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Warning: Spoilers ahead! Do not proceed unless you’ve watched “Euphoria” Season 3 section 8.
“Euphoria” utilized to beryllium a show astir troubled precocious schoolers, but Season 3 turned into a deadly gangster play — it moreover killed disconnected Nate Jacobs (Jacob Elordi).
Did Zendaya’s Rue make it retired alive?
About halfway done nan supersized 93-minute episode, Rue dies of a supplier overdose.
The tragic move happens erstwhile Rue takes a vessel of pills from her boss, nan supplier kingpin, Alamo (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje). She overdoses connected fentanyl.
Her mentor, Ali (Colman Domingo) finds her dormant connected his couch.
Before that, Rue goes down representation lane, recalling opinionated successful a section pinch Fez (Angus Cloud, who tragically died successful existent life successful 2023 of an overdose). Cloud is shown onscreen pinch Zendaya, successful what’s intelligibly archival footage taken earlier his death. They guidelines successful a section pinch their arms astir each other.
Rue past has an extended dream series wherever she goes backmost to her puerility location and visits her mom, Leslie (Nika King) who is reference nan Bible.
The camera cuts to a distraught Ali trying to aftermath Rue up connected his couch, and uncovering her unresponsive.
An unspecified number of months later, Ali to 1 of his support group meetings, arsenic he talks astir correct from wrong, and says this will beryllium his past meeting, because he will find different measurement to beryllium “of service.”
Jules (Hunter Schafer) is shown crying while finishing a coating of Rue. It’s Jules’ only quality successful nan episode.
Rue’s friend, Lexi (Maude Apatow) tells Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) that Rue near down her Bible, and she ended up reference it aft Rue’s death. It’s unclear really overmuch clip has passed, but it’s been astatine slightest a month. Lexi admits that she has “a batch of guilt astir really I near things,” pinch Rue.
She says she learned from nan Bible “bad things happen, truthful why person worry astir it? No matter what, you person to conscionable support going.” She adds that she thinks that’s nan “point” of it.
Ali later goes connected a revenge ngo for Rue. He puts connected his aged subject uniform, goes to Alamo’s portion club, and starts shooting. The 2 men person a stand-off that ends pinch Ali fatally shooting Alamo.
The section ends pinch Ali visiting nan “homestead,” nan belief family whose manner impressed Rue astatine nan opening of Season 3. He calls Rue his “daughter” and says he wanted to come, because she remembered it arsenic nan astir serene spot they ever visited. The family and Ali opportunity a dream complete Rue, and Zendaya’s sound says, “May God bless america all.”
The show first premiered successful 2019, and successful nan first 2 seasons, Rue was a teenage supplier addict. She overdosed respective times, sewage indebted to shady dealers for illustration Laurie (Martha Kelly), had a toxic romance pinch Jules, and engaged successful a batch of self-destructive behavior.
The domiciled won Zendaya 2 Emmys, and helped put her connected nan map.
At nan extremity of nan episode, footage is shown of Zendaya giving a reside thanking nan crew, saying “many of you person been present since nan beginning, and watched maine turn up,” and calls it an “honor.”
The “Dune” star, 28, was already celebrated aft a Disney Channel career, but “Euphoria” positioned her for nan much big roles she’s taken connected successful caller years, like “The Drama.” The show didn’t motorboat her, but it did heavy contribute to her existent superstar status.
Rue ne'er had overmuch successful nan measurement of self-preservation instincts, but Season 3 tossed that retired nan model moreover further.
In Season 3, aft a five-year clip jump, Rue was moving disconnected her indebtedness to Laurie by trafficking drugs, on pinch her friend Faye (Chloe Cherry). She sewage retired of it by jumping to activity for nan portion nine kingpin, Alamo – but that didn’t move retired truthful good for her, either.
Rue initially had nosy moving for Alamo and his henchmen, which included Bishop (Darrell Britt Gibson) and G (Marshawn Lynch). She managed his portion club, and had a fling pinch nan stripper Angel (Priscilla Delgado).
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But, she sewage caught by nan Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and forced to spy connected Alamo and Laurie for them, truthful that they didn’t propulsion her successful prison.
She besides sewage disillusioned aft noticing that strippers didn’t person a bully clip moving successful Alamo’s club. In general, Rue spent astir of Season 3 successful basking water.
After talking it complete pinch her sponsor, Ali (Colman Domingo), Rue turned to nan Bible to effort to find redemption. At nan opening of Season 3, during her clip trafficking drugs, she besides sewage intrigued by nan “homestead” that she concisely stayed in. They were a belief family surviving a elemental workplace life.
She besides unwisely told her friend Lexi (Maude Apatow) astir moving for nan DEA. Lexi told Maddy (Alexa Demie), who spilled nan beans to Alamo.
In nan end, however, Rue didn’t dice from nan pack war. She died of an overdose.
Now, astatine least, Rue’s chaotic communicative is over, and it has a grim ending.
In March, “The Drama” actress told Variety that filming Season 3 was a “whirlwind,” and said, “I did what I do successful 8 months successful for illustration 4 months.”
In April, Akinnuoye-Agbaje exclusively told Page Six that Zendaya was “generous” and “very intelligent.”
He praised nan character for not being “precious” pinch nan material.
“She tin move it connected and off,” he said. “When we person to chuck mud successful her face, she’s saying, ‘Chuck nan mud successful my face!’ That’s what you want pinch your segment partner – personification who is prepared to beryllium committed to nan scene.”
Zendaya is already moving connected to a large year, arsenic she’s sewage roles coming up successful respective blockbusters, including “Dune: Part III” and Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey.”
HBO has not officially confirmed whether this section is nan bid finale. It’s listed arsenic “season finale.”
In April, Levinson told Variety that he has “no plans” for a Season 4.
Zendaya besides said connected “The Drew Barrymore Show” that she thinks Season 3 is nan end, and that it has “closure.”
