♪ (calm music intro) ♪
- Euphoria.
- (laughs) Euphoria!
I love Euphoria so much,
oh my gosh! - I know you do.
- I'm Rue, I did a BuzzFeed quiz, and I'm Rue.
I'm the main character.
- She hasn't seen any of it.
- I have not seen any of it, but I've heard how,
people are saying it's good, is it good?
- It is very, very good.
- (Rue) I'm Rue, I'm an addict.
- (Leslie) You're about to start a brand new chapter.
- (Rue) I'm Rue. - (Jules) I'm Jules.
- Jules, mm, I don't really like Jules anymore right now.
- Is she really playing a role of an addict?
- Ooh!
- Fire show, 10 out of 10. Would recommend.
- I know. (laughs) - Unless you're under 18.
- (React) Tell me how much of the show you've seen, Myles.
You've seen it all? - I'm caught up.
I've seen everything.
- I started watching because of her.
- I've never seen an episode, but I've heard about it.
- To be honest, I couldn't really get through all of first season.
I mean, it was really hard. - Why?
- Because. (Myles laughs)
- I'm in shock that she's watching this.
- (Rue) I've got an idea.
- Oh my God, that scene.
- (Rue) Wanna get high?
- (Jules) Didn't you just get out of rehab?
- She was in rehab. - Yes.
- They're in love, mom. - Oh, okay.
See, I didn't get to that part.
- Just the soundtrack too, is so good.
- My God.
To think back on it now
on how wholesome their relationship used to be.
- This is such a different role for her, honestly.
- (Rue) I know you're not allowed to say it,
but drugs are kinda cool.
- Are drugs cool, mom? - (laughs) No.
(both laugh)
- (Jayka) See. - Drugs are not cool.
- The thing is, it's about the artistic element
of the show. - Yeah, but it depends
who's watching it, you gotta... - I guess so.
- I don't know, is this reality? Is this how high school...
- Well, I went to public high school,
and I definitely would say that there are kids
who go through stuff like this, for sure.
- I don't know, I mean it's making me realize what's out there.
You know, I just... - I feel like yeah, but...
- Didn't have a clue. - They're not trying to hide
anything. - Right.
- You know, they're admitting to the fact that she likes drugs.
- (Leslie) I asked you a simple question.
- (Rue) You make everything worse! - (Leslie) Where is my money?
- Who's that, mom?
- (Rue) It's 40 [censored] dollars! What do you want?
- (Leslie) I don't care, what do you mean...
- (Rue) What the [censored] do you want?
- Exactly, yeah.
- (Rue) Mom, you're such a [censored] bitch.
(Michelle gasps)
Because you just [censored] sat... - (Leslie) Shut your...
- Ooh! - Hmm.
- Poor Gia. - Yeah, she's who I felt, yeah.
- What if I screamed at you like that, huh?
- Oh my gosh. (Myles laughs)
I know, but I had my wild days, I screamed at my mom,
so I felt that. (laughs)
- I get heated, she doesn't really respond that way.
- It is disrespectful,
but you also gotta know that your kid needs help.
You have to see it. - Yeah.
- (Fez) Not today, Rue.
- It's our boy.
- (Rue) Can you open the door, please?
- (Fez) I'm not gonna help you kill yourself, Rue.
- (Rue) Don't close the [censored],
you're a [censored] drop out drug dealer
with seven functioning [censored] brain cells.
Open the door!
- (Fez) I can't do it, Rue, I'm sorry. - (Rue) Open the door!
Open the door, open the door!
You [censored] ruined my life! (screams)
You [censored] did this to me!
- But he did try to stop it though.
- Yeah, that's why we like Fez.
- You know, he could've just taken her money.
- True, yeah. He's probably seen enough.
- Yeah, for sure. - That's why.
- (Rue) Are you sure you're okay?
- So she just met up with this catfish,
but it turns out to actually be one of this other girl's boyfriends.
- This, like where it goes all the way around.
- Oh wow. - Look how they filmed this.
- Why is she going out with other guys though?
Like if she's with...
- They weren't dating yet. - Oh, they're just messing around.
- Yeah. - They were friends with benefits.
Her having this emotional moment kinda drew them together
into that position, okay. - Yeah.
- I'm like yeah, looks like they're already a couple.
- You know, she's very vulnerable with all what's happening to her.
- She developed this addiction to drugs,
and then she saw an addiction to Jules.
- That relationship.
- But she didn't think it was a bad thing.
- And that's okay, because she needs that constant support
from wherever she's looking.
- Oh my God, this scene was crazy.
- (whispers) This part's scary.
- (man) Take a step back, Nate. I said take a step back.
Get the [censored] off me, get the [censored].
- So Nate has some anger issues. - Okay.
- Oh my God, watch this. - Oh God, what?
- Does he also not have a good relationship with his dad?
- Yeah. - Oh.
- He's a terrible dad, that's why he is the way he is,
'cause of the father, huh?
(man screams)
- Jeez.
- Every time he's on the screen, I worry. (laughs)
- How do you expect him to be a healthy living human being
and you're playing with his head, and you're physically assaulting him.
- I feel like the reason he got to that point
is because he suppressed all of it.
- Oh, it's very real.
I had a brother, same, my brother,
I think, we've done an episode about it, right?
- Mm-hmm. - About drugs and all that.
Anyway, so my brother's not here no more,
he passed away, and he was the same way.
He had anger issues, basically.
So that, to me, felt real.
- Ugh, God! (laughs)
- So Rue came up with this idea and was like let's just leave town,
whatever! - Mm-hmm.
- And then Jules is like okay, why not?
- Okay. - And then Rue's like wait.
Just kidding, I don't wanna do it anymore.
- Rue has been sober because of Jules.
- Okay. - Now she's starting to think
about her family and her mom and now she doesn't wanna leave.
- This is sad.
And then Jules ends up leaving her.
- Oh, so what... - To go to the city.
(whispers) And then the night that Jules leaves her,
she relapses again.
- You have all these teenagers dealing with their problems,
but most of it is all from like figuring out a way
to not be selfish.
You know, and it's not out of like bad intent.
- Mm-hmm. - But it's also not grasping
the full picture of what Rue's going through.
- Yeah.
- (Rue) I don't wanna put too much pressure on you...
- Don't bring Gia into this. - No.
- (Rue) Or maybe an astronaut, because if not,
then mom is 0 for [censored] 2, and that means
that it might actually just be her [censored] fault.
- (Leslie) Okay, that's enough Rue, that's enough.
- (Rue) Don't [censored] touch me, don't [censored] touch me,
you wanna hit me, do it, hit me!
- Oh my gosh.
- (Leslie) Don't you [censored] touch her!
(slap echoes) - (both) Ooh.
- (Leslie) Get out, get the [censored] out of here.
- (Rue) Get off of me!
- This scene was crazy.
- (whispers) Oh my gosh. Poor kid, poor sister.
- She had this whole suitcase of a bunch of pills,
and her friends kinda ratted her out.
- (Rue) Where did you put the pills?
- And her friends were listening the whole time.
- And she didn't know? - Yeah.
- (Rue) (laughs) Oh, okay.
You're a [censored] rat!
- (Jules) You were lying to me.
- (Rue) Yeah, so you go tell my [censored] mom?
You and me, we're [censored] done.
- (Jules) I love you.
- (Rue) No you don't, stop saying that!
You don't love me! - Dang.
It's so sad when you try to help people
who don't really wanna help themselves.
- Exactly, it has to start from them.
- It's hard for families to remember that,
that this is the illness talking, or this is, you know,
a reaction from drugs.
So they just have to learn how to tune it out,
and why it breaks my heart to see the sister seeing that,
because how do you explain it to a younger sibling?
- Yeah.
- (Rue) It'll never [censored] end.
- (laughs) This is so bad.
- This is the best, but not the best.
- Mm-hmm.
- So she kept trying to run away.
- (React) And this is kind of like the intervention.
- Okay. - Mm-hmm.
- Shut up Cassie, not right now. (laughs)
- (laughs) Just like take it one day at a time.
Oh, okay. (laughs)
- (Rue) I have a quick question for you.
- She's so proud.
- (Rue) How long have you been [censored] Nate Jacobs?
(Brooke-Monae laughs)
- That's, Nate Jacobs is her ex.
- Yeah, yeah. - Which, they were like mad in love,
and they weren't good for each other, first of all.
- Your brother explained to me this scene here.
- Yeah.
- Well, that's another issue. Another teenager issue there.
- (Rue) I saw her get in his truck, and then kiss him and drive off,
that was like what, like...
- Get her Maddy. - And they're best friends, right?
- Get her, get her! Yeah.
- Beat her up, Maddy.
- I don't even know why she would say that!
- Okay!
- So much going on.
- Literally gonna get violent. (laughs)
- Literally gonna get violent!
- (Maddy) You dumb [censored] bitch! - Oh my God. (laughs)
- She runs. (laughs)
Screw Cassie, dude. - That was her plan.
- Every episode they've gone through the backstory
of telling why that character is the way they are.
If gives you a more sense of their humanity,
and how far they've come, essentially.
Either in a good way or a bad way.
- (React) So the show has received a lot of criticism
for glorifying the use of drugs,
but as you saw, it also explores the lows that come with drug addiction.
So what do you think?
Does it glorify drugs in a way that could be harmful to teens
that are watching the show?
- I don't think it glorifies it, I think it's real life.
- I don't think it glorifies it,
I think it might really scare the living you know what out of them.
- I don't think their intention is to glorify
for the teens to see how it is,
but then in reality, there's also going to be teens
that are not as strong as you,
and they will see it in a different way.
- (React) Do you think that it's dangerous for teens
to watch this show?
- For some teens, yes.
I did not realize this is what this show, how graphic it was,
even with the sex scenes and showing the penises,
and all the stuff that they show, I didn't know that!
- I think the more real they are showing it,
then it's going to open their eyes,
like this is what's actually going on,
and this is how quickly you can become addicted.
- It's an eye opener for parents, but like, high schoolers
see it firsthand every day.
- So do you think it should be for college kids mostly?
Like 18 year olds and above should be the target audience?
- No, I mean, it just depends on your maturity level,
and how you take it.
- (React) Zendaya has said that if you can love Rue
after what she has been through,
then maybe you can extend that love to the people in real life.
- Mm-hmm. - Yes.
- (React) So to wrap up this episode,
how do you think that this show might change someone's perspective
of what young folks, of what addicts go through?
- A lot of people, when they see drug addicts in real life,
they're like okay, stay away from them,
let them figure it out on their own,
when that is not the case,
as much as you think they're pushing you away,
they're really begging you for help.
- It might be hard, but once they come to you,
and when they're ready, you need to be there for them.
- A lot of the intention is to create these dynamic characters,
and I don't think it's gonna necessarily solve,
or it can, because as long as that understanding is there
in the first place, then you can work through it,
and there's an awareness that it exists.
- Mm-hmm.
- Rather than not acknowledging these problems at all.
- Hey guys, it's Sierra.
Thank you so much for watching this episode.
If you or someone you love is struggling with
any of the topics that are explored in the show Euphoria,
or that we discussed in our episode today,
we've put some links down in the description
to resources that can help.
Thanks guys, bye.