#SEASON 2 EUPHORIA SERIES#
Jules left anyway, leaving her alone on the platform as the train sped away toward “the city.” (The series was filmed in Southern California, but specific locations are never identified.) By the end of Season 1, she and her best friend and love interest, Jules (Hunter Schafer), had made plans to run away together, but Rue backed out at the last minute. When Season 2 arrives on Sunday, viewers will finally get a chance to check on the show’s drug addicted protagonist, Rue ( played by Zendaya), who had just relapsed the last time we saw her. With its gorgeously stylized cinematography and award-winning acting, music and makeup, the series found acclaim among viewers and critics, earning three Emmys and nine nominations to date. It’s a perfect cross-section of modern teenage life as it is shown in “Euphoria,” HBO’s candid depiction of the dark underbelly of suburban Gen Z. Each contains its own mini-drama: a couple makes out friends gossip and take drugs one girl holds the hair of a friend who has had too much to drink another cries on the toilet as she looks at her phone. I've always been with you.From on high, a camera zooms through a cloud of vape smoke and along a row of buzzing high school bathroom stalls. As the episode draws to an end, we hear Rue's narration return-with words that feel like they complete her love letter to Jules at the very beginning. Maybe there's a part of her that believes she'll be with him on the other side. At the end, during a moment that feels scarily close to another overdose, we see why Rue wants to leave.
The beginning of the episode paints what makes her stay, the love that's right in front of her: Jules. Rue, as we unfortunately learned during the holiday-set special episode, is suicidal. What about the two songs? I thought that was a brilliant creative decision from Euphoria. Even though things will likely get worse before they get better, there's hope yet. If she's imagining a conversation with her father where he reiterates her goodness, you'd hope that it means that she knows, somewhere deep inside, that she is a good person. Sure, this is the show about the dicks and the drugs and the blaring music, but its beating heart is Rue-the physical representation of a pain so many of us can relate to. Regardless, it's hard to watch Rue's grief worsen, week by week. But Rue imagining her own funeral adds to the belief among some corners of the Euphoria fandom that she's already passed away-and that everything we see in the show is merely Rue taking us through her final days. Now, to be clear, we think Rue did not overdose again, since we see a fleeting shot of her in her room, hugging the air. Rue hugs the singing man, which briefly transports her to an embrace with her father, who reminds her that she's a good person. Then, in a scene that's eerily reminiscent of Rue's overdose in the Season One finale (which you can watch below), Rue seemingly imagines her own funeral. When Rue goes home, she pulls out her suitcase of drugs, and takes a few pills from it. Instead, let's focus on Rue and Rue alone this week, and the two songs that, together, paint a haunting portrait of Rue's dreams and nightmares.Ībout three-fourths of the way through the episode, a clearly upset Rue asks Elliot and Jules to drop her off on the side of the road. "Now the tide is rolling down / I ain't trying to wait / Let it take me."Īfter what we just saw in this episode, let's not give the Cassie-Nate-Maddy situation more airtime. Then, the lyrics are about the opposite leaving, going away and never coming back.
Now, think about the song we hear during what might be Rue's imagined funeral sequence at the end of the episode, which we'll discuss soon. The chorus goes like this: "Close your eyes / I'll be here in the morning / Close your eyes / I'll be here for a while." It's about staying near a loved one, even when life calls you elsewhere. It's a beautiful-and beautifully simple-tune. The 40 Best HBO Series of All Time, Rankedĭuring the scene, we hear Townes Van Zandt's "I’ll Be Here In The Morning" coursing through the background.
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