What happened to Barbie Ferreira's Kat on Euphoria? It seems like she's been absent from 85% of Season 2

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"If the first five episodes of Season 2 were disappointing for Kat fans, episode 6 was downright infuriating," says Abby Monteil, adding that Kat's absence from much of this season is frustrating because "Ferreira gave a breakout performance last season as Kat, the acerbic best friend-turned-cam girl. For a show that claims to capture Gen Z life, her story as a very-online teen struggling to translate that digital confidence into real life was easily one of Euphoria‘s more relatable threads. And given that explorations of plus-size characters’ sexualities and coming-of-age journeys are still all too rare on TV, Kat’s storyline felt particularly refreshing." For her part, Ferreira tells The Cut: “Kat’s journey this season is a little more internal and a little mysterious to the audience. She is secretly going through a lot of existential crises. She loses her marbles a little bit — just like everyone else in this season. The theme is everyone’s gone a little crazy.”