Who is Rue's drug dealer in Euphoria?

Euphoria drug kingpin Laurie (Martha Kelly) scares many fans. But one fan theory says Laurie might not be as evil as we think in the HBO series. If Rue (Zendaya) simply asked Laurie if she could leave in season 2, episode 5, would she have let her? We'll never know because Rue didn't ask.
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Who plays Rue's drug dealer?

The actor plays Fezco, the kindhearted drug dealer who watches over Rue. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month.
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Who plays drug dealer in Euphoria?

He originally thought his Euphoria casting was a scam

I thought it was a scam,” he said. But Angus gave the woman his contact information, and two readings later, he landed the role of Fezco in Euphoria.
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What did Laurie do to Rue in Euphoria?

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 did the drug dealer lady do to Rue?

At this point, Rue is desperate. She heads to Laurie's house — sans the suitcase — and tells her everything that happened. While she doesn't have cash, she offers the stolen jewelry. To help with the withdrawal, Laurie injects Rue with morphine.
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What was Rue's plan with the drugs?

It was weird that she agreed to Rue's plan to sell drugs in Episode 3 and offered her $50,000 worth right off the bat, but it appears she may have agreed knowing that Rue would fail and be in her debt. Laurie had warned Rue that if she wasn't able to come up with the money she would have Rue kidnapped and sold.
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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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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 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 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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Who is the drug dealer in Euphoria season 2?

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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Does Fezco love Rue?

He is highlighted by the relationship he has with Rue in the series which is described as "friends". It is later known in the series that he thinks of Rue as his sister and acts in accordance to that revelation.
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Why did the drug dealer lady give Rue morphine?

It's clear now that Laurie gave Rue morphine to incapacitate her and perhaps push her addiction to the next level. However, Laurie's intentions are even more sinister than furthering Rue's addiction. Throughout Euphoria Season 2, the drug dealer has made subtle threats about sex trafficking Rue.
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Is Marsha a drug dealer in Euphoria?

Terrified of Laurie on "Euphoria"? Get to Know Martha Kelly. Laurie has officially dethroned Nate Jacobs as the most formidable villain on "Euphoria." We meet the high-school teacher turned drug dealer in the HBO show's season two premiere, when Fez does business with her following Mouse's murder.
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What is Fez's real name Euphoria?

Conor Angus Cloud Hickey (born July 10, 1998) is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Fezco in the HBO television series Euphoria. Oakland, California, U.S.
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What drugs do they do in Euphoria?

Rue takes the powerful opioid fentanyl, injects morphine, and drags around a suitcase filled with thousands of dollars worth of drugs (a stash she can't resist dipping into). Meanwhile, she rips apart her life: tearing through her house, ransacking strangers' homes, and screaming at the people she loves the most.
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What is Rue withdrawing from?

Rue relapsed in the season 1 finale and has been doing everything from opiates to heroin in season 2. In episode 5 she realized her mother Leslie flushed all her drugs down the toilet and she goes into withdrawal. Her symptoms peak in episode 6, and one scene shows her struggling to open a Jolly Rancher candy.
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Why is Rue always in pain?

"She's in the midst of a degenerative disease and it's taking control of her life. And in many ways she feels out of control. She doesn't have the ability to control her emotions, her body.
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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 Rue get the suitcase?

While trying to figure out how to supply her addiction, Rue ran a "business proposal" by Laurie, who gave her a suitcase filled with $10,000 worth of drugs. Once episode 5 came around, Rue's mom, sister, Jules, and Elliot held an intervention about her addiction.
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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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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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Did Jules and Elliot sleep together?

Elliot eventually reveals to Jules that Rue has relapsed and that she is harbouring $10k worth of drugs in a suitcase, leading to Jules sleeping with Elliot and informing Rue's mother. Rue then accuses Jules of being a snitch, indirectly ending their relationship.
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How does Rue pay back the drug dealer?

Ultimately, she ends up stealing jewelry and $2,000 from someone in the neighborhood to pay Laurie back. "Ruby Bennett, I'm so happy to see you," Laurie says as Rue arrives at her door. This was the first mention of Rue's real first name on the series. The drug lord actually appears thrilled to see the teenager.
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