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At the end of the first season of Euphoria, which is 08 episodes, HBO decided to release 2 specials of this teen series. Partly because of the incredible hype at the time (summer 2019), but this time in winter 2020. These stories were about the two main figures of last season; Rue and Jules. Both brought to life the vicissitudes that every young person goes through in such a turbulent period of a human being's life. Rue, with her desires to commit suicide and continue using substances, and Jules, who feels that no one deserves to love her, as well as struggling with her identity as a transgender girl.
Believe me, I am writing this review as someone who is 32 years old. Not as a part of the Euphoria fandom. Which is real and biased. Both special episodes take place right after the events we see in the season finale. Rue goes back into the vicious spiral, but because it's Christmas and she's all alone, she calls Ali and they have, what I would describe as a master class in screenwriting for a mainstream seré. And it's something that's still a mystery to me. The same person who made the dreck that was ‘The Idol’, is the same person who made this brilliant series and these 2 episodes are pure gold.
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Deep dialogues but without disconnecting with the adolescent context. Perspective between adulthood and that anguished, impulsive, tormented vision that every kid has at 16/17 years of age... In addition, the tone of this chapter, which I will call ‘Rue's episode’ in order to be pragmatic, left me pleasantly shocked. I confess that I had already seen the series at the time but reading about Zendaya's career, I noticed that on imdb this episode (which I had no idea existed until that moment) has the best score of the whole series...
And not to mention the second episode, ‘Jules’ episode’. Here we witness what is a clinical psychology session in real time. Jules experiences in an open and honest way what she has decided to keep deep inside her humanity. He struggles to understand that the hardness and the search for perfection he craves is simply impossible. I could also see the anger that builds up in her pique thanks to her mother's abandonment in a psychiatric institution when she was a 9-year-old girl... As a mother, that confession affects you differently, no doubt about it...
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The performances in both episodes belong to the theatre and not to a very mainstream series. There is no joy or jubilation that is infectious through the wonderful score composed by Labrinth. Just 2 hours (each episode is an hour long) where we see the real damage, the pain and the reasons behind those acts that we then comment and gossip about after watching an episode on Max. Honestly, I have to give credit to Zendaya and Hunter Schaefer for delivering such great performances, but most of all for conveying their emotions and feelings in such a genuine and authentic way. You know you've seen something wonderful, when you feel it yourself.... And this is evident and majestic in Euphoria.
