“F**ck Anyone Who’s Not a Sea Blob” ends with Jules and Rue reuniting briefly. Euphoria: Where does that leave Jules and Rue? And no matter how much Jules loves Rue, the weight of being the person keeping her sober was not helping. The mother who put her in an institute and through conversion therapy, pushed her to that point. She’s not a manic pixie dream girl and Rue isn’t her prince of a love interest who’s going to whisk her away from the pain in her life.įrom Jules’ perspective, she had two choices: get out and save herself in the process even if it meant leaving Rue behind or stay and potentially lose her life by her own hand. But while Rue is dealing with the way she’d built-up her relationship with Jules in her head, Jules is still working through the reality of what Rue means to her and what that means for her life. They’re both romantic, chaotic, reckless, and destructive. Jules and Rue are two sides of the same coin. She is unburdening herself and in doing so welcoming us deeper into her world. Which is why the choice of her part of the special taking place in a therapy session makes sense. Perhaps just the bits of her life that she’s already dealt with, has found peace in, or is comfortable discussing. In fact, like most people, she shares versions of herself. If part one of the special, “Trouble Don’t Last Always,” revealed that Rue isn’t always a reliable narrator then part two revealed that Jules doesn’t share as much of herself as we thought. While the emotional pain and threats Jules had endured from Nate were enough to explain the situation, this added layer emphasized that we, and Rue, don’t always know what’s going on with Jules. Regardless of intent, Jules was ambushed and put in a position that prioritized her mother’s progress with battling her addiction over Jules’ own mental well-being.Īs such, when she overheard her father on the phone discussing her mother’s latest relapse on Halloween night, she drank as a means of escapism and in doing so hurt Rue. She was also dealing with her mother’s brief attempt at reuniting with her to apologize, an action that carried her father’s blessing without him consulting Jules’ feelings on the situation.
More of a world opening than a retcon, it’s revealed to the audience that it wasn’t only Nate’s catfishing and harassment that had been pushing Jules further and further toward the edge. Written by Sam Levinson and Hunter Schafer (Jules Vaughn), part two of the Euphoria special is an exploration of the events we didn’t see unfold in season 1. The next near-hour of “F**ck Anyone Who’s Not a Sea Blob” is spent not only unpacking Jules’ feelings on Rue but also on how she performs gender, the male gaze, her mother’s addiction, love, the power, and impact of online fantasy, and most importantly, herself.Įuphoria Special Episode 1 - Courtesy of HBO Euphoria: Jules is complicated and so is her relationship with Rue If you were of the mind that she thought less of Rue than Rue thought of her then this episode, out of the gate, was intent on proving you wrong. While artistic, the choice to start the episode this way also forces the viewer to immediately contend with Jules’ perspective. Part two of the special recapped season 1 via Jules’ eye in an opening sequence meant to remind the audience of all she’d been through. But true to Euphoria‘s style, the situation was more complicated than we were led to believe, which is saying something because the circumstances of Jules’ departure were already fraught.
The two had ended the season tragically parted by disparate decisions: Jules’ choice to runaway as planned and Rue’s choice to stay.
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The conclusion to HBO’s Euphoria Christmas/winter special, “F**k Anyone Who’s Not a Sea Blob,” brought the events of the season 1 finale between Rue and Jules full circle.
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