That discovery led to an understandably complicated relationship with his father and severe anger issues for Nate. When Nate was 11, he discovered videos his father Cal kept in his office of himself having sex with underage trans women and gay men. At home, Rue stops by and Jules attempts to apologize for leaving her at the train station, but Rue simply wishes her a Merry Christmas before leaving to meet Ali at the diner.

She eventually comes to the conclusion that she wants to go off of her hormone treatment, since she has always defined her idea of femininity by what men desire. She admits that she resents Rue for placing the responsibility of her sobriety on her shoulders, and opens up about her mother’s own struggles with alcohol misuse. In her standalone bridge episode, “F*ck Anyone Who’s Not a Sea Blob,” Jules meets with a therapist following her return to town. When Rue asks Jules to run away with her, Jules agrees… but when Rue doesn't show up at the station, Jules boards the train and leaves town anyway. When she returns home, Jules admits to Rue that she thinks she's in love with both her and Anna. While having sex with her, Jules hallucinates about both Nate and Rue. Later in the season, Jules goes to visit a friend from her hometown, where she meets the flirtatious Anna. Additionally, it turns out that 'Tyler' is none other than Nate himself, who is now using the nude pictures that Jules sent him to bribe her into being quiet about his father. While there, Jules realizes that the man she hooked up with is Cal, Nate's father. Soon afterward, Jules strikes up an online flirtation with a boy named Tyler and agrees to meet him at the impending carnival. She puts a swift end to Nate's harassment by slashing her own arm with a knife, intimidating everyone except for Rue. One of the first things Jules does when arriving in town is hook up with an older gentleman before attending a party where she's harassed by Nate, a local jock and bully. Jules left town at the end of 'Euphoria' Season 1 Eddy Chen/HBO Rue admits to having suicidal thoughts, and Ali tries to reinforce the idea that forgiving herself is the first step in getting better. Rue blames her relapse on the fact that Jules “abandoned” her at the train station, but Ali confronts Rue with the fact that she had never intended to stay sober, and that it was unfair to blame Jules when she and Rue had never defined their relationship in the first place. In her standalone bridge episode, “Trouble Don’t Last Always,” Rue met with her sponsor Ali at a diner on Christmas Eve following her relapse. In the mystifying final sequence, Rue relapses and experiences a vivid hallucination of a musical performance. Although Jules goes to the train station, Rue can't bring herself to follow through on her own impulsive idea. In the Season 1 finale, Rue suggests to Jules that they leave town and run away together. In addition to her struggles with harmful substance use, Rue also suffers from severe depression during one particularly bad depressive episode, she gets a kidney infection when she can't even get herself out of bed to pee. It's revealed that Rue first began misusing drugs when she tried her father's oxycodone while he was dying of cancer. Rue is often insecure in her feelings for Jules, which is made worse by her sponsor Ali's belief that the relationship won't last. Rue and Jules strike up an instant connection, which straddles the line between friendship and romance. She immediately goes to buy drugs from her dealer, Fezco, passes a drug test by using her childhood friend Lexi's urine, and soon meets the new girl in town, Jules. When Euphoria begins, Rue is returning to home and school after a stint in rehab. 9, remind yourself where we last left Rue and the gang with this Euphoria Season 1 recap. But while those were nice holdovers, viewers are understandably ready for more episodes after waiting more than two years. Since the Euphoria Season 1 finale aired in August 2019, fans have gotten to enjoy watching Zendaya win a Best Actress Emmy for her performance as Rue as well as two standalone “bridge” episodes featuring her and Jules.

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