Throughout Maddy’s life, she’s been used and her trust has been betrayed, so seeing how one of her friends would do the same thing many people in her life have is a special kind of betrayal. It wasn’t just the fact that her ex-boyfriend slept with another girl, it’s that it was her best friend who he did it with. You can’t really blame Maddy for what she’s going through and her current thought process. On one hand, though heartbroken, Maddy is taking it as you would expect, by relieving her stress and anger through Kat’s ( Barbie Ferreira) shoulder and imagining ways of taking her revenge on them. Storm Reid and Zendaya in “A Thousand Little Trees of Blood,” Season 2 Episode 6 of Euphoria (Eddy Chen/HBO)Īfter this beautiful montage with Rue, we get to see how Cassie ( Sydney Sweeney) and Maddy ( Alexa Demie) have dealt with their friendship being broken after their fallout in last week’s episode. His interactions with Leslie are also welcomed additions, two parents struggling with their relationship with their children trying to do what’s best for them. He doesn’t judge her for her feelings and is able to let her know that being angry, or losing faith is okay as long as you can pick yourself up. Seeing him interact with Gia ( Storm Reid) is also refreshing to see, since nobody in Euphoria has taken the time to have a proper conversation with her in which she is felt seen and heard until now. I haven’t really taken the time to praise Domingo’s performance in the show, but my god is he a damn charismatic man! The energy he brings into the series is one of much needed levity. This becomes evident when Ali pays Rue a visit, offering to cook dinner for her and her family after speaking through the phone. I think what I love about Euphoria the most, even when it’s at its lowest in terms of quality in its writing, is that the show allows you to still have these heartfelt moments between characters despite all the dark things they’ve been through. He forgives her, making her sob in happiness at the thought of not losing yet another person she is close with. It all culminates in Rue giving Ali ( Colman Domingo) a phone call, apologizing for using his own past trauma against him when she dared him to hit her just like he used to hit his wife when he was an addict. She confesses that she hasn’t been the best daughter, that she can be too much of a burden on her family, how much she regrets all the hurtful stuff she’s done and said to those dearest to her, and although you can be mad at her for not keeping herself sober, you believe every word she utters because she genuinely wants to get cleaned. The cold opening serves as a way to give Rue an opportunity to open up about what she’s done. Even something as harmless as water is harmful for Rue in this process, and Zendaya sells the hell out of this. It’s not just that she’s able to communicate so many things at once with her eyes, those eyes that can tell a thousand painful remarks, but the physicality she brings to her performance is insane to me. Who would have thought a scene involving our main character trying to open a Jolly Rancher would make us tear up? Zendaya, again, is on an entirely different level with her portrayal of Rue’s struggles with addiction. Leslie ( Nika King) and Rue’s confrontation last week was quite visceral, but there’s something oddly brutal and different about seeing the aftermath of their showdown, with Rue barely being able to keep her hands from shaking. She doesn’t run away from home this time around, though, instead she allows for her mother to assist her and take care of her. This review contains spoilers for Season 2 Episode 6 of Euphoria.Įpisode 6 of Euphoria, “A Thousand Little Trees of Blood,” picks up right where last week’s episode left off, with Rue ( Zendaya) going through withdrawals. Episode 6 of Euphoria ‘s season 2 attempts to answer some questions from past episodes by confronting fresh new wounds, as well as old ones.
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