Euphoria (01x08) - Season 1 Finale - Rue's Relapse [HD] | Spotlight 

Lost for words. The artistic Imagination. The singing. The imagery. The message. Wow.

I remember sitting there like "they really just slipped a whole ass music video in the final episode and it was *so smooth* "

She deserves every award for her acting

i’ve never seen a show communicate the grief and pain and awful glory of a relapse so brilliantly - what you’re losing and fighting and condemning yourself to in that moment

This scene is something jesus... till then

i’ve rewatched this show so many times and i realized something. everytime rue is tempted by drugs when sober, this song plays. she definitely overdosed but didn’t die. even when the screen goes black at the end, you can hear birds chirping. she said in her backstory episode that she likes to imagine that the hospital monitors beeping are just chirping birds. and when she was going through the house, gia and her mom couldn’t see her, but her dad could. almost like she was close to death and then he pushed her away. also when the choir ppl have rue in the air and they’re like convulsing her, she was probably having a seizure.

I know this scene is sad, but Damn zen's voice is something else. So beautiful and deep sho

the fact that this song has been playing all throughout the season just hits me so different i dont know why..

when i started hearing zendaya singing my heart dropped it added so much to this scene

She chose her family over Jules then chooses drugs over her family. :(

Just a head up. The creator of the show has stated that rue is not dead. He wants to further her story and progression as a character in the second season.

Now this is how you make a musical in a serious teen show. And yes, im talking to u Riverdale

Euphoria is an example of how to show serious problems in an artistic way without romanticizing anything. Everytime it showcases scenes that represent depression I feel a sadness cuz I relate but also glad that it doesn't make mental illness look beautiful and when it shows scenes with drugs i can tell that they're not trying to make drugs "cool" and it shows how there's so much silent suffering that kids my age don't talk about when dealing with drugs and they think it's awesome until they develop problems on top of the problems they already have

Every time I watch this part the bit where her Dad grabs her and hugs her really makes me cry and I can’t explain why... it just brings all my emotions out

Riverdale producers watching this like 👁👄👁

tha was not good for my mental stahbility luv....

As a former heroin addict and someone who has overdosed, this scene is 100% conveying a relapse triggered by her breakup with jules. Her walking through the house and stumbling, almost fighting the intense high thats building up, was her "falling out" as we call it in the drug world. Meaning she did too much and she's beginning to OD. Eventually I believe she actually does overdose and her heart stops, around the time she sees her family and father. The other dancers are other victims of the Opioid epidemic, others that have lost their life to this terrible and hard-to-break lifestyle. Rue is, I believe, dancing with the spirits. This reminds me of another music video, Acid Rain by Lorn, in which right before the person in the music video dies of trauma from a car crash, she's dancing with the other victims/spirits of the car crash, her last dance with life. Rue is doing so here, dancing with those that are already gone, almost joining them. The dance moves shown in the scenes tell me that she is in fact found by either her mom or sister and the ambulance was called because it looks like they are trying to revive her heart with a defibrillator. The end, when she's climbing the pile of other victims, she's about to "go into the light" or, you know, die. But, she drops... She's revived and brought back to life! She never fully died if that makes sense. That's my interpretation as an addict at least. We don't know if she instantly came back or is in a coma again, every overdose is unique. But this scene just conveys so much emotion and memory, I cry almost every time I watch it.

rue definitely relapsed. in previous episodes she said how the hospital noises sounded like chirping birds and at the end of this you hear birds

sometimes when i listen to this song i imagine i’m Rue and i start bumping into everything in my house and my family looks at me like i’m crazy but idc this my shit

When I tell y'all this whole scene broke my heart 😭

Now compare Riverdale's musical episode to this

Wait isn’t the hoodie supposed to separate past from present, i.e. this scene takes place right after she leaves her father’s room, hence why she’s wearing the hoodie instead of her prom outfit? Ergo, this is a memory from the beginning of her drug use

Guys she’s not dead- she is an 18 year old addict and relapsed. I was an addict that age and went to rehab at 19. You know when I got clean for real and relapsed for the last time? 33. They used a song to DISPLAY her relapse. It was a visual depiction of what brought out her mental illness and made it worse (her dad dying, falling in love, feeling outcast, her family issues, etc). I honestly wonder if the people at the end are supposed to represent drugs how they’re controlling her and tossing her around and pulling her back. How she’s trying to conquer them by getting to the top of the hill.. and then falls. A funny thing about this- I swear on my life I’ve been as high as she is in the beginning when she’s falling over. Xanax really can get you that fucked up if you take it to far.

That "Until then" sounds like Fezco

zendaya can dance, sing, act and model. WHAT IS SHE NOT GOOD AT??

SHE MADE HISTORY LAST NIGHT

*ALL FOR US LYRICS EXPLAINED:* In general, the song is about Rue's addiction. Rue is the protagonist in this song, and drugs are the enemy of this protagonist. The verses "taking it all for us, doing it all for love" have 2 meanings, depending on whether the choir (which represents drugs) or Rue is singing. When the drugs (the chorus) say "taking it all for us" they are referring to how Rue takes the drug. When they say "doing it all for love" they mean that Rue takes the drug because of the "love" she has for them. Clearly that it´s not love, it´s addiction. It's not good for her, and she knows it, but because of her addiction she can't contain herself and takes the drugs. When only Rue says the verses, it´s when she lets us know that she is " taking it" (or putting up with) her addictions for her loved ones and for herself, and she is doing it because of the love she has for them. Now I will explain my theory of what each verse means (this last scene and this song have a lot of content) *|| Too much in my system (famine, famine)* Here Rue lets us know that she was very eager or very hungry to take drugs, and she probably overdosed. *|| Money MIA (pockets hella empty). Mama making ends meet (making ends meet) working like a slave (Mississippi, ay, ay)* Rue's mother has 2 jobs since Rue's father became sick, so it is clear that the effort she is putting into keeping the family going and continuing to be financially stable is impressive, that' s why Rue says she works like a slave. Now, what does "mississippi" mean in all this? Well, relating Mississippi to slavery in this verse is just a historical reference, because Mississippi is the U.S. state that took the longest to abolish slavery. *|| Daddy ain't at home, no (father, father)* Rue´s father died, that´s why she says he´s not at home. *|| Gotta be a man (Michael Corleone)* When Rue says "gotta be a man" she means that, like all humans, her father was unfortunately going to die one day. This shows that Rue really misses her father. In fact, just when Rue says the phrase "gotta be a man" her father (which Rue is imagining) grabs her. Michael Corleone is a character in the film The Godfather. This character cared a lot about his family and gave everything for them. That connects with the next verse of the song: *|| Do it for my homegrowns (sisters, brothers), do it for the fam.* Rue imagines that she sees her father again. He tells her indirectly that it´s not yet her time to die (because he grabs her first and then releases her), that she must fix her life, and that she must do it for her family. *|| Just for your love, yeah, I'll give you the world. Mona Lisa´s smile.* Rue tries to tell us that she would do the impossible (impossible as the Mona Lisa's smile) for the love of her family. _INCISE: The "OH's" that the choir sings, represent drugs tormenting Rue's life and thoughts._ *|| Hell, I'll do twenty-five to life if it makes me your king. A star in your eyes.* This verse reinforces the previous. No matter what sacrifices she makes, if they make her a better person it will be worth it. *|| Guilty or innocent, my love is infinite. I'm giving it. No need for prisoners. Bitch please hands up, this is a stickup.* This is a metaphor for drugs trying to convince Rue not to let them go, and doesn't matter whether she feels guilty or innocent about it. Of course, in the most ironic way possible (if you notice this line it´s only sung by the chorus, which symbolizes the drugs in the scene, because they carry it around and basically don't let her go). The love of her family is infinite and, also, drugs do make you a prisoner. Drugs really have nothing to defend themselves with, they have no arguments to convince Rue after all she has been through, and that´s why they finally say to Rue "hands up, this is a stickup", referring to the fact that drugs will steal the love she could give to her loved ones. *|| Guess you figured my two times two always equates to one* Rue makes an assumption: Her family believes that she never stopped drugging, even though she told them otherwise, since, as I said at the beginning, she fell into another overdose (that's why 2x2=1, it's like a metaphor for her being drugged because clearly 2x2 is not 1 lol). *|| Dreamers are selfish* Many people relate it to Jules, but I think Rue says it to herself. Her dream is to be clean and finally be happy with her family and herself. But, even so, to have at least one joy for a second she takes drugs, and so she calls herself selfish. This theory takes strength when we see the scene. Just when Rue says "dreamers are selfish" she throws herself into the chorus, which as I have said several times, represents drugs. *|| When it all comes down to it* When she says "When it all comes down to it" she means "when i wake up in the hospital" because it is most probable, as i said before, that she has overdosed, and if so, it´s most logical to think that she will wake up in a hospital. This theory takes strength thanks to what is heard after the song ends in the last chapter of the first season: if you remember, at the beginning of the last chapter, when Rue is in the hospital because of her renal infection, she tells us that at night, when everyone is asleep, she closes her eyes in the hospital room and imagines that the little beeps are sounds of birds and that the warm air coming out of the duct is a warm breeze. Well, this is precisely what you hear after "All For Us" ends; sounds of birds and a breeze. She says it in this unclear way because she doesn't feel proud of what is happening, so in order not to feel so bad with herself she expresses it that way. *|| I hope one of you come back to remind me of who I was when I go disappear into that good night* Rue is requesting this of her loved ones. She says she "disappears" because, as I said before, she overdosed. She says that is a "good night" because the drugs make her feel """good""". That´s my theory. I hope you like it :)

Why i am so obsessed with this scene?😳

I love the use of glitter around the eyes in this show. Conveying a big deal with such a small touch

That "Till then" is the cherry on top of the whole episode! Still gives me chills!

my theory : she DID NOT relapse- The episode ended with her crying on the street , the last scene just shows her first time getting high and what it felt like

This scene deserves an Oscar

i rewatch this scene everyday, this is the most artistically and amazingly beautiful scene in all of film history. the colours, the singing, the dancing, the makeup, the history behind the song and how it relates to rue and her drug abuse and what she’ll do for the people she loves, and zendayas acting makes it all extraordinary, GOD I FUCKING LOVE THIS SHOW AND ZENDAYA. at the beginning of this scene i was pissed that rue relapsed but when you understand it more it’s not really her fault, she’s not doing to drugs for fun, they genuinely make her feel better because she doesn’t feel normal and she’s depressed and they bring her a feeling that makes her calm, i don’t blame her for taking them especially when something happens between her and the girl she loves

the cinematography in this is so good.

i wish i could rewatch the ending like i’ve never seen it before

People have been speculating as to why her dad is the only one who interacted with her in this scene even tho he’s dead and I have two theories: 1) Maybe she always felt he was the only one who came close to understanding her suffering more than the rest of her family. 2) Drugs may make her feel more alive, but they bring her closer to death and farther from the living, hence why her dad could see her and respond to her touch.

god this is so beautiful. the way the gospel singers are wearing robes the same color as her fathers sweater and her glitter tear stains like a uniform, making it holy. the image of her being cradled in the middle of them all, like they’re praying for her or trying to exorcise something. gives me chills every time

Shes not in love with jules, shes in love with the sobriety and the happiness she brings her. Thats why she turns to drugs when jules is gone, because she has nothing to make her happy nor sober

The feeling of Euphoria has always been the route of escapism for Rue. And there are only two things in her world that give her this feeling: drugs and Jules. When she's without drugs, she needs Jules. And as we see in this scene, when she's without Jules, she needs drugs. Our solution for addiction can't be something external. It has to come from change within ourselves. That's why it's so damn hard.

the amount of times i came back to this video is unhealthy

I feel like Zendaya's voice has gotten even better since her Disney days. Great scene, great song

THIS kind of performance art was so much more impactful than the play they did in season 2.

I have a Theory. At the end after Rue falls back into drug addiction, when the screen goes black you can hear birds chirping quietly and I remember hearing that when Rue was in the hospital she always listen to the heart monitor and would imagine the beeping sound to be birds chirping. Indicating that she is in a coma at the hospital.

honestly given how amplified the premiere episode was in all of its artistic glory, the finale had to be just as sensational and *euphoric* if not greater.

EMMY AWARD WINNER ZENDAYA

the ‘till then’ gives me chills EVERY TIME

I’m in love with her.

Tragic but amazing ending.

So I don't think she's dead. (It'd be stupid to kill her off after getting the green light for the next season) But I do think she relapsed. Like the choir tossing her around made it look like she was having a seizure especially with how she was holding her self. The pile of people grabbing her could be her mom and sister finding her, or the paramedics taking her again. Her falling could just be her passing out completely after, or as someone else stated could signify her coming down from her high.

50 yrs from now this scene will be studied in literature classes

This show hit me so hard. As someone who was in a toxic relationship, both of us being girls, and having substance issues but on different timelines, her not knowing what she wanted and me not knowing exactly as well, poor communication, both rocky home lives, me being homeless at the time, after I had gone to treatment I’ve been sober and in college for over 2 years now, I had to force myself away from her. I loved her so much but we were like, codependent in the worst way. This show really hurt to watch, it reminded me of the weakness I felt, being pushed around by my emotions and feeling like I lacked the strength to ever get better. Especially in the lgbt+ community it so hard to find a space that is both accepting of you, yet gives you space to heal. Gay clubs just arent enough. I wish I had an accepting mom like rues mom or dad like Jules dad 😞I really hope to see this show to continue and for Rue to finally get better, like I did.

I'm telling you, this finale is far superior to the second season's anti-climatic ending where Rue just tells the audience, "I stayed clean!"

YOUNGEST EMMY AWARD WINNING ACTRESS ZENDAYA

this show is brilliant, as is Labrinth.

This is legitimately one of the best scenes in a show, ever

i would do ANYTHING to watch season 1 for the first time againnnn 😭

That scene makes me cry no matter what. Bravo towards Zendaya👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾😭For those of you who are suffering in silence, you’re not alone🙏🏾

This scene with the song is perfect

I've always LOVED when Zendaya sings. She has a gorgeous voice.

Best ending in a TV show ever.....best season finale ever

wish i could watch this scene for the first time again

I can’t explain how much I love not only the song, but the music video as well. It’s a work of art tbh

This series is so unique, it makes you feel things you cant explain.

😭😭. Her falling all over the place in the beginning is so hard and heartbreaking towatch. And that deep hug/fall into her dads arms I felt that..and when the choir joins in the power in that m whew Chile. Everyone did so amazing on this show. And her singing is entrancing

If you’re looking for a sign not to end your life, this is it. I love you. Stay strong ❤️

The ending “until then” I get goosebumps everytime

Rue and ZENDAYA are amazing

just finished euphoria. this part genuinely brought me to tears. i sat here with my jaw to the floor. it’s so amazing. the non verbal communication. just wow. wow

This scene on its own is literally the masterpiece and song is amazing

Nobody is talking about that super chilling look Zendaya gives the camera. Like I felt that shit in my bones

This is how you end a season finale🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥yyyeeeeesssss

crying in the club rn

such a painfully beautifully show

You know, hate it all you want. But this artsy analysis of how destructive addiction can be is a necessary outlet for those with unresolved feelings about it. Not everyone cares or understands, but there's mi h needed representation of all sides, empathy and forgiveness and that's something rare in mainstream media.

I love this show, it shows the raw side of the teenage life the media has tried to hide for so long.I just wish more parents would see. A child acts out or lashes out simply because parents don't listen to them, they hear but they don't listen. Instead of blaming the fucked up system of society, let's try and help those that are already suffering next to us then proceed to look into what we can do next to help our neighbours To all those who suffered addiction at one point, remember you are loved and you're are a DAMN HERO TO YOURSELF ok? Don't let the world tell you otherwise

One of the most chilling scenes in Euphoria.

I really believe that this was her “welcoming back party” she’s aware that she’s saying goodbye and sorry to Gia, her mom, dad and the rue they wanted her to be as she leaves the house. -The crowd pulsating and then stopping and dropping her was the progression of her heartbeat. Slowing down and stopping. The initial rush of the hit -Her falling off the pile is the drop into falling in herself as she experiences the high

ive noticed everytime she does drugs this song plays in the background and gets louder everytime shes closer to relasping

I was always scared to watch this show. I didn’t want to look in this mirror. I watched the whole first season today on my first day of sobriety. Had my relapse when covid hit after years of sobriety. Got into my new treatment today, and I probably cried for 6 hours watching this show. I was first prescribed benzos when I was 15. Was on them for 5 years when my doctor retired and my new doctor took me off of everything overnight. Set me up to fail. Haven’t felt safe in my head ever since. I can only imagine how many other people were hit as hard as I was by this show and I don’t think I’ve ever cried so hard in my life. I feel so heavy, in an almost therapeutic way. This show taught me a lot about myself, and this scene ripped my heart to shreds to the point where I could barely breathe. Most impactful and imaginative piece of media I’ve ever consumed. Crippling anxiety and bipolar disorder are a b!itch. Never thought I’d get to 29, but here I am. Hoped I’ll get to 30 too.

When I was watching the show and at the end they just said “till then” I started *screaming*. I love this show💜

probably one of the most tragically beautiful scenes i’ve ever seen in a tv series. the choreography and the lighting and the whole vibe is so interesting yet uncomfy at the same time, one of my fav season ending scenes ever.

i cried my eyes out. it’s not that i do drugs,but i know how it feels to go back to something after swearing to yourself you’d never do it again.

I don’t have the words for this song. The power of it. The choreography. I just have goosebumps. I usually don’t cry while watching series but for this moment I was too moved... it’s so beautiful I don’t think a word could describe the magnificence of this scene

She put her whole zendussy in this

Finally. Someone who understands what I go through on a daily basis. How low you feel. How pointless and futile life itself feels when you’re in the midst of a disease so many people are quick to dismiss as nothing more than a lack of willpower

She did relapse but she is not dead.

This show has one of the most realistic drug use portraying, and how it can ruin, and literally end someone’s life in the most painful ways

I think she did relapse, but they didn’t showed us that in the literal sense just if they wouldn’t have a second season. Is an open finale, one that explains how Rue did relapse and now she’s hopeless

y’all everything bout this show is a master piece ‼️ zendayas singing tho ❣️

bro when her dad came in i had chills. srsly.

yk my mental health is wack again when this is on loop

Can’t wait for season 2🤪

This is the most heartbreaking part of the show!!!! She is so beautiful 😍

I love how this reminds us that she’s a professional dancer

Ive never watched a better show in my life

nah cuz this gives me such chills everytime i watch it

This song made me re-think life....I never saw something with such a message.

This song hits even harder when your battelimg sobriety.

As someone trying to recover this made me cry 💔

this makes me cry everytime. this show conveys emotion so well.