For fans of In Treatment, this second of Euphoria's standalone episodes may feel like a surprise call from an old friend. In December's first instalment, Rue (the Emmy-winning Zendaya) poured out some emotions to her sponsor in a late-night diner after being left abandoned at a train station by her fleeing lover Jules (Hunter Schafer). Here, Jules gets to tell her side of that story while also racing through deeper psychological minefields during her opening therapy session with Dr Mardy Nichols (Lauren Weedman).

For the first part of this episode (entitled, for no discernibly obvious reason, 'Fuck Anyone Who's Not A Sea Blob'), the days of Gabriel Byrne's psychotherapist of In Treatment sensitively teasing out details and thoughts from his teenage patients are heavily recalled before it takes a tonal shift closer to the Euphoria aesthetic that fans will be more accustomed to. With the backdrop of an achingly contemporary soundtrack, we see glimpses of Jules' life featuring scenes aired previously but which carry more significance now due to this episode, some difficult dealings with her parents (her mother, it turns out, is a recovering addict which probably explains a lot), and a sequence revolving around her dark sexual fantasies.

Across its totality, this episode matches the Rue-centred standalone with creator Sam Levinson taking Euphoria's foot off the gas, showing a more leisurely paced side to the show and its characters. But despite the more languorous feel, it still maintains a sense of narrative momentum by inserting valuable information for the watcher to take forward. Once filming on the full second season gets underway post-Covid, a choice will be made whether to retain this more distanced sensibility. This pair of slowed-down Euphoria editions may be akin to Last of the Summer Wine doing a RomZomCom half-hour or The Thick of It suddenly becoming a musical, but they have added an extra layer of contemplative depth to a normally frantic televisual experience.

Sky Atlantic, Monday 25 January, 9pm; available now on NOW TV.