anyway pic.twitter.com/EPHii0rN9r
— Miss Mary (@WastedHoe) June 19, 2023
The Weeknd on the phone with his manager after every new episode of The Idol: get me another GQ interview. They’re on twitter making fun of me AGAIN. We need to remind them that I am SATIRICALLY acting. This is SATIRE
— Kat Tenbarge (@kattenbarge) June 19, 2023
The actor in this this scene with Tedros deserves an Emmy for not laughing bc I’m sorry that was so funny and not intimidating at all lmao #THEIDOL pic.twitter.com/fLHeoLUMrE
— Girl Gaze (@returnthegaze) June 19, 2023
me when tedros asked for the hairbrush thinking he’ll toss it in the fire but jocelyn get’s down on her knees: #theidol #theidolhbo pic.twitter.com/nWePjvp2kI
— BTS 10th YEAR (@jkbananamlk) June 19, 2023
STAND UP JOCELYN. I saw a glimmer of hope from our girl during this scene and I need her to snap out of it! I do hope by the end of this season she gets her redemption and ends Tedros once and for all with the help of Leia. #TheIdol pic.twitter.com/aSB6xlq2n4
— Hoe-Anna Krupa (@HoeAnnaKrupa) June 19, 2023
me after watching abel be a discord dom for 50 minutes #THEIDOL pic.twitter.com/b37OtyLjHT
— Orchid (@carnelianaura) June 19, 2023
me to everyone on jocelyn’s team but leia #THEIDOL pic.twitter.com/7dUEMLYx2z
— zach ➪ (@toxictrl) June 19, 2023
the weeknd needs to be beat up by adam sandler again for doing the idol pic.twitter.com/Y8okKFsjM6
— cereal experiments caine (@glacierboys) June 16, 2023
What Leia was thinking while driving Tedros and Jocelyn around #TheIdolHBO pic.twitter.com/0rIoVnA6p6
— Burning Garbagé (@obscurereaction) June 19, 2023
Episode 4
Jocelyn and tedros every episode of the idol pic.twitter.com/jKiiGbJ4Xa
— xo❤️ (@alexpgr25) June 26, 2023
us every week after a new idol episode #TheIdolHBO #THEIDOL pic.twitter.com/iFFmLrb9nQ
— moth moth moth moth moth moth moth moth moth moth (@mothdoesnothing) June 20, 2023
Leia: inhales oxygen to sustain her life
Tedros:
#TheIdol pic.twitter.com/uiZTNZefUB
— Girl Gaze (@returnthegaze) June 26, 2023
Mike Dean just showed up in The Idol and this was his entrance pic.twitter.com/yOopqiW4tm
— Joey (@gothamhiphop) June 26, 2023
the trinity of reasons why i keep watching #THEIDOL pic.twitter.com/eIp3SDnFtr
— rey ࿐༊ (@steIlata) June 26, 2023
so out of that whole “the idol” ep, ya’ll know these two queens ate their 2 minutes of screen time #TheIdolHBO pic.twitter.com/Hz8g7JA0yV
— theycantstandkenn (@theystandkenn) June 26, 2023
jennie’s screentime in the idol went from 30 seconds each episode to 3 minutes today pic.twitter.com/7VZMrE1c9A
— ✩ (@jnkim) June 26, 2023
OMG Karl Glusman is playing her ex!!! And Jocelyn locked Tedros out of the bedroom he's losing his mind!!! #THEIDOL #TheIdolHBO pic.twitter.com/QLAekq4tu8
— (@sloansaidso) June 26, 2023
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