Who is Laurie Euphoria?

Probably no one. But, Season 2 offered something a little different when it came to the series' antagonists: Laurie (Martha Kelly). Laurie is the successful drug dealer from Euphoria's second season. She had a strange, unique, and frankly, scary, presence in this season.
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Is Laurie a good person in Euphoria?

Fans of Euphoria have been introduced to quite a few different people with evil intentions over the course of the last two seasons, but it seems as though nobody we've met yet is as wholly bad as Laurie. "She's a monster," Martha tells us, adding the further descriptive term of calling her "a sociopath."
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What did Laurie do to Rue?

Laurie tells Rue she can't take the jewelry but does wish she had gotten to her house earlier so she could have had something to help her with her withdrawal. The only thing she has now is morphine, which she finally injects when helping Rue bathe since she's desperate for anything at this point.
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What is wrong with Laurie in Euphoria?

During college, Laurie was a successful athlete but after sustaining an injury, she was forced to quit, and over the years she got multiple surgeries like screws in her shoulder. By the time she was working as a school teacher, had a family on her own, she was put on Oxycontin, and became an addict.
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Is Laurie Nate's mom?

Even if Fez doesn't know that Laurie is Ashtray's mother, Laurie may know that Ashtray is her son. In fact, it may be the reason why Laurie is keen to trust Fez in the first place: She knows that Fez took good care of Ashtray, and therefore is willing to deal with someone as young as Fez.
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EUPHORIA - What Laurie ACTUALLY planned to do.



Does Rue owe Laurie?

In the same episode, Rue showed up at Laurie's home with a measly $1,000 worth of jewelry and $2,000 dollars that she stole. Laurie told Rue that she had to pay her in cash, fully aware that the teen addict wouldn't be able to get her the money any time soon.
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Why did Laurie poke Rue so much?

Rue relapsed on drugs and Laurie then gave her morphine because she was begging for something that would help tackle her crippling withdrawal. Giving her an injection of morphine was ultimately an act of empathy. It can be common for addicts to use certain drugs in order to abstain from taking others.
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Is Laurie a human trafficker?

Laurie hasn't explicitly stated she's a sex trafficker, but she's pretty much said it throughout the season. When Rue came to Laurie with her plan to distribute her drugs, she flat-out told her, "Rue, if you screw me, I'll have you kidnapped and sold to some real sick people. I always find a way to make my money back.
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Why does Laurie lock Rue in?

"Laurie gave Rue those drugs so that Rue would never be able to pay her back."
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Did Rue pay Laurie back?

Although viewers certainly hope so, there is a looming sense of disaster ahead due to Rue's failure to pay back Laurie for the suitcase of drugs she gave her. And, knowing that Elliot admitted in the finale that he is still using, Rue could still have bad influences around her.
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Why did Rue keep yawning?

Well, it turns out, there is a very real reason why she was doing so, since they are common symptoms of opioid withdrawal. Turning back the clock, the episode starts with Leslie, Rue's mother, confronting her daughter about her relapse.
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Why does Rue keep hitting her leg?

Zendaya revealed to Entertainment Weekly that she still has scars on her legs from filming the fifth episode of “Euphoria” Season 2, titled “Stand Still Like the Hummingbird.” The devastating episode finds her character Rue having a breakdown while in withdrawal from drugs.
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Who is the villain in Euphoria?

Type of Villain

Nathaniel "Nate" Jacobs is the main antagonist of the HBO series Euphoria. Nate is a popular student and the star quarterback of East Highland High School. He is also the abusive and toxic ex-boyfriend of both Maddy Perez and Cassie Howard as well as the former love interest of Jules Vaughn.
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Why did Laurie inject Rue so deep?

As we saw in the episode, Laurie actually had pills that Rue could take to stop her withdrawal, but instead, Laurie chose to give Rue morphine through injection. She wanted Rue to become even more reliant on her, and therefore found a way to encourage Rue to fall deeper and deeper into her addiction.
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Why did rues arm look like that?

Out of desperation, Rue ended up at Laurie the drug dealer's house. She injected Rue with morphine, insisting she didn't have anything else to give her. The next morning Rue woke up with a badly bruised arm and narrowly managed to escape Laurie's locked-down house.
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Does Jules cheat on Rue?

3) Jules literally cheats on Rue

Rue and Jules never make clear if their relationship is monogamous but it's pretty evident that Rue has eyes for no one but Jules. Meanwhile, Jules tells Rue that she is also in love with Anna in season 1 and sleeps with Elliot behind Rue's back in season 2.
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What is in Rue's suitcase?

Rue cycles through every emotion before returning to anger and demanding her mother tell her where she put the suitcase. (The suitcase contains some $10,000 worth of narcotics that Rue must sell or risk Laurie's threat of sex trafficking.)
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Is Jules a villain?

The upcoming season two will surely further explore Jules' life and whether she will tell Rue about her mother. For now, we know that Jules isn't and never was a villain. Euphoria is available to watch on HBO and on Binge in Australia.
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Is Jules an antagonist?

Throughout the course of the first season, Rue frames herself as the protagonist and oftentimes frames Jules as the antagonist, as Jules is not always there for Rue in the way she wants her to be.
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Is Laurie on drugs Euphoria?

There is that scene where Rue is getting into the tub, and Laurie injects her with morphine — and in the script, it is even creepier, because Laurie is helping her undress and get in the tub, and it is approaching this gross pedophilia vibe. Initially, I was just like, “I can't do this.”
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Is Jules a boy?

The show is Euphoria, HBO's controversy-courting teen drama, and the character is Jules, a charismatic young transgender girl with Rapinoe-pink hair and a heart that looks for love in all the wrong places.
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What is Rue's stomach pain?

It can cause irritation of the gut, cramps, drowsiness, and dizziness. Rue is LIKELY UNSAFE when the fresh leaves or oil are used, or when the dried leaves are used in large amounts. These can cause severe abdominal pain, vomiting, liver damage, kidney damage, breathing problems, and death.
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What does she inject in Euphoria?

Finally, she mentioned that the scene where Rue is injecting Jules' estrogen was her favorite to film during the entire episode (“It was such a special scene to film.
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What does morphine do to Rue?

According to Medline Plus, morphine is an opiate that is typically used to relieve severe pain that cannot be controlled by the use of other pain medications. It seems that Laurie took advantage of Rue by giving her another highly addictive opiate to ease her withdrawal symptoms and knock her out.
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How much does Rue owe Laurie?

After stealing some jewelry and $2,000 in cash to give to Laurie, Rue shows up at her apartment to try to pay her back in part. But a cold, stone-faced Laurie tells her she's not a pawn shop and that she needs to be paid back the $10,000 Rue owes her in cash.
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