on HBO.Russian Doll’s first season was a bleak, beautiful philosophical experiment that wrestled with some of life’s most perplexing questions. “Fuck Anyone Who’s Not a Sea Blob” also airs Sunday, January 24 at 9 p.m. Grade: Bīoth special episodes of “Euphoria” are streaming now on HBO Max. That way, you can better prepare for what’s next.
Perhaps it’s a little light on forward momentum, but sometimes you have to take a beat, look in the mirror, and reflect. “Fuck Anyone Who’s Not a Sea Blob” outlines and underlines familiar ideas in typically vibrant scenes of amped-up emotion. Yes, they work hand-in-hand to amplify the series’ searing love story, but they also distinguish Rue and Jules as individuals. That each episode also feels distinct from the other is even better. This is the last special episode before Season 2, which is on track to premiere later this year, and while Rue’s hour feels more enriching (thanks in part to its dialogue-driven, back-and-forth structure) and more inviting to revisit (it’s a unique, “Blue Christmas” holiday special with an uplifting message), it’s been encouraging to see “Euphoria” break from its extremist tendencies and deliver two low-key stories intent on mining the emotional reservoirs of its main characters. They’re both scared, they’re both trying to be vulnerable, and they both know there’s a connection between them that can’t be denied. Rue, on her way to see her sponsor, musters the courage to visit Jules on Christmas. Hunter Schafer and Zendaya in “Euphoria” Eddy Chen / HBOĪnd that’s what makes the final scene all the more heartbreaking. So many of her real-life relationships end with someone leaving or lying or both, whether it’s her mother or “Tyler” or even Rue, whose ever-looming relapse poses the constant threat of taking her out of Jules’ life. Before she starts talking about “Tyler,” she says that real life romances are always a letdown, whereas online relationships allow you to be “more honest and vulnerable.” Clearly, she’s scared of what could happen with Rue. Jules revealed so much of herself in that relationship. This leads us to the special’s revealing insight into Jules: She says she’s still in love with “Tyler,” the fictitious character created by Nate (Jacob Elordi) so he could blackmail Jules.
Jules now knows a bit more about why she falls in love “so easily,” as well as why Rue is different from the relationships that existed mainly in her head. Jules’ episode clarifies her perspective, just as it clarifies her actions to herself. Season 1 illustrated Rue’s dependence on Jules, but typically from Rue’s point of view. Rue doesn’t know how much pressure Jules feels to love her back, knowing that if she doesn’t, Rue could relapse.Īgain, these ideas aren’t new. Her mom repeatedly relapsed and left the house. But her therapist (Lauren Weedman) points out why Jules resists linking the two women: Both Jules’ mom and Rue are addicts, and both of them have failed to see how their addiction affected Jules. It made her feel good, and she imagines it’s how her mother once saw her, when she was a newborn. Hunter Schafer in “Euphoria” Eddy Chen / HBOĮarly in the session, Jules remembers how Rue would look at her and see the real her, whereas so many others only looked at her to search for flaws or see what Jules wanted them to see. But the root of Jules’ relationship issues with Rue ties back to the most scarring loss in her life this far: her mother. Episode writers Sam Levinson and Schafer repeatedly find ways to show that their main love story is as grand as it feels to the couple in it. All of this is a savvy way to build their romantic saga, even when they’re apart.
Most strikingly, they each shared the same dream space, where they pretended to have gone through with the move and lived together in New York City. The “Lorde”-backed eye montage makes it’s clear there’s no one reason she left home, just as it’s clear all the reasons are connected in some way Jules has yet to reckon with, until now.Īs far as her connection to Rue goes, the episode carries both explicit and opaque references to prior scenes where the two are either thinking about the same thing or reacting to each other. Jules’ episode fills in the gaps, not only in how it sets up Rue’s stoned meeting with her sponsor later that night, but in how Jules has been experiencing their relationship. ‘Euphoria’ Star Dominic Fike Reveals He Was Almost Fired for Drug Use During Filming
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