![]() ![]() Sure, there’s a lot of drug use on Euphoria, prompting national hand-wringing over its depiction, but depiction and glamorization are not the same thing. ![]() Rue delivering the secret also underlines the show’s thesis, which is: drugs are awful. As for the people she merely likes? Oh, Cassie. (That Oklahoma bathroom scene was a reminder that Rue even knows anyone at Euphoria High beyond Jules and Lexi.) Episode five underlines Rue’s moral disintegration, showing how her addiction leads her to physically and emotionally hurt the people she loves the most. Rue spilling the beans is much more of a shock, because she usually keeps to herself and is rarely in the same room as Cassie. Maddy slyly knowing all along could have made sense (the drama!), though her hotheaded ways wouldn’t have enabled her to stay mum this long. In the scheme of things, it’s one of the more unpredictable ways this secret could have come to the fore. Rue escapes, leaving Cassie behind to fend for herself. “I’m literally gonna get violent!” Maddy screams, an instant contender for best line of the season. Cassie, a bad actress (played by Sydney Sweeney, a great actress), tries to lie, but it quickly becomes apparent to everyone in the room that the secret is true. “Hey Cass? How long have you been fucking Nate Jacobs?” she asks. Cassie-so sweet, so slow of mind-encourages Rue to just “take it one day at a time.” Rue, desperately in need of an escape hatch, decides to cause a little mayhem. Her family catches up and the scene becomes a full-blown intervention (her second of the day), with her friends and family around her. When they refuse to take her home, she runs into traffic, escaping to Lexi and Cassie’s house. But those were just little red herrings designed to make Sunday night’s revelation land with a more resounding crash. In another scene, Maddy calls Cassie immediately after Nate screens her call, potentially suggesting she knows the two of them are together. The last episode seemed to hint at such theories, with Maddy throwing pointed looks at Cassie while verbally lacerating Nate in the hot tub. It was a sadistic theory, though not entirely beyond the realm of possibility for Euphoria. Her revelation marked a long-awaited turning point in the season, and also pulled the rug out from under viewers-spiking a popular fan theory that, had it been true, would have been an explosive twist.Īll season long, fans have wondered if Maddy knew about Cassie’s affair and was merely waiting for the right moment to enact her revenge. Who would have guessed that it would be Rue all along? On Sunday night’s episode of Euphoria, Cassie’s secret affair with Nate was finally revealed to Maddy-and Kat, Lexi, Gia, her mom, and Rue’s mom-by none other than Rue herself, who saw a wicked opportunity to save her own skin by throwing Cassie under the bus. This post contains spoilers for Euphoria. ![]()
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