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There was one moment inEuphorias season finalethat constituted an actual moment of euphoria.
Throughout its first season, the rest ofEuphoriastubbornly refused to adhere to that formula.
At the end, every other character is still flailing emotionally or making poor choices.
But that also seemed right.
To its credit, the first season became increasingly compelling as it progressed.
Her performance is one of the series strongest assets.
It took longer for it to drill down and get to the realness underneath all that sheen.
Cassie has a beautiful body that never feels like it belongs to her.
Its likeEuphoriaitself gets too easily distracted by other shiny objects.
In the end, the first season leaves a lot of questions unanswered.
Are Rue and Jules totally over now that Jules has escaped to the city without her?
And most important: What has happened to Rue?
At first this seems like another step in Rues recovery process.
It was her fathers.
We see her take it from his death bed and shes been wearing ever since.
That hoodie, the show tells us, is her armor.
Its also how she keeps her daddy close.
But that message gets lost in theEuphoriafinales timeline trickery and the wide net of high drama it casts.
The first season ends note:there will be a second by decidingLets get out of here.
ThenEuphoriadoes, leaving us behind, alone, to wonder where exactly everybody went.
