The Idol Episode 4 Review: This latest HBO series is created by the music world icon The Weeknd, along with Reza Fahim, and Euphoria’s Sam Levinson. Levinson directs the drama under the production company banners of The Reasonable Bunch, Manic Phase, Little Lamb, People Pleaser, Bron, A24 and HBO Entertainment.
Lily-Rose Depp plays the significant role of Jocelyn, and Abel Tesfaye, aka The Weeknd, plays Tedros. The show features a considerable support cast that includes Suzanna Son as Chloe, Troye Sivan as Xander, Jennie Ruby Jane as Dyanne, Moses Sumney as Izaak, Jane Adams as Nikki Katz, Dan Levy as Jocelyn’s publicist, Eli Roth as Andrew Finkelstein, Rachel Sennott as Leia, Hari Nef as Talia, Da’Vine Joy Randolph as Destiny, Hank Azaria as Chaim, Melanie Liburd as Jenna, Kate Lyn Sheil as Amy alongside Tunde Adebimpe, Elizabeth Berkley, Nico Hiraga, Anne Heche, Maya Eshet, Tyson Ritter, Liz Caribel Sierra, Karl Glusman, Sophie Mudd, Charly Summer, Mitch Modes and others.
The fourth episode is out now and is titled Stars Belong to the World. It is directed and written by Sam Levinson with a story by Abel Tesfaye. The runtime for the episode is 57 minutes.
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The Idol Episode 4 Review
The Idol Episode 4 is a game changer of sorts in the series as it provides a fresh perspective on who the real villain might be. The torture and porn level in this episode continues to thrive but, there is a suspenseful drama somewhere beneath it all.
The episode starts with Tedros now making and breaking the house decisions and that of Jocelyn’s life. The opening segment of the episode shows us Leia running Tedros through a list of meetings and activities scheduled for Jocelyn. At his own whim, Tedros accepts some, changes others and cancels most of them. Although Leia insists on some of the meetings being important, Tedros cancels them anyway. He controls everything, clearly.
Once Jocelyn is up, the music-making business begins with a new producer in the house and Jocelyn breaking free to produce some quality lyrics that are reflective of her life’s status. However, Tedros’ occupation in Jocelyn’s life does not go unnoticed by Chiam and Destiny. In fact, Destiny digs up some real facts about the man and, they are bad. Well, it is no shocker that he has a track record of torturing and abusing people.
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Destiny does a strategic thing by slowly inserting herself into Jocelyn’s life to approve of her music. She meets Chloe and they have a good bond. But, what Destiny witnesses- the kink and cuts really leave her feeling overwhelmed. With time Tedros’ control and command grows, until some shots land on Xander where we slightly see the tables turn and Jocelyn lets her dark side come to light (which she maintains until the end of the episode).
The Idol Episode 4: Final Thoughts
Overall, The Idol Episode 4 was a little different than the previous two. Looking at the episode closely, one might just end up thinking if Tedros is actually using Jocelyn or, if our titular character is deliberately keeping this man by her side to use and control him. There is an uncanny sense of excessive sex scenes being used. But, the character play was really good in this one. Additionally, the scenes featuring Destiny and Chloe (them together or otherwise) are the real showstopper.
You can watch The Idol Episode 4 now streaming on Max.
To read our review of the series, click here.