![]() Maddy starts attacking Cassie, creating the confusion Rue needs to slip away. The reveal that’s been brewing for five episodes now is done when we least expect it, like ripping off a Band-Aid. “How long have you been fucking Nate Jacobs?” “I have a quick question for you,” Rue says to Cassie. Rue, however, knows a way to cause the right amount of chaos necessary for her escape. The entire gang is there, though, and when Leslie shows up they decide to corner Rue with an intervention. The next big reveal (there’s a lot in this episode, if you haven’t noticed) comes when Rue stumbles onto the Howard property, asking to use the bathroom to search for drugs that might combat her ongoing withdrawal. This is when the title sequence kicks in and we realize, in awe, that this rollercoaster of a plot was just the intro to the episode. Rue does not appreciate this and shows her lack of appreciation by running into oncoming traffic-and not for the last time in this episode. Time for a third plot twist! Leslie bamboozles us and Rue and tries to check Rue into rehab instead of the hospital. She promises to take Rue to the hospital and Rue accepts. Rue finally breaks down at the end of this scene, asking her mother for forgiveness and help. Can we villainize Rue for saying all those things, or do we excuse her entirely for acting under the influence of a substance which she is genetically predisposed to get addicted to? The answer is neither and this episode knows that. That is pretty much the crux of the show: nothing is black and white, especially when it comes to addiction. We want to strangle her and hug her all in the span of a few minutes. Rue spews and writhes at her, making comments she can’t take back, while also showcasing the reason why I wouldn’t mind if Zendaya won a second Emmy for her performance in “Euphoria.” She is the devil incarnate in one scene a broken, helpless, vulnerable child in the next. Jules heard Rue break down the door she heard her shove her mother she heard her trash the room to find the suitcase.Īfter Jules admits that the drugs were flushed down the toilet, she becomes Rue’s new target of verbal abuse. Kinda stops you from admitting what a shit fuckin’ mother you are.”Īn even bigger dagger is shoved into our guts when the second plot twist is introduced: Jules and Elliot were in the living room all along, listening to the entire thing unravel. ![]() “You know what’s a shame, Mom?” Rue asks. “You’re not a good person, Rue,” Leslie says. Here’s a snippet of the devastating tango of insults between Rue and Leslie: In this yelling contest, nothing is left unsaid, no punches are pulled. She screams and shouts at Leslie for not telling her where her prized possession is, but to no avail. Rue’s two worlds collide here, in which the Pulp Fiction-esque suitcase is the item that determines whether Rue lives or dies. The fight then transitions into an even more violent battle when Rue realizes Leslie found and confiscated the suitcase. She defends herself and accuses her mother of making stuff up until Leslie drops the truth bomb: Jules told her about Rue’s usage. ![]() We see her mother confront Rue about relapsing as Rue realizes the sober facade she created for her family is starting to crumble. The episode, named “Stand Still Like the Hummingbird,” throws us straight into the deep end at the start of the episode with a tense fight between Rue, Gia and their mother, Leslie. The circumstances she finds herself in get worse and worse as the episode progresses and you just can’t stop yourself from staring at the downfall of the ticking time bomb that is Ruby frickin’ Bennett. And yes, as you can tell from the title, this episode was very Rue-centric. For the entirety of its runtime, it had me glued to my seat, waiting to see what happens next in the saga surrounding addiction. Season 2 Episode 5 was the most butt-clenching episode of “Euphoria” I’ve seen in a while-and I do not say that lightly.
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