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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Why is Rue 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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Why does Rue yawn so much in Euphoria?

While Rue's constant yawning throughout the episode seems to be her most prominent sign of withdrawal, she also endures more intense symptoms such as extreme sweating, abdominal cramping, and vomiting.
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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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Why is Rue in pain in Season 2?

Sugar cravings may have been part of Rue's withdrawel symptoms. In Euphoria Season 2 Episode 6 Rue is back home with her family dealing with the painful symptoms of withdrawal.
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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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Why was Rue crying over a Jolly Rancher?

Euphoria Season 2 Episode 6 opens with Rue, who is alive and back home, struggling to unwrap a Jolly Rancher candy. She's crying and snotting all over the dining room table as she deals with her withdrawal. Her mom, Leslie, is trying to get her into a rehab facility as soon as a bed is available.
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What is Rue's drug?

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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Why did Laurie poke Rue so much?

Laurie giving Rue morphine was to help

The morphine was intended to lessen the severity of her body demanding the drugs it has become accustomed to.
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What drug does Jules do in Euphoria?

In episode two, Jules and Rue wake up in Jules' bedroom after the party and subsequently take hallucinogenics.
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Did Elliot and Jules 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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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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Who dies in Euphoria season 2 spoilers?

Custer (Tyler Chase) says the cops found Mouse's body, the dealer Ash murdered at the beginning of the season. Before it becomes a bigger issue, Ash stabs Custer in the throat. Cassie (Sydney Sweeney), after being blown off by Nate (Jacob Elordi), storms the school auditorium in a quiet rage, as the play continues.
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What was Rue diagnosed with as a child?

I was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder at 6 years old and bipolar disorder at 18. While I have not experienced addiction, I can relate to much of Rue's emotional pain, as she was also diagnosed with bipolar disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
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Is Rue paralyzed?

Here's how to avoid getting stuck in your pain. On HBO's "Euphoria," Rue deals with drug addiction while grieving her father's death. Rue is stuck in her grief because she avoids it and isolates herself, a therapist told Insider.
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How old is Rue in Euphoria?

Zendaya stars as Rue Bennett, a 17-year-old drug addict.

Season one of "Euphoria" is set in 2019 and follows Rue's junior year of high school. After leaving rehab, the teen struggles to maintain her sobriety.
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What did Laurie do to rues arm?

As Rue goes through withdrawal, Laurie tells her she has morphine if she wants it. Laurie then puts Rue into a bath and proceeds to stick a needle in her arm, give her the morphine. She pokes her numerous times, sending Rue into a blacked-out haze.
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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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Is Laurie a good person Euphoria?

Laurie is a villain and a real antagonist. She preys on Rue when she's at her most vulnerable, because she knows she'll have a use for someone like Rue. She's the kind of person to really fear: an insidious, unassuming predator.
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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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What was Jules injecting?

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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How old is Lexi in Euphoria?

References. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lexi is 16 years old in the first season of Euphoria, which takes place in 2018. In "The Theater and Its Double", it is revealed that Lexi is 433 days younger than Cassie. In "Pilot", which takes place in August 2018, Cassie is 18 years old, so the latest her birthday can be is August 31, 2000.
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Why did Nate give Jules the disc?

Although the gun had no bullets, it was enough to scare Maddy and hand him the tape. Within seconds, Nate ditches his aggression and apologizes to Maddy, before saying goodbye for good. He then drives down to Jules' and hands her the disk so that she can protect herself.
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What did Faye do in Euphoria?

Faye protected Fezco and Ashtray in 'Euphoria' Season 2

In the end, Faye tried to protect Fezco and Ashtray. Custer entered their home in the season 2 finale so the police could secretly listen in. However, when Custer started talking about Mouse, Faye dropped a glass on the floor.
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Why was Leslie crying at the end of Euphoria?

In the bedroom down the hall, Leslie gets a call that there's no rehab option for Rue right now. “Please don't do this to us,” she says, crying and getting increasingly upset. “My daughter's going to kill herself!”
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