You’re glued to the screen anytime she shares a scene with her grandkids. Even though you get the idea that she isn’t the best role model a kid could ask for, Kathrine Narducci ( The Irishman, Bad Education) does an amazing job at making such a troubled mother figure into a sort of likeable, badass douchebag. ![]() After being abandoned by their parents, we learn that they were raised by their grandmother, who taught them everything there is to know about dealing drugs, defending themselves, and how to survive this vile world. Season 2, episode 1, ‘Trying to Get to Heaven Before They Close the Door,’ opens with Rue retelling the backstory of everybody’s favorite drug dealer, Fezco ( Angus Cloud, North Hollywood), where we’re shown why he and Ashtray ( Javon Walton, Utopia) are so deep in the drug business. Last time we saw Rue in her special episode ‘Trouble Don’t Last Always,’ she spent Christmas at a diner with Ali ( Colman Domingo, Candyman), her mentor figure, discussing how she willingly relapsed after being left by Jules at a train station. Over two years later, the HBO hit series is finally back with season 2, episode 1, and so far it’s everything you expected it to be, but slower. It’s been quite a long wait between seasons, but luckily showrunner Sam Levinson treated us with two-parter special episodes in late 2020, and early 2021, focusing on the aftermath of Rue and Jules’ mental states after the season finale, filling the hole the show had left. Like many other TV shows and films at the time, season two of Euphoria kept getting pushed back and delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic, even though they were ready to go into production. Every episode switches between different character perspectives, although Rue and the new girl in-town Jules ( Hunter Schafer, Cuckoo), whom Rue becomes fixated with, remain the main focus of the series. ![]() Starring Zendaya ( Dune, Spider-Man: No Way Home) as Rue, the series follows a group of high school students as they struggle dealing with drug addiction, sex, and violence, with Rue narrating each storyline. Euphoria, on the other hand, took the world by storm when it premiered back on June 16, 2019, and almost immediately became one of those rare shows that went viral on all social media platforms. Yet, it got cancelled after just two seasons, despite having a relatively significant following and big Hollywood names attached to it, such as David Fincher as an executive producer. You’d think Netflix’s Mindhunter, a show about FBI agents interviewing serial killers to solve open cases, would be a smash hit. It’s kind of hard to tell these days which shows will become instant hits, and which ones will go under the radar until they’re cancelled by their networks due to low ratings. ![]() Euphoria is back with season 2, episode 1, promising an electrifying new season, from Rue being held hostage by drug dealers to Cassie being stuck in a bathtub.
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