This pushes Maddy to call Cassie pathetic and chase her up the stairs. This irritates Rue to her limit and she snaps, spitefully revealing to Maddy that she saw Cassie and Nate (Jacob Elordi) together shortly after New Years. On Rue’s way out, her mother shows up at the Howard’s residence and Cassie, tone-deaf and smiling, gently recommends that Rue take things one day at a time. She then proceeds to steal jewelry in order to make up for the lost suitcase. Rue uses the bathroom, where she desperately searches for some type of drug in Suze’s medicine cabinet. When she realizes Fez isn’t home, she makes a run for Lexi Howard’s house, where she is greeted by Lexi (Meaude Apatow), Cassie (Sydney Sweeney), Maddy (Alexa Demie), Kat (Barbie Ferreira) and Suze (Alanna Ubach). Her first stop is Fez’s (Angus Cloud) residence. The rest of the episode consists of Rue running around her town and causing chaos wherever she goes. On the way to the ER, Rue’s mom reveals that she is taking Rue to rehab, causing Rue to freak out and jump out of the car into the middle of oncoming traffic. As Rue argues with her mom and Gia watches, crying, the camera switches perspectives, sporadically muting the dialogue to convey the overwhelming nature of this moment. This occurs after Rue reveals the plan she had to kill herself by the end of the month, claiming that the lives of her loved ones would be easier if she wasn’t around.ĭirector Sam Levinson does a beautiful job of capturing the familial tensions of the car ride to the emergency room. Rue initially agrees to go with her family to the emergency room to detox. This scene might be one of the most convincing reasons to never get into hard drugs that viewers have ever seen. It is then revealed that Elliot (Dominic Fike) was present during Rue’s breakdown too, which leads to Rue smacking Elliot in the face and calling Jules a terrible girlfriend, ultimately ending their relationship. The climax to this intense scene occurs when Jules (Hunter Schafer), who has been listening from another room the whole time, admits that she was the one who flushed the drugs alongside Rue’s mother. Unable to find the suitcase, Rue proceeds to violently destroy furniture and say hurtful things to her family. Assuming it was Rue’s sister, Gia (Storm Reid), who told her mom, Rue begins to become aggressive towards her mom and sister.Ī combination of her withdrawal and confrontation regarding her usage makes Rue go ballistic once she realizes that her suitcase worth $10,000 of drugs is missing. In the first 15 minutes of the episode, Rue’s mother (Nika King) confronts Rue about her relapse. Zendaya’s portrayal of the volatile protagonist had viewers hating her one second and rooting for her the next. A far step from the glitter and glamorization of drug use that we saw in season one, Rue’s drug use this episode was stomach-churning to watch. Season two, episode five of “Euphoria” showcased the rawest and most devastating depiction of Rue’s (Zendaya) addiction that viewers have seen so far. Spoiler warning: This recap includes spoilers for “Euphoria,” seasons one and two. Content warning: This article mentions sexual assault and suicide.
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