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Euphoria Season 2 Premiere: Emmy winner Zendaya returns as Rue


Emmy-winning actress Zendaya made her long-awaited return as Rue Bennett as HBO’s Euphoria, as the show returned to screens for its second season on Sunday, nearly two years after the first season.

The second season was delayed significantly by the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving fans delighted with Sunday’s return, prior to which Zendaya, 25, issued a warning that the show deals with dark topic matter that might be disturbing to some so insisted viewers should watch with caution.

The new season was preceded by two special episodes, each focusing on Rue and the apple of her eye, Jules, played by co-star Hunter Schafer, which aired in December 2020 and January 2021. The new season is set just days after where viewers left off in the special episodes – at an explosive New Year’s Eve party.  

Rue returns: Emmy-winning actress Zendaya makes her long-awaited return as Rue Bennett as HBO's Euphoria returns for its second season... nearly two years after its first

Rue returns: Emmy-winning actress Zendaya makes her long-awaited return as Rue Bennett as HBO’s Euphoria returns for its second season… nearly two years after its first

The episode begins with some background on Fezco’s (Angus Cloud), with Rue revealing in voiceover that his grandmother (Kathrine Narducci) is, ‘a motherf***ing G,’ as we see a shot of a blonde woman walking into a bar while holding a handgun.

She walks through the bar as people start sending out warnings, walking through the backstage area with strippers before taking off her glasses and finding a fat man being pleasured in an explicit scene.

She walks in and shoots in in both thighs, as we see his intimate areas in the frame, while he screams in pain.

Jules: Her co-star Hunter Schafer returned as the apple of Rue's eye, Jules, in the second special episode, debuting on HBO Max in January 2021

Jules: Her co-star Hunter Schafer returned as the apple of Rue’s eye, Jules, in the second special episode, debuting on HBO Max in January 2021

Drama: The Season 2 premiere takes place just a few days later at an explosive New Year's Eve party where drama and chaos await around every corner

Drama: The Season 2 premiere takes place just a few days later at an explosive New Year’s Eve party where drama and chaos await around every corner

Fat man: She walks through the bar as people start sending out warnings, walking through the backstage area with strippers before taking off her glasses and finding a fat man being pleasured by a thong-clad reveller

Fat man: She walks through the bar as people start sending out warnings, walking through the backstage area with strippers before taking off her glasses and finding a fat man being pleasured by a thong-clad reveller 

She walks back out to her car where a young Fezco is waiting with a black eye, as she tells him she spoke to his dad and he’s going to come live with her now.

Rue says in voice over that he might not have been the ‘best guardian’ but she taught him eerie thing to know about running drugs. 

She tells him that his mother had a ‘kind heart’ but his father always exploited it, as Rue said Fezco always did good in school, ‘especially math.’

Shoots: She walks in and shoots in in both thighs, as we see his fully erect penis in the frame, while he screams in pain

Shoots: She walks in and shoots in in both thighs, as we see his fully erect penis in the frame, while he screams in pain

Fezco: She walks back out to her car where a young Fezco is waiting with a black eye, as she tells him she spoke to his dad and he’s going to come live with her now

Fezco: She walks back out to her car where a young Fezco is waiting with a black eye, as she tells him she spoke to his dad and he’s going to come live with her now

Kind: She tells him that his mother had a ‘kind heart’ but his father always exploited it, as Rue said Fezco always did good in school, ‘especially math’

He comes home from school one day and finds a new baby while another shot shows a pre-teen Fezco at a drug deal.

Fezco’s grandmother says the kid was collateral as part of a drug deal and the mother never came to pick up him, as we see Fezco taking care of him.

The kid is seen taking a bath in the sink while Fezco’s grandmother tells her a story while the kid starts eating cigarette butts., which leads to the kid being named Ashtray.

Bath: Fezco’s grandmother says the kid was collateral as part of a drug deal and the mother never came to pick up him, as we see Fezco taking care of him

Bath: Fezco’s grandmother says the kid was collateral as part of a drug deal and the mother never came to pick up him, as we see Fezco taking care of him 

Ashtray: The kid is seen taking a bath in the sink while Fezco’s grandmother tells her a story while the kid starts eating cigarette butts., which leads to the kid being named Ashtray

Ashtray: The kid is seen taking a bath in the sink while Fezco’s grandmother tells her a story while the kid starts eating cigarette butts., which leads to the kid being named Ashtray

We then see Fezco setting him at his usual spot at the convenience store as they find someone grandma needs to deal with.

She goes to the trunk and pulls out a tire iron and beats the crap out of a guy at the Family Donuts.

‘Fez doesn’t know why he did what he did,’ Rue says in voice over as he’s seen running towards grandma as she accidentally hits him with the tire iron on a back swing.

Young Fez: ‘Fez doesn’t know why he did what he did,’ Rue says in voice over as he’s seen running towards grandma as she accidentally hits him with the tire iron on a back swing

Young Fez: ‘Fez doesn’t know why he did what he did,’ Rue says in voice over as he’s seen running towards grandma as she accidentally hits him with the tire iron on a back swing

Fezco finds grandma collapsed, and Rue says, ‘the next thing you know, he has a business to run and a brother to take care of.’

‘He wondered how his grandma would handle someone like Nate, but he didn’t have his grandma… just Ash,’ Rue says in voice over.

Ashtray is seen sneaking up with a hammer before attacking two men in front of Fezco, who is stunned.

Fez: Fezco finds grandma collapsed, and Rue says, ‘the next thing you know, he has a business to run and a brother to take care of'

Fez: Fezco finds grandma collapsed, and Rue says, ‘the next thing you know, he has a business to run and a brother to take care of’

Attack: Ashtray is seen sneaking up with a hammer before attacking two men in front of Fezco, who is stunned

Attack: Ashtray is seen sneaking up with a hammer before attacking two men in front of Fezco, who is stunned

‘Dude, what the f**k?’ Fezco sayss before the title card hits.

The episode picks up with Rue in the back seat of a car with Fezco and Ashtray, singing to 2Pac’s Hit ‘Em Up as they are on their way to a drug deal.  

The deal goes wrong as Rue and his connection’s blonde girlfriend are dragged out of their car and into the apartment.  

Drug deal: The episode picks up with Rue in the back seat of a car with Fezco and Ashtray, singing to 2Pac's Hit 'Em Up as they are on their way to a drug deal

Drug deal: The episode picks up with Rue in the back seat of a car with Fezco and Ashtray, singing to 2Pac’s Hit ‘Em Up as they are on their way to a drug deal

Bad deal: The deal goes wrong as Rue and his connect's blonde girlfriend are dragged out of their car and into the apartment

Girlfriend: The blonde girlfriend of Fezco's drug connection

Bad deal: The deal goes wrong as Rue and his connect’s blonde girlfriend are dragged out of their car and into the apartment

Rue notices the guy is called over by a woman as he goes and listens to her before coming back and putting on some music.  

The large bald man tells everyone to ‘get naked right f***ing now,’ except for Ashtray, who he gets shoved into a closet.

He slams the blonde’s head into the wall and demands everyone else get naked and they all slowly comply as the crazy bald dude dances around the room.

Rue notices: Rue notices the guy is called over by a woman as he goes and listens to her before coming back and putting on some music

Rue notices: Rue notices the guy is called over by a woman as he goes and listens to her before coming back and putting on some music

Bald: The large bald man tells everyone to 'get naked right f***ing now,' except for Ashtray, who he gets shoved into a closet

Bald: The large bald man tells everyone to ‘get naked right f***ing now,’ except for Ashtray, who he gets shoved into a closet

Fezco nods to Rue who still has her shirt and pants on as the bald dude shoves her into the bathroom and puts her in the shower and runs the water.  

He tells her again to take her shirt off which she does and he asks her to take her pants off next.  

‘See how f***ing easy that was? Now get dressed,’ the bald guy says as we learn the woman’s name is Laurie.

Shower: Fezco nods to Rue who still has her shirt and pants on as the bald dude shoves her into the bathroom and puts her in the shower and runs the water

Shower: Fezco nods to Rue who still has her shirt and pants on as the bald dude shoves her into the bathroom and puts her in the shower and runs the water

Dressed: He tells her again to take her shirt off which she does and he asks her to take her pants off next

Dressed: He tells her again to take her shirt off which she does and he asks her to take her pants off next

She asks where Mouse is and Fez asks if he can put his drawers on and talk to her, with Fez explaining that Mouse won’t come around anymore because he didn’t like the way he was doing business.

She asks why he brought a kid to a drug deal and Fez says that’s his partner, and she asks why he brought a young girl to a drug deal and she says that’s his family, adding he trusts her with his life. 

They fill up the roller bag suitcase with pill bottles.

No mouse: She asks where Mouse is and Fez asks if he can put his drawers on and talk to her, with Fez explaining that Mouse won't come around anymore because he didn't like the way he was doing business

No mouse: She asks where Mouse is and Fez asks if he can put his drawers on and talk to her, with Fez explaining that Mouse won’t come around anymore because he didn’t like the way he was doing business

Asks: She asks why he brought a kid to a drug deal and Fez says that's his partner, and she asks why he brought a young girl to a drug deal and she says that's his family, adding he trusts her with his life

Asks: She asks why he brought a kid to a drug deal and Fez says that’s his partner, and she asks why he brought a young girl to a drug deal and she says that’s his family, adding he trusts her with his life

They get back in the car as Rue starts laughing about everything that went down but it pisses Fezco off that she thinks it’s funny.

Rue asks show many female drug dealers he knows and he says just one, as Rue says, ‘s***’s gotta change.’ 

Rue then sneaks into a New Year’s party as Lexi (Maude Apatow) asks Maddy (Alexa Demie) where Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) is, with Lexi saying she got out of the car in the middle of the road.

Drug dealers: Rue asks show many female drug dealers he knows and he says just one, as Rue says, 's***'s gotta change'

Drug dealers: Rue asks show many female drug dealers he knows and he says just one, as Rue says, ‘s***’s gotta change’

Sneaks: Rue then sneaks into a New Year's party as Lexi (Maude Apatow) asks Maddy (Alexa Demie) where Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) is, with Lexi saying she got out of the car in the middle of the road

Sneaks: Rue then sneaks into a New Year’s party as Lexi (Maude Apatow) asks Maddy (Alexa Demie) where Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) is, with Lexi saying she got out of the car in the middle of the road

Lexi says she was drinking while she was driving and she got out.

Cassie is sitting on the curb at the gas station when she runs into Nate (Jacob Elordi), as she reveals she’s not with McKay anymore.  

He asks if she’s a ‘relationship girl’ and she says she’s ‘trying not to be’ because she’s just trying to focus on herself.  

Maude: Lexi says she was drinking while she was driving and she got out

Maude: Lexi says she was drinking while she was driving and she got out

Curb: Cassie is sitting on the curb at the gas station when she runs into Nate (Jacob Elordi), as she reveals she's not with McKay anymore

Curb: Cassie is sitting on the curb at the gas station when she runs into Nate (Jacob Elordi), as she reveals she’s not with McKay anymore

Relationship: He asks if she's a 'relationship girl' and she says she's 'trying not to be' because she's just trying to focus on herself

Relationship: He asks if she’s a ‘relationship girl’ and she says she’s ‘trying not to be’ because she’s just trying to focus on herself

Nathan offers her a ride to the party as they both keep drinking in the car, as Cassie keeps smiling and giggling at him.

He keeps going faster as Cassie starts to get a little worried as he goes past 100 MPH as she spills her beer.

She sits back and slides her panties off while sticking her head out of the window as Nate watches her.

Ride: Nathan offers her a ride to the party as they both keep drinking in the car, as Cassie keeps smiling and giggling at him

Ride: Nathan offers her a ride to the party as they both keep drinking in the car, as Cassie keeps smiling and giggling at him

Spill: He keeps going faster as Cassie starts to get a little worried as he goes past 100 MPH as she spills her beer

Spill: He keeps going faster as Cassie starts to get a little worried as he goes past 100 MPH as she spills her beer

Window: She sits back and slides her panties off while sticking her head out of the window as Nate watches her

Window: She sits back and slides her panties off while sticking her head out of the window as Nate watches her

Back at the party, Maddy tells Lexi that she’s sure Cassie is fine because there’s no way she will miss a New Year’s Eve Party. 

Maddy goes to use the bathroom… where her ex Nate and best friend Cassie are having sex.

Maddy keeps pounding on the door saying she has to pee but Cassie starts crying saying Maddy is her best friend.

Oops: Maddy goes to use the bathroom... where her ex Nate and best friend Cassie are having sex

Oops: Maddy goes to use the bathroom… where her ex Nate and best friend Cassie are having sex

Best friend: Maddy keeps pounding on the door saying she has to pee but Cassie starts crying saying Maddy is her best friend

Best friend: Maddy keeps pounding on the door saying she has to pee but Cassie starts crying saying Maddy is her best friend

Maddy leans closer to the door and asks if she’s taking a s**t at a party.’  

Lexi walks around asking if anyone has seen Cassie but she no one has, when she sits down next to Fezco.

He tells her that’s a nice name and she smiles an awkward smile at her.

Maddy: Maddy leans closer to the door and asks if she's taking a s**t at a party'

Maddy: Maddy leans closer to the door and asks if she’s taking a s**t at a party’

Lexi: Lexi walks around asking if anyone has seen Cassie but she no one has, when she sits down next to Fezco

Lexi: Lexi walks around asking if anyone has seen Cassie but she no one has, when she sits down next to Fezco

Nice name: He tells her that's a nice name and she smiles an awkward smile at her

Nice name: He tells her that’s a nice name and she smiles an awkward smile at her

We see Rue outside before taking off while we go up on the roof and see Rue getting in the backseat of a car and lying down. 

She looks down and sees an Altoids tin before we go into the bathroom and find Cassie really scared as Nate asks her to trust him.

Rue opens the Altoids tin and finds drug paraphanelia while Maddy runs into a Black guy as she wonders who he is.

Maddy: Rue opens the Altoids tin and finds drug paraphanelia while Maddy runs into a Black guy as she wonders who he is

Maddy: Rue opens the Altoids tin and finds drug paraphanelia while Maddy runs into a Black guy as she wonders who he is

Rue comes out of the car, clearly high, as she walks back into the party.

Nate finally comes out of the bathroom as Maddy wonders if he washed his hands .

Nate walks out of the bathroom and finds Fezco (who last season threatened to kill him if he kept messing with Rue). 

Nate: Nate finally comes out of the bathroom as Maddy wonders if he washed his hands

Nate: Nate finally comes out of the bathroom as Maddy wonders if he washed his hands 

Rue walks through the house and walks into the laundry room where she finds Elliot (Dominic Finke) doing drugs.

‘if you tell me what drugs you’re doing I’ll tell you what drugs I’m doing,’ Rue tells him as he agrees.

Back in the bathroom, Maddy sees there is no toilet paper and uses a towel to wipe herself, throwing it in the bathtub and landing on Casssie’s face, who is silently freaking out.

Drugs: Rue walks through the house and walks into the laundry room where she finds Elliot (Dominic Finke) doing drugs

Drugs: Rue walks through the house and walks into the laundry room where she finds Elliot (Dominic Finke) doing drugs

Rue's drugs: 'if you tell me what drugs you're doing I'll tell you what drugs I'm doing,' Rue tells him as he agrees

Rue’s drugs: ‘if you tell me what drugs you’re doing I’ll tell you what drugs I’m doing,’ Rue tells him as he agrees

Maddy: Back in the bathroom, Maddy sees there is no toilet paper and uses a towel to wipe herself

Freaking: She throws it in the bathtub and landing on Casssie's face, who is silently freaking out

Maddy: Back in the bathroom, Maddy sees there is no toilet paper and uses a towel to wipe herself, throwing it in the bathtub and landing on Casssie’s face, who is silently freaking out

She comes out of the bathroom and the new guy offers her a smoke, but she says she doesn’t smoke random people’s weed.

Rue isn’t doing so well in the laundry room and says she thinks she’s going into cardiac arrest, asking him for some adderrall.

The guy insists to Maddy that they’ve never met but Maddy says they have met and his name is Travis (Demetrius “Lil Meech” Flenory Jr.) and he’s a producer or a DJ or something.

Smoke: She comes out of the bathroom and the new guy offers her a smoke, but she says she doesn't smoke random people's weed

Smoke: She comes out of the bathroom and the new guy offers her a smoke, but she says she doesn’t smoke random people’s weed

Rue: Rue isn't doing so well in the laundry room and says she thinks she's going into cardiac arrest, asking him for some adderrall

Rue: Rue isn’t doing so well in the laundry room and says she thinks she’s going into cardiac arrest, asking him for some adderrall

They met: The guy insists to Maddy that they've never met but Maddy says they have met and his name is Travis (Demetrius “Lil Meech” Flenory Jr.) and he's a producer or a DJ or something

They met: The guy insists to Maddy that they’ve never met but Maddy says they have met and his name is Travis (Demetrius “Lil Meech” Flenory Jr.) and he’s a producer or a DJ or something

Jules finds Fezco and asks if she’s seen Rue, and he says she’s somewhere around here, which surprises Lexi.

Jules goes off looking for Rue as she takes the adderall, which makes her feel better.

‘There’s my heart,’ she tells Elliott, before telling him he’s ‘my new favorite person.’

Surprise: Jules finds Fezco and asks if she's seen Rue, and he says she's somewhere around here, which surprises Lexi

Surprise: Jules finds Fezco and asks if she’s seen Rue, and he says she’s somewhere around here, which surprises Lexi

Better: Jules goes off looking for Rue as she takes the adderall, which makes her feel better

Better: Jules goes off looking for Rue as she takes the adderall, which makes her feel better

 ‘I thought I was gonna die for a second there,’ Rue tells her before laughing an awkward laugh. 

She thanks him and they each high five.

Lexi keeps talking with Fezco, who asks Lexi if she had a good Christmas, unless she’s Jewish or something.

Not dead: 'I thought I was gonna die for a second there,' Rue tells her before laughing an awkward laugh

Not dead: ‘I thought I was gonna die for a second there,’ Rue tells her before laughing an awkward laugh

Fez: Lexi keeps talking with Fezco, who asks Lexi if she had a good Christmas, unless she's Jewish or something

Fez: Lexi keeps talking with Fezco, who asks Lexi if she had a good Christmas, unless she’s Jewish or something

She asks Fezco if he believes in God and he says, ‘Hell yeah,’ but she asks if he can justify selling drugs while believing in God.

He keeps a watchful eye on Nate who is lurking in the background, as Jules goes back to Kat (Barbie Ferreira). 

Kat says when they started hanging out she though they’d be close but Jules says that’s her fault.

Justify: She asks Fezco if he believes in God and he says, 'Hell yeah,' but she asks if he can justify selling drugs while believing in God

Justify: She asks Fezco if he believes in God and he says, ‘Hell yeah,’ but she asks if he can justify selling drugs while believing in God

Watchful eye: He keeps a watchful eye on Nate who is lurking in the background, as Jules goes back to Kat (Barbie Ferreira)

Watchful eye: He keeps a watchful eye on Nate who is lurking in the background, as Jules goes back to Kat (Barbie Ferreira)

Jules and Kat: Kat says when they started hanging out she though they'd be close but Jules says that's her fault

Jules and Kat: Kat says when they started hanging out she though they’d be close but Jules says that’s her fault

Cassie is still in the bathtub, trying to get to her phone, while Travis asks Maddy if he can kiss her.

McKay comes through to the party and gives Nate a hug, as Lexi says to let her know if he sees Cassie.

Lexi is still worried and keeps trying to call Cassie…. and while Maddy and Travis keep talking, as her phone vibrates. 

McKay: McKay comes through to the party and gives Nate a hug, as Lexi says to let her know if he sees Cassie

McKay: McKay comes through to the party and gives Nate a hug, as Lexi says to let her know if he sees Cassie

Travis goes back into the bathroom and finds Cassie ‘passed out’ but Maddy doesn’t care and takes him back to the party.

Kat sees Maddy dancing with Travis and she mouths, ‘Who is that?’ and she mouths back ,’I don’t know.’

Kat is surprised by Ethan, who are clearly still together as they get close, as Jules says they are ‘so gross.’

Kat and Ethan: Kat is surprised by Ethan, who are clearly still together as they get close, as Jules says they are 'so gross'

Kat and Ethan: Kat is surprised by Ethan, who are clearly still together as they get close, as Jules says they are ‘so gross’

Lexi comes back to the couch to Fezco, who says he missed her and she asks why he’d miss her and he says she’s the ‘coolest person in here.’

She clearly likes that as she lays back on the couch.

McKay talks with Cassie privately in a bedroom and she says she shouldn’t be anyone’s girlfriend.’

Coolest: Lexi comes back to the couch to Fezco, who says he missed her and she asks why he'd miss her and he says she's the 'coolest person in here'

Coolest: Lexi comes back to the couch to Fezco, who says he missed her and she asks why he’d miss her and he says she’s the ‘coolest person in here’

Lexi: She clearly likes that as she lays back on the couch

McKay: McKay talks with Cassie privately in a bedroom and she says she shouldn't be anyone's girlfriend

McKay: McKay talks with Cassie privately in a bedroom and she says she shouldn’t be anyone’s girlfriend

When he asks why that is, she says, ‘I don’t know if I’m a good person.’

She says she’s sorry and he says she doesn’t have to say anything else to her and walks out.

Meanwhile, outside, Jules finally finds Rue, high in front of the camp fire. 

Don't know: When he asks why that is, she says, 'I don't know if I'm a good person'

Don’t know: When he asks why that is, she says, ‘I don’t know if I’m a good person’

Nothing: She says she's sorry and he says she doesn't have to say anything else to her and walks out

Nothing: She says she’s sorry and he says she doesn’t have to say anything else to her and walks out

High: Meanwhile, outside, Jules finally finds Rue, high in front of the camp fire

High: Meanwhile, outside, Jules finally finds Rue, high in front of the camp fire

McKay starts drinking when Nate asks if he f***ed Cassie in the room, as Nate keeps insisting he screwed her, asking where he came on her, which makes McKay uncomfortable.

‘Happy New Year motherf***er,’ Nate says to him and walks a way while taking a drink.

Jules ask Rue to talk, asking when she relapsed right away.

Uncomfortable: McKay starts drinking when Nate asks if he f***ed Cassie in the room, as Nate keeps insisting he screwed her, asking where he came on her, which makes McKay uncomfortable

Uncomfortable: McKay starts drinking when Nate asks if he f***ed Cassie in the room, as Nate keeps insisting he screwed her, asking where he came on her, which makes McKay uncomfortable

Happy New Year: 'Happy New Year motherf***er,' Nate says to him and walks a way while taking a drink

Happy New Year: ‘Happy New Year motherf***er,’ Nate says to him and walks a way while taking a drink

‘You want me to be honest? The night you left,’ Rue tells Jules, which clearly hass an effect on her.

Fezco tells Lexi he has to ‘cut soon,’ but talking to her was one of the ‘best parts of my whole year.’

Lexi says, ‘Yeah right,’ and he asks why she does that and doubts herself and asks to get her phone number, which she gives to him.

Left: 'You want me to be honest? The night you left,' Rue tells Jules, which clearly hass an effect on her

Left: ‘You want me to be honest? The night you left,’ Rue tells Jules, which clearly hass an effect on her

Doubt: Lexi says, 'Yeah right,' and he asks why she does that and doubts herself and asks to get her phone number, which she gives to him

Doubt: Lexi says, ‘Yeah right,’ and he asks why she does that and doubts herself and asks to get her phone number, which she gives to him

‘Hope to see you soon, Lexi. Good night,’ Fezco says and leaves, calling Ashtray to get the car and get ready.

Ashtray runs sup to Rue and says now is the time as Rue tells Jules she has to go.

Fezco takes off his nice sweater as Lexi watches him while Ashtray heads back to the car as the new year countdown begins.

Time to go: Ashtray runs sup to Rue and says now is the time as Rue tells Jules she has to go

Time to go: Ashtray runs sup to Rue and says now is the time as Rue tells Jules she has to go

Suddenly bright lights flash on all the main characters briefly as Rue walks up to Jules and says, ‘I’m sorry about that. I didn’t mean to be mean.’

‘I dunno I’ve just had a tough time. I just really missed you,’ Rue says as Jules says she really misses her.

‘I don’t think I ever said it before but I really want to be with you,’ Rue says as Jules smiles and they start kissing with a bright light behind them.

Fezco walks through the party and grabs a drink next to Nate, asking if he’s shaving a good time.

He asks if he made any New Year’s resolutions and Nate says he didn’t and Fezco says he made a few.

Bright lights: Suddenly bright lights flash on all the main characters briefly as Rue walks up to Jules and says, 'I'm sorry about that. I didn't mean to be mean'

Bright lights: Suddenly bright lights flash on all the main characters briefly as Rue walks up to Jules and says, ‘I’m sorry about that. I didn’t mean to be mean’

Missed: 'I dunno I've just had a tough time. I just really missed you,' Rue says as Jules says she really misses her

Missed: ‘I dunno I’ve just had a tough time. I just really missed you,’ Rue says as Jules says she really misses her

With: 'I don't think I ever said it before but I really want to be with you,' Rue says as Jules smiles and they start kissing with a bright light behind them

With: ‘I don’t think I ever said it before but I really want to be with you,’ Rue says as Jules smiles and they start kissing with a bright light behind them

Good time: Fezco walks through the party and grabs a drink next to Nate, asking if he's shaving a good time

Good time: Fezco walks through the party and grabs a drink next to Nate, asking if he’s shaving a good time

Resolutions: He asks if he made any New Year's resolutions and Nate says he didn't and Fezco says he made a few

Resolutions: He asks if he made any New Year’s resolutions and Nate says he didn’t and Fezco says he made a few

Nate says, ‘Didn’t the last time you saw me you said you wanted to kill me?’ and Fezco says,’ It’s a new year playboy.’

They raise their glasses to toast when Fezco smashes his head with a bottle and starts pummeling him with constant blows to the face as Lexi watches in horror.

Eventually Fezco is dragged off of him and leaves the party, as Rue and Jules watch on, stunned, as Rue simply says, ‘Damn,’ as the episode comes to an end.

New year: Nate says, 'Didn't the last time you saw me you said you wanted to kill me?' and Fezco says,' It's a new year playboy'

New year: Nate says, ‘Didn’t the last time you saw me you said you wanted to kill me?’ and Fezco says,’ It’s a new year playboy’

Glass: They raise their glasses to toast

Fezco smashes his head with a bottle and starts pummeling him with constant blows

Toast: They raise their glasses to toast when Fezco smashes his head with a bottle and starts pummeling him with constant blows to the face as Lexi watches in horror

Aftermath: Nate's bloodied face after getting pummeled by Fezco

Aftermath: Nate’s bloodied face after getting pummeled by Fezco

Damn: Eventually Fezco is dragged off of him and leaves the party, as Rue and Jules watch on, stunned, as Rue simply says, 'Damn,' as the episode comes to an end

Damn: Eventually Fezco is dragged off of him and leaves the party, as Rue and Jules watch on, stunned, as Rue simply says, ‘Damn,’ as the episode comes to an end

Trailer: The latest trailer for the second season, though, showed that Rue does eventually dedicate herself to getting clean, seen walking into a meeting Ali is attending

Trailer: The latest trailer for the second season, though, showed that Rue does eventually dedicate herself to getting clean, seen walking into a meeting Ali is attending

Both Rue and Jules reunited briefly at the end of the second special episode, which were both set over Christmas, with this season premiere described as, ‘Rue and Jules cross paths for the first time since Christmas as East Highland rings in the new year.’

Rue had relapsed after Jules left her at the train station in the Season 1 finale, with Rue revealing to her addict friend Ali (Colman Domingo) during a Christmas Eve dinner that she didn’t know if she wanted to be clean… and that she didn’t even know if she wanted to be alive anymore.

While she seemed like she was in a better head space by the time Ali took her home, she got quite emotional while seeing Jules at the end of the second special episode.

Rue: Both Rue and Jules reunited briefly at the end of the second special episode, which were both set over Christmas, with this season premiere described as, 'Rue and Jules cross paths for the first time since Christmas as East Highland rings in the new year'

Rue: Both Rue and Jules reunited briefly at the end of the second special episode, which were both set over Christmas, with this season premiere described as, ‘Rue and Jules cross paths for the first time since Christmas as East Highland rings in the new year’

The latest trailer for the second season, though, showed that Rue does eventually dedicate herself to getting clean, seen walking into a meeting Ali is attending.

The trailer also shows Jules reuniting with Rue, seemingly at a New Year’s Eve party, asking her when she relapsed, but she doesn’t answer. 

She’s seen dragging along a roller bag suitcase, with Ali asking her ‘the $64,000 question’: ‘What’s in the suitcase?’ 

Meeting: The latest trailer for the second season, though, showed that Rue does eventually dedicate herself to getting clean, seen walking into a meeting Ali is attending

Meeting: The latest trailer for the second season, though, showed that Rue does eventually dedicate herself to getting clean, seen walking into a meeting Ali is attending

Reuniting: The trailer also shows Jules reuniting with Rue, seemingly at a New Year's Eve party, asking her when she relapsed, but she doesn't answer

Reuniting: The trailer also shows Jules reuniting with Rue, seemingly at a New Year’s Eve party, asking her when she relapsed, but she doesn’t answer

Suitcase: She’s seen dragging along a roller bag suitcase, with Ali asking her ‘the $64,000 question’: ‘What’s in the suitcase?’

The suitcase is shown later being loaded up with drugs while Rue tells Fezco (Angus Cloud) that she has ‘come up with an amazing plan.’

Rue is also seen meeting with a new character, Elliot (Dominic Finke), who at one point Rue says is her, ‘new favorite person.’

The trailer also teases some dramatic tension between Rue and her mother Leslie (Nika Bennett) and hints that the premiere takes place at a New Year’s Eve party.

Elliot: Rue is also seen meeting with a new character, Elliot (Dominic Finke), who at one point Rue says is her, 'new favorite person'

Elliot: Rue is also seen meeting with a new character, Elliot (Dominic Finke), who at one point Rue says is her, ‘new favorite person’

Mother: The trailer also teases some dramatic tension between Rue and her mother Leslie (Nika Bennett) and hints that the premiere takes place at a New Year's Eve party

Mother: The trailer also teases some dramatic tension between Rue and her mother Leslie (Nika Bennett) and hints that the premiere takes place at a New Year’s Eve party

The show also brings back returning regulars Eric Dane (Cal Jacobs), Jacob Elordi (Nate Jacobs), Algee Smith (Chris McKay), Sydney Sweeney (Cassie Howard), Alexa Demie (Maddy Perez), Barbie Ferreira (Kat Hernandez), Maude Apatow (Lexi Howard), Storm Reid (Gia Bennett), Austin Abrams (Ethan) and Javon Walton (Ashtray).

New characters aside from Dominic Fike’s Elliot, Minka Kelly is playing a ‘drugged out suburban housewife) while Demetrius “Lil Meech” Flenory Jr. plays a new love interest for Maddy.

Euphoria’s eight-episode second season airs Sunday nights sat 9 PM ET on HBO. 

Returning: The show also brings back returning regulars Eric Dane (Cal Jacobs), Jacob Elordi (Nate Jacobs), Algee Smith (Chris McKay), Sydney Sweeney (Cassie Howard), Alexa Demie (Maddy Perez), Barbie Ferreira (Kat Hernandez), Maude Apatow (Lexi Howard), Storm Reid (Gia Bennett), Austin Abrams (Ethan) and Javon Walton (Ashtray)

Returning: The show also brings back returning regulars Eric Dane (Cal Jacobs), Jacob Elordi (Nate Jacobs), Algee Smith (Chris McKay), Sydney Sweeney (Cassie Howard), Alexa Demie (Maddy Perez), Barbie Ferreira (Kat Hernandez), Maude Apatow (Lexi Howard), Storm Reid (Gia Bennett), Austin Abrams (Ethan) and Javon Walton (Ashtray)

New season: Euphoria's eight-episode second season airs Sunday nights sat 9 PM ET on HBO

New season: Euphoria’s eight-episode second season airs Sunday nights sat 9 PM ET on HBO



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