During her phone calls with Fezco, she expresses anxiety about the reactions of those who are mimicked in her play. She wants attention, influence, and a little revenge on those who have wronged her. Although, perhaps I’m being too hard on her. She’s too busy laughing with excitement over being portrayed and observed by others. Similarly, Kat and Cassie’s mom cares primarily about attention and doesn’t even have the ability to ask why her character was depicted as a drunk and a poor mother.
Rue doesn’t react as strongly to the play because she already has a somewhat omniscient role as the show’s narrator and has dealt with her own baggage in earlier episodes. As Cassie, Kat, and Maddy see their high school years from Lexi’s perspective, they are forced to reckon with the impact that their choices made on her. To the other characters, this play was their version of sobering up. We learn in this episode that her sister, Gia, has been especially struggling, despite Rue’s insistence that she’s fine. As she sobers up, she’s forced to see the damage that she’s done. In this same vein, the last two episodes focused on how Rue’s drug use has impacted those who care about her.
Now, Lexi shows us that her dad was likely intoxicated while driving, and she was terrified throughout the entire car ride. In season one, we saw this memory from Cassie’s perspective of a blissful summer day. This is notably demonstrated by the memory of Cassie and Lexi driving with their dad. People are complicated and actions can have both good and bad consequences as a result. What works the most about this episode is how it plays into the overall theme that most things are not black and white. Never mind that she’s knowingly subjecting her family and friends to public humiliation. Lexi has a bit of a superiority complex but, as she sees it, how can you not when everyone in your circle is: addicted to opioids, partaking in underage sex work, lying to loved ones, and/or sleeping with the enemy. Now, Lexi, Rue’s previous best friend, has stepped into her own storyline and wrote a play that exposes her viewpoint. Usually, most of the show is told from Rue Bennett’s perspective, the show’s central character. It's possible that Levinson chose to break the show's continuity and adjust Fez's age so he could better fit in with the other characters and storylines on "Euphoria.Those at home acted as part of the play’s audience, along with the cast of “Euphoria” themselves. Rue's comment seems to imply that Fez's age has been altered to fit his season two storyline and blossoming romance with Lexi.Ĭloud told GQ that his character was originally supposed to get killed off on season one, but showrunner Sam Levinson decided to keep Fez around. "She couldn't remember the last time someone her age asked her so many questions about herself," Rue says of Lexi and Fez's conversation.
On season one, episode seven, Nate said that Fez "dropped out of school at 20." But on season two, episode two, Rue, in the narration, alludes to his age while talking about his New Year's Eve interaction with Lexi. The season two premiere gives viewers a look at Fez's backstory and explains how he became a drug dealer. He's first introduced as Rue's drug-dealing friend. It often indicates a user profile.Īngus Cloud as Fezco on season two, episode four of "Euphoria." Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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