Within the first episode of Euphoria, Rue tells everybody watching that she’s not a very good narrator; that she won’t get all of it proper, on a regular basis. Whereas among the occasions of the present occur with out Zendaya‘s character’s data, any voiceovers are from her standpoint. And he or she’s no all-powerful being. So the present was sure to disclose that some elements that she’s telling the viewers and even sure scenes aren’t true.
So, on the most recent episode that aired on HBO, it was introduced extra to gentle how unreliable a narrator she is. And showrunner Sam Levinson touched on that as properly. [Spoiler alert: Spoilers ahead for Euphoria’s special episode, “Part One: Rue”].
Rue reveals that she and Jules didn’t truly get lip tattoos
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On the finish of Season 1 of Euphoria, Rue is heartbroken as a result of Jules determined to observe by way of on the plan to run away from their city. Rue had been sober for a bit, however was clearly nonetheless fairly precarious, and was desperately in love with Jules. Jules was displaying indicators of being uncomfortable with how a lot Rue relied on her, or how a lot Rue cared for her.
Whereas each of them did love one another, it was clear that they have been in over their heads. Rue relapsed that evening, which resulted within the massive “All For Us” quantity on the finish of the finale.
So at first of this episode, the particular Christmas Eve bottle episode, so to talk, which is because of COVID-19’s strict filming restrictions and pushbacks, Rue is at a diner with Ali (Colman Domingo) her mentor and sponsor from NA. They’ve some deep conversations and Rue reveals that one thing that occurred in Season 1 truly by no means came about. And that’s the “Guidelines” lip tattoo that she and Jules obtained collectively.
It was by no means introduced up once more, however lip tattoos notoriously fade rapidly. Nevertheless, now followers know they have been by no means there to start with. Jules and Rue solely talked about getting them. However the sequence that they confirmed on the collection didn’t point out it was a dream or want in any respect; it simply appeared like a daily scene. So what does that imply about Rue, our narrator? Once more, it reveals that she’s not at all times displaying us, the viewer, the total story. Or she’s not telling us what’s true and what’s in fiction, in her thoughts.
Levinson stated that Rue is an unreliable narrator
And this, after all, that was executed on function, together with the reveal of her unreliability on this episode. Within the featurette after the episode, Levinson, the showrunner, stated that Rue’s exaggerations are beginning to seep by way of.
“This episode is beginning to form of sow the seeds that Rue’s perspective could be very a lot Rue’s perspective, and he or she’s not at all times correct in her retelling of issues,” Levinson stated. “She is restricted in her capacity to know the opposite emotional worlds of different characters, and it leaves open the opposite facet of the story, which is Jules’ facet.”
Each episode has one thing from Rue’s perspective. Whether or not or not it’s her ideas on nudes or on Nate Jacobs and the way she’d take care of him in a lawless scenario. However not the whole lot is, after all. However this does go away open some questions on which scenes might have simply been made up in Rue’s head.
This additionally impacts Rue and Jules’ love story and the way it appears from Jules’ perspective
Zendaya additionally talked about her character’s storytelling within the featurette. The episode focuses on Rue’s habit in addition to her mentality on plenty of issues like faith, sobriety, and extra. Ali additionally talks about Jules and the way relationship won’t be the perfect factor for somebody making an attempt to get sober and keep that method. Additionally they run into some points with how Rue sees her relationship with Jules.
“Rue fell in love with this concept of one thing that she by no means truly was clear about,” Zendaya defined. “I believe each of them don’t know or have the emotional understanding to have the ability to have a dialog about how they really feel. With that comes plenty of miscommunication.”
That’s fairly clear when Rue describes feeling harm that Jules cheated on her when she went to Los Angeles, however then proceeds to gloss over the actual fact, or not acknowledge, that the 2 of them by no means stated they have been relationship.
This coincides with Rue not being the perfect narrator, or simply telling her facet of the story, as a result of viewers by no means get Jules’ emotions. Or how she sees the conditions, what’s occurring in her head.
“Jules feels the strain of Rue’s sobriety resting on her,” Hunter Schafer famous within the featurette. She performs Jules, and had a component within the particular episode as properly. “I believe Jules is basically anxious that if she makes the flawed transfer with Rue, it might go straight again to relapsing. And that’s countered with the 2 of them being very in love.”
It’s a lot resting on Rue and Jules, and Euphoria is certainly going to dig into it extra as these specials go on and bleed into Season 2.
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