Kinda stops you from admitting what a shit fuckin’ mother you are.”Īn even bigger dagger is shoved into our guts when the second plot twist is introduced: Jules and Elliot were in the living room all along, listening to the entire thing unravel. “You know what’s a shame, Mom?” Rue asks. “You’re not a good person, Rue,” Leslie says.
Here’s a snippet of the devastating tango of insults between Rue and Leslie:
In this yelling contest, nothing is left unsaid, no punches are pulled. She screams and shouts at Leslie for not telling her where her prized possession is, but to no avail. Rue’s two worlds collide here, in which the Pulp Fiction-esque suitcase is the item that determines whether Rue lives or dies. The fight then transitions into an even more violent battle when Rue realizes Leslie found and confiscated the suitcase. She defends herself and accuses her mother of making stuff up until Leslie drops the truth bomb: Jules told her about Rue’s usage. We see her mother confront Rue about relapsing as Rue realizes the sober facade she created for her family is starting to crumble. The episode, named “Stand Still Like the Hummingbird,” throws us straight into the deep end at the start of the episode with a tense fight between Rue, Gia and their mother, Leslie. The circumstances she finds herself in get worse and worse as the episode progresses and you just can’t stop yourself from staring at the downfall of the ticking time bomb that is Ruby frickin’ Bennett. And yes, as you can tell from the title, this episode was very Rue-centric. For the entirety of its runtime, it had me glued to my seat, waiting to see what happens next in the saga surrounding addiction. Season 2 Episode 5 was the most butt-clenching episode of “Euphoria” I’ve seen in a while-and I do not say that lightly.
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