By simply hanging out with its characters, by being instead of doing, the Euphoria finale was moving in unexpected ways
Euphoria And Salt the Earth Behind You Season 1 Episode 8 Editor’s Rating 3 stars ***** «Previous Next Photo: HBO All season, Euphoria has struggled with criticisms that it’s style over substance, a luscious neon haze concealing weak plotlines and thin characters. I don’t think that accusation is 100 percent merited, but I also don’t think this finale will do anything to dispel it. If you came to “And Salt the Earth Behind You” looking for plot resolution, you likely left disappointed.
And while I’m sure it had tons of viewers screaming “Seriously?!” at the TV when the credits rolled, I loved the 15-minute music video that concludes the episode. Euphoria’s real avenue of communication is its visuals, and stripping it of dialogue has the paradoxical effect of making its message that much clearer. Through the strains of Donny Hathaway’s “A Song for You,” we see every emotion run through Rue’s anxious brain at once: grief, fear, shame, anger, and overwhelming love for her family.
But having Rue relapse seems like an odd choice given the rest of her story line, in which she finally chooses the security of her family over the rush of being with Jules. Could the sequence be a flashback to her first overdose instead? Many of its elements suggest rebirth: Rue appears to snort her line off a Bible, and it’s hard to miss the symbolism of her being supported by a choir as she lies prone and Christlike.
Yet the complexity of Rue’s journey makes it clear how much the show is shortchanging its other characters. Jules, in particular, seems to have devolved into a Manic Pixie Dream Girl archetype, in love with everyone and throwing caution to the wind. We know she wants to run, but we never get a sense of what it’s toward or from. Similarly, while it was sweet to see Kat finally embrace Ethan’s affection, it didn’t feel rooted in what came before.
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