![]() The writing smoothly integrates Jules’ hyper-casual speaking style with subject matter she hasn’t broached before, making for a natural delivery. Over the course of 45 minutes, she reveals parts of herself a bit at a time - peeling away, as she would say, “the million layers of not me.” In this episode, we drop into deep water and are given a window into Jules’ mind. As this episode shows, the last season was only skimming the surface of her character. Up until this episode, Jules is the new girl in town, carrying herself well as she navigates the suburbs with optimism and strength. Still, the episode centers around too much sitting around and talking to be engaging for an audience used to swirling pans and frenetic visual collages. This episode markedly improves on the first special episode, which was almost exclusively conversation, opting for flashbacks and imaginative dream sequences to provide closure and set up the forthcoming second season. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s a radical change from the dynamic, ever-changing, phantasmagoric style that makes “Euphoria,” well, “Euphoria.” Whereas Part One features Rue and Ali’s back and forth after the incident with Jules at the train station and Rue’s relapse, the second and most recent release spotlights Jules as she uses the Christmas holiday to reflect on the past year - thus, for the first time in the show’s short history, telling the story from a perspective other than Rue’s. Since both pieces are grounded in a specific space - a diner for part one and a therapist’s office for part two - their cinematography is quite stationary and, at times, incredibly claustrophobic. In a sharp departure from its kaleidoscopic and sensual first season, the “Euphoria” special episodes, released over the past two months, focus on the show’s two central characters Rue (Zendaya) and Jules (Hunter Schafer). ![]()
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