Rue then pauses to explain to the audience in an extended fourth-wall-breaking sequence that she is in fact high however, she has a cover.
She’s spotted by her sister who asks if she is high. Rue dances around her house to a song playing in her head. She’s pushed away her sister, Jules, and Ali, all of whom represent her support system.Īs bright and technicolored and musically-hyped as the drug-accompanying cinematography can be-and there may be an argument that these features tend to glorify drug usage-the series is ultimately a cautionary tale.Įpisode 3 laid the foundations for what will be yet another downfall arc for Rue. While Rue’s usage temporarily counteracts her depression, it also isolates her, and the episode ends with her alone in the dark.
The episode’s final image belies Rue’s opening dance montage. So far this season, we’re riding the high with Rue-a high, so far, without any clear consequences. We’re best to remember that the series takes us through abuse cycles. And in that suitcase lies enough drama to fill the rest of this season.īefore we get into the episode, we have a quick note about the drug usage so far this season (which, alongside the sex, is not representative of the generational cohort the series depicts)-namely, it seems to be getting cooler? While Rue’s relapse remains hidden from her friends and family, she now has a suitcase. Meanwhile, Jules and Rue begin to drift apart as the siren song of drugs calls Rue to its euphoric shores. (Maddy has the tape, by the way, but Cal doesn’t know this yet.)Įpisode 3 also (finally!) gives us more Lexi, whose school play will add another dash of metafiction to an already-confusing world of narrators and fantasies. Episode 3 confirms this last detail, as Cal takes up the sex tape grail quest.
Cal is the weekly focus following episode 2, during which he discovered Nate’s knowledge of his sex tape with Jules-and that the tape may not be in Nate’s possession. Warning: the following contains spoilers for Euphoria season 2 episode 3.Įuphoria’s third episode puts the narrational spotlight on Cal Jacobs with an almost 15-minute opening sequence showing his tumultuous senior year in high school.
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