“Things You Missed” is a key word search phrase, but in truth, this video is actually
things that I missed, things that I got wrong in the last video, as well as some awesome
analysis, interpretations, and ideas that I read in the comment section of that video
and wanted to share with y’all.
Let’s start with some quick cleanup.
Things that I got wrong.
I said that Rue tried to steal Fez’s mother’s medicine, but that’s not true.
I had forgotten that she is not Fez’s mother.
She is Fez’s grandmother.
In fact, the very first two words of Euphoria Season 2 are:
“Fezco’s grandma was a G.” I also said that I’d like to believe that
Fez does have drugs at his home because it would be cute if he had told Rue that he didn’t
have any specifically because he wants Rue to get clean.
And I stand by that sentiment.
But Fez’s place was raided in season 1.
So most likely, he was telling the truth.
He doesn’t keep drugs there anymore.
I said that Rue may have called out Cassie because she was high, but as Nelson Mandela
pointed out, Rue may have just been suffering from withdrawal.
Nelson may be right.
But I’ll push back a little.
When Rue was in the bathroom at Lexi’s, she cleaned her nose.
That could mean a couple things.
She may have just been cleaning herself up because any addict knows that your body is
a mess, especially the day after a bender.
But Rue had looked through the medicine cabinet.
So I still think that Rue may have crushed up something and blown it.
Let me know what you think in the comment section.
And let’s go back to that scene.
Rue outed Cassie’s secret, and I offered up a few ideas.
Maybe it just slipped out because Rue was messed up at the time.
Maybe she did it to see someone else hurt because she was hurting.
Or maybe she did it intentionally so as to redirect attention onto someone else.
I now think that I missed the point with this one, but a few of you got it.
Cassie told Rue to take it one day at a time.
And sure, that’s great advice.
But when someone is sitting there in bodily pain, suffering from withdrawal, the last
thing that they want to hear is a pretty, happy, friendly girl saying “take it one
day at a time” as if it’s that easy.
So Rue may have just been triggered, especially considering the fact that Rue knew that Cassie
has a dark secret of her own.
Dablackangel pointed out that Laurie called Rue Ruby.
So Fez thinks Jules’s name is Jewel, and now, Laurie calls Rue Ruby.
That’s pretty funny.
And there may even be a plot point takeaway from her use of the name Ruby.
As Kali Octopus pointed out, Ruby might be Rue’s legal name.
So it begs the question: has Laurie been doing research on Rue?
Does she know where Rue lives and who Rue is friends with?
A lot of Euphoria fans agree that Laurie is a scary and dangerous woman.
So if she has done research on Rue’s personal life that makes her even more terrifying.
Towards the end of the last episode, Rue hallucinated and told her father that she is sorry that
she let him down and that she is not a good person.
And in her hallucination, he said that’s not true.
But in the opening scene of Euphoria Episode 5, Rue’s mother told her that she’s not
a good person.
Although I love Leslie, those were dangerous words.
As a reminder, the Special Episode Part 1 addressed this specific topic.
Ali told Rue that if she can’t forgive herself, then she will feel like she deserves the bad.
And that will allow her to keep making the same mistakes over and over instead of changing.
So it was dangerous for Leslie to tell Rue that she is not a good person because she
was reinforcing Rue’s own negative thoughts about herself.
But Rue needs to forgive herself in order to change.
However, to play devil’s advocate, Brian made a great point.
There are some people in our lives whose opinions really matter.
For many, that person is their mother.
So there’s a chance that Rue will reflect on those words over and over.
She’ll keep thinking about how her own mother said that she is not a good person.
And that could go both ways.
It could prevent Rue from forgiving herself and making better choices.
Or it could be the catalyst towards her making better choices.
Only time will tell.
Here’s one last thing that I found cool.
The show runner pointed out that the light turning off behind Rue symbolized Rue running
from the darkness.
So that was cool, but I found myself thinking: okay so did the lights actually turn off or
not?
Was it just symbolic?
No.
As M Woods pointed out, the episode took place over the course of a day.
Rue slept at Laurie’s, woke up before sunrise, ran home, and as she did so, the street lamps
turned off.
So it was symbolic in terms of Rue running from the darkness and also in terms of it
being the dawn of a new day … hopefully.
That is actually a good segue into the first of a few theories.
Although I’m not sold on this one, it is worth discussing.
Maui Bro Ka Oi pointed out that Rue reached out her left arm to Laurie.
But in the morning, she noticed injection marks on her right arm.
So there’s a chance that Rue was at Laurie’s for a few days.
To play devil’s advocate, Leslie was sitting there at the end of the episode.
So I tend to believe that this is the morning after Rue ran away.
But the left arm right arm thing is interesting.
It may mean that Rue was there a few days, or it could be explained by the fact that
Rue kept moving her arm around so Laurie poked her in both arms.
There’s more to say about Laurie, but let’s quickly jump over to Elliot.
Elliot and Jules outed Rue to her mother.
And that was a good thing.
But Elliot regrets making that choice.
There was a great shot of him as Rue was driven off to rehab.
As soon as I saw this shot, I had planned on using it as the last video’s thumbnail.
But in such a Rue-centric episode, I had to go with one of Rue.
But the point is, this shot is so good that it got me thinking.
My instinct is that whatever he is thinking about in this very moment is going to play
a part in the upcoming episodes.
I couldn’t come up with anything that really made sense, but TheCoconutKangaroo may have
nailed it.
So Jules told Rue that they flushed her pills.
Many of us believe that that is a lie because it’s pretty clear to most that that would
be a bad idea.
But Laurie may not accept the pills back as payment.
So someone may have to sell the pills.
And that someone may be Elliot.
Of course, that would open up a new debate.
Would that make Elliot a hero for helping out Rue?
Or would that make him a bad person for selling to people?
Alright.
Let’s go back to Lovely Laurie.
The master bedroom was the last door on the right.
And across from the master bedroom is a room with a lock on it.
We heard scratching noises, which suggests that someone is behind that door.
So it begs the question: who?
Karinamoon wonders if the person locked up might be a character we know.
Well, Cal drove off at the end of the last episode, and we didn’t see him in this one,
but it’s probably not him since he has never met Laurie.
But there is another option.
Trisha wonders why Laurie has focused on Rue as opposed to Faye.
And that got me thinking.
Faye’s been staying at Fez’s.
And we didn’t see her there in this episode.
So there’s a chance that Faye went to Laurie’s, did some drugs, and she is now locked up behind
that door.
To play devil’s advocate, there’s a shot of Faye in the Episode 6 Promo.
But this is a show with flashbacks.
So we don’t know when this scene happens.
Maybe this is a flashback to her getting captured or a flashback to her leaving Fez’s and
going to Laurie’s.
Regardless of who it is that Laurie has locked up, most fans agree that Laurie is terrifying.
So let’s expand on the Ali theory.
Ali has a history of domestic abuse.
And we saw him rage at Rue when she threw his past in his face.
That was a scary moment.
Ali walked away from Rue, so at the time, he sort of gave up on her.
But did Ali give up on Rue forever?
I hope not.
Rue is now involved with some very dangerous people, and they are trying to traffic her
in some way shape or form.
So there’s a chance that Ali may fight for Rue.
Unfortunately, Laurie’s people have guns.
So it’s not far-fetched to think that Ali may die saving Rue.
The silver lining is that one of Ali’s daughters has never forgiven him.
And Ali looks at Rue like a daughter.
So it would be poetic if he was able to save Rue.
It may cost him his life to do so, but that very well may be a price that Ali is willing
to pay.