![]() Let’s start with the show that started the obsession-the great and powerful, Euphoria. From Zendaya’s Disney Channel hit, K.C Undercover, to Eric Dane’s less, let’s say, controversial role in Grey’s Anatomy, there are plenty of options to see the cast grace your screens again. ![]() Or-maybe you’re just suffering a little separation anxiety from your favorite actors’ faces (because, same). While we’ll have to wait an unspecified amount of time for season three, we can fill that void with other shows like Euphoria and shows featuring the insanely talented cast.įrom British teen drama, Skins, to shows that put a comedic spin on heavy issues, like Single Drunk Female, there’s something new out there just waiting for you to fall in love with. In Zendaya’s heartwrenching portrayal of Rue’s withdrawal, we better understand why she’s made such terrible choices to numb the pain.With the final episode of Euphoria season two behind us, there’s a Zendaya-shaped hole in our hearts. ![]() Stuttering through shaky breaths, she tells Laurie ( Martha Kelly) that she just wants to die and will take any drug she has. She limps through the streets clutching her stomach in agony and vomiting, stumbling into her drug dealer’s home. Through the course of the episode, she spirals further into withdrawal. It’s unbearably brutal and equally heartbreaking to see a character we’ve grown to love at such an utter low. By the end of her rant, she’s so overwhelmed she’s nearly gasping for air. Even in her viciousness, Zendaya carries the heavy weight of Rue’s pain with each word. Embarrassed and ashamed, she shifts her rage toward Jules, telling her she wishes they'd never met. After finding out Jules ( Hunter Schafer ) has been in the house listening to her berate her mother and sister, Zendaya portrays Rue’s utter humiliation with searing honesty. Zendaya seamlessly weaves through the highs and lows of Rue’s frantic state, spewing vitriol one moment and sobbing in despair the next. She embodies Rue’s desperation with unflinching honesty, willing us to see and understand how much Rue is suffering. Embarrassed and apologetic for her actions, she pleads with her mother to let her have the suitcase full of drugs back. After the brutal confrontation between her, her mother, and her sister, Rue sinks to the floor. In all her viciousness, Zendaya also maintains a strong sense of pain, and even regret, in her actions. Desperate for drugs, she storms through her house in a state of terrifying desperation. But Zendaya’s unrelenting empathy for the character shines through in every moment, never letting the viewer lose sight of the fact that this is a teenage girl in deep crisis. Throughout the episode’s intense opening sequence, she makes her mother, sister, and girlfriend cry with her cutting and vitriolic words. Rue reaches her breaking point in the second season’s tremendous fifth episode. Zendaya’s portrayal of Rue’s mental health is heartbreaking, and it is essential in helping us understand why she has found herself in such a horrible cycle of addiction. Through flashbacks and drug trip sequences, we better understand the extent of her trauma and pain. This continues into Season 2 as Rue spirals deeper into addiction. Drugs have become vital for her, the only avenue through which she can escape her mental turmoil. In all her furious and cutting words, Zendaya’s desperate cries were aching and gut-wrenching, making us understand why she was willing to go to such lengths. We had seen Rue say terrible things in Season 1 in one of her most Emmy-worthy scenes that season, she bangs on Fez’s ( Angus Cloud) door to get more drugs, calling him a “dropout drug dealer with seven functioning brain cells,” and blaming him for her addiction. In the second season, we see Rue hit rock bottom, and Zendaya retains her humanity even at her absolute lowest. RELATED: 15 Gritty Teen Series like 'Euphoria' to Watch Next Hitting Rock Bottom The more horrible things we see Rue do to the people she loves because of her addiction, the more remarkable it is that Zendaya ensures we still empathize for her. Despite the trauma Rue’s addiction has caused her mother ( Nika King) and sister, Rue continues to use, blatantly lying to them and faking her negative drug tests. The first season shows in a flashback that Rue’s sister Gia ( Storm Reid) was the one that found her when she overdosed, her limp body lying unresponsive on her bedroom floor in a pool of vomit.
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