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Starting point is 00:02:30 you know what's up let's go grab a green beer let's do it we've done it we it's fascinating to get a couple of very special episodes of in a series that is completely comprised of very special episode of material you know i feel like a very special episode of back of the day used to be like oh this is the one where they're going to talk to talk to the kids about some serious issues yeah i feel like that's all we do here in the euphoria train terra it's like all it is Tara listen up if you made it to this point in the video Thank you. And also, don't forget to leave a like on the video. And when you do that, don't forget to subscribe.

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Starting point is 00:03:38 Oh, yeah. We didn't just watch all of season two just now. I know, but yeah. Yeah. We're going to skip season two. Yeah, yeah. to see any of that shit. We're going right to season three. Either way, whatever's coming

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Starting point is 00:04:26 couch together. We also got a lovely community over there of people and they get a glimpse day and day out into our shooting schedule. They get to ask us the questions that will help shape this post show discussion. Terra, how you feeling? Well, uh, Yeah, those episodes, that was an emotional ringer, I will tell you. Show notes.

Starting point is 00:04:53 Yeah, I feel a little exhausted from crying in the first one, and then I was almost going to cry. There's just a lot of feelings, and I also get it. And I really like, I think, how they tied these two pieces together a year apart where we're focusing on Rue and then Jules. and just how much love they have for each other. And also the angst of just being a teenager and going through hormones and feelings and wearing your heart on your sleeve and are you in love, are you not?

Starting point is 00:05:29 Like, I just think the way this is written is very real and I appreciate it. And I like how deep they got because that's just real stuff that you don't see on TV, really. I think that shows should be more open and vulnerable, sort of like this one is to where it shows you the real depths of someone's soul and how it can be scary, meaning unaliving ideation or, you know, depression, anxiety, not knowing what to do,

Starting point is 00:06:06 especially also with sobriety and addiction. It's just stuff that I think is good to see on a TV show. It's not a great subject, but it's a real subject that people live life with. And I think for them to highlight it in a way that's like, hey, you're not alone is a good thing to do. That's what I got to say. Yeah, these are pretty expertly crafted.

Starting point is 00:06:35 I mean, this is cool to see something like this. And I mean, I get why these would fit as their own unique sort of islands in between the two seasons that exist currently, just because, yeah, they do feel a little outside of the normal ensemble timeline. They do feel a little more zoomed into these two characters. And I really like the way that they handled the, like, it's interesting because, like, they have slightly different shape and form. even though one is very much a Jules episode, one's very much a Rue episode. Like the Roo and Ali episode is so real time and it's so locked into their perspective and there's so little cutting out of that ever to the fantasy. And I mean, even when he steps outside for a minute, there's a little bit of overlapping. There's a bit of a music video that takes place.

Starting point is 00:07:25 But like for the most part, it's like super real time like a play. And it's this, yeah, really lively, really wonderful conversation. Again, like, I don't know all there is to know about Sam Levinson, but I'm fascinated because, again, his reputation for being a human isn't great, and yet he's authored some truly tremendous work here. Yeah. And their conversation is the nuances of that, the real tough, you know, emotions and the real tough kind of, you know, especially when you're at the depths of despair and addiction that you find these characters at. There's a whole lot there to trudge through. And there's a whole lot of, you know, you need to find somebody who has the level of experience that matches and surpasses perhaps your own so that you can, you know, really go to, you'll do the sparring. You know, it's like, it's a really tender conversation at points, but it's also sometimes a very challenging conversation at points.

Starting point is 00:08:24 And I like, I really love, like, I wonder what kind of prep they did with each other because I just love their chemistry together, like how their relationship feels. and how their roles are embodied, you know, within each performer and what they're bringing to the table, like is... And when they talked... When they had that brief moment to throw it over to the woman counting tips at the bar and, like, all that perspective, you know, it was a fascinating, like, getting that and then on the flip side, going into Jules with this therapy...

Starting point is 00:08:53 Basically, you're in two different therapy sessions for all intents and purposes. And, yeah, the Jules one, again, fascinating in its own... own way and very much complimentary to the previous one, but with a lot more of those, you know, familiar flourishes of style and personification of feelings through imagery and stuff like that. And I thought they were well chosen. And each one had a very unique soundscape, you know, the first one being much more naturalistic and stuff like that with, again, like a very sort of she puts on the music. It's motivated by stuff. And then in the second episode, you're in the sort of

Starting point is 00:09:30 headspace of this therapy session and occasionally you go out into the actual visualization of and you fill in a little context like there's a bigger scope i guess on the jules episode slightly even though it's very much still complimentary in the way that it's locked into her growth and experience and her grappling with these ideas and just the flavors were interesting because you know with ali he's very much like going to push you know whereas with the therapist it's like it's okay we don't have to push where you don't want to push, but I am going to give you some kind of challenge here or there. And just, yeah, I mean, the way this was articulated was really nuanced. It was really lovely and the performances. Terrific.

Starting point is 00:10:08 Like, as, yeah, as like a craft nerd and as somebody who appreciates acting and who appreciates psychology and who appreciates all these crafts and sciences. Again, it's got to be really cool to be a part of something like this because it's not your, you know, like this has got to be an actor's dream. It's got to be, you know, a lot of the craft. on the crew, you know, the way you, the way they shoot these things is really lovely and the way that they, you know, do the music and all that other stuff. So. Hats off, man. This is terrific work. And two, yeah, the most dramatic. Like, these aren't the

Starting point is 00:10:40 most salacious episodes, but they really pulled me in with just some really quality drama, really quality monologues and writing and just, yeah, emotional flavors. Hats off. Hats off team. You want to want to answer some questions? Dude, we got a lot. All right, ultraviolet. Pre-Ejacknation, do you ever feel like life is just constantly moving? Like, you're always on the go, always in a rush. And eating healthy is the thing that keeps getting pushed aside.

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Starting point is 00:12:59 I don't get it. I don't understand. No, no, definitely, I would agree. I would say you definitely understand. That's part of the artistry, you know, is like being able to have two characters that you care for, be it conflict in a way that you can understand and just go, oh, man, that's tough. You know? Yeah, totally.

Starting point is 00:13:19 I feel like, yes, of course. When it really clicked for me is when she's, the mom is there. She has their wings in her hand. And I went, that's why she was such a dick during Halloween. Like my brain, it clicked. Yeah, it's not just Tyler stuff. It's not just that, right? Because it was all a lot.

Starting point is 00:13:40 She was still living in shit. And then to come home to that, it's a, it's, that's a lot. And I get that. So yes, I do feel like, sure, showing us that makes us understand her more and that the spiral was very much warranted with or without the mom, but especially warranted that the mom showed up. It's a lot. It's a lot to ask. Like I have, I will tell you that, like, I had a very respectful miabolita and, like, my mom that sometimes my dad would, like, write letters. and I was young and I'd be like 12, 13, 14

Starting point is 00:14:21 and be able to be like, do you want to read it? Because it's from her dad. I would be like, nope, she's like, okay. And like, they wouldn't bug me about it because I didn't want to. I didn't want to. I was not in the mood. And I felt like it, I don't, I didn't need it.

Starting point is 00:14:38 So I put myself, when I saw that in Joel's position, I went, oh, hell no, she told you, she, it does not matter if the, mom is like, I get it. The mom is like clean and maybe she wants to apologize, possibly. But I'm like, write a freaking letter first to show up and she has to see you and she's already dealing with all those other shit. I was like, bro, dad is a good, good dad. Love Jules dad. Yeah. But I felt for her. I get it. Yeah. That was that was hard because yeah, like I got her perspective on 100%. And at the same time, I was like, I get it, man. And I get the whole thing of like,

Starting point is 00:15:18 you never would have agreed to this. And I'm like, yeah, this is shitty, but what else would you have done? I suppose. Totally. And, yeah, everyone's response makes sense. Absolutely. Yeah. Respectful sides.

Starting point is 00:15:30 They're good at drawing those nuances for sure. And, yeah, I just hope they both these kids end up okay. J.Dell, take it away. In Ruez-dinner conversation, do you think she's being completely honest to the Lully or she's still holding on a certain lie? She tells herself to cope with her addiction. Oh, I mean, that's part of the conversation, certainly. I think we're getting to a point where she can be more honest with herself. I feel like that's, you know, I think a certain greater level of honesty or understanding is achieved, but it's certainly a work in progress.

Starting point is 00:16:03 And, you know, it's untangling all the, like, many of the lies she tells herself to cope. And, yeah, I wouldn't say that, yeah, I wouldn't say this solves all those things, but it certainly draws her closer to. honesty. And I think it's like that thing of where he's, he's so capable of meeting her and, and at least engaging with the hard questions and the really hard conundrums of life in this position with her. And so like that says to me that, yeah, it's, it's all bringing her closer to the honest portrait of herself and the honest view of her. Because so much of all this, in, you're coming of age, you're in high school and you're an addict. There are so many ways in which you're, I don't know, like forming and morphing and there's so much stimuli and there's just like too much to kind of parse all the way to the honest truth at the moment it seems like because you got, yeah, all those competing factors.

Starting point is 00:17:03 But I think, yeah, it is at least like a, for lack of a better word, it does feel like a sobering conversation. It does seem like they're doing the hard work and thus she's at least gaining greater perspective and understanding through that. Yeah. You know, part of it's all about whether or not she really wants to grow and get past those lies. But she's clearly willing to accept someone safe challenge of that. So that suggests to me that, yeah, like good direction heading. Yeah. I think what we find out is a certain lie she's telling herself is that what she's done is unforgivable.

Starting point is 00:17:37 But then when he asks her, yeah, but why? Why do you think that is? Is that we get to the deeper part of it is that like she, yeah, we get to the, to the real juice is that she realizes that, you know, only a, or she thinks only a terrible person would do that. But when we get to the heart of it, she realizes it was wrong, right? She's not, she wouldn't choose that on any Monday through Sunday.

Starting point is 00:18:05 She would never choose to do that. And I think in their conversation where he says, you know, drugs change fundamentally who you are, period, as a human being. I think is probably the thing that she would need to hold on to and realize in her sober journey of being like,

Starting point is 00:18:27 there are things that you've done, but they are things that you can get over and that they are forgivable. I think it just takes time for her to actually cope with that because that memory is still very close to her heart. So I get it. It's an icuaded,

Starting point is 00:18:44 think if you're like well last month i tried to kill my mom um and she didn't really but drugs make you fundamentally a different person they put that dog in you or they reveal that dog to you yes i suppose yeah but yeah i think she's you need more time to get further away from that dog of a person yeah in the sobriety journey to realize okay that was the drugs talking yeah i think she's game to attempt the honesty you know it's like part of part of the This is like you can only be, it's like complete honesty. I don't think it's possible right now because she's still peeling back all the layers. But I think she's being, she's making an effort to be as honest with this guy as she can possibly be at the moment.

Starting point is 00:19:27 And I think she's like making the effort to grow the capacity for that honesty. Totally. But yeah, it's a really good question. Jaden Rhodes. I love both of these episodes. I do think I lean more towards the Rue episode, but it might be just because watching. Zadaya and Coleman Domingo going back and forth was amazing to watch. But I'm curious which episode you all prefer. And do they get you excited for season two?

Starting point is 00:19:55 Woof, man. These are great. Do you have a preference? Yeah, the Rue episode, hands down for me. It does get me excited for season two, although I think I blacked out and I thought we were going on to season three for some reason. Like, season one was so much that I'm like, wait, those was two seasons. Only eight episodes?

Starting point is 00:20:15 Like I just, it's so much to like live through, which is it's really, the proof is in the pudding and the writing in the direction. And of course it gets me very excited. Yeah. Yeah. These were both great. I mean, yeah, I think the Zendaya Coleman Domingo episodes slightly edges it out just because it's partly because the initial, you know, the initial impact of like, oh shit, this is a different kind of episode, like really registers and immediately.

Starting point is 00:20:49 And, uh, I mean, they're all great actors and this has had so much great perspective and so much great sort of therapeutic rumination. Yeah. Like, I think they're both really stand out and they both compliment each other really well. But, uh,

Starting point is 00:21:02 it's that Coleman Domingo edge man. It's just like he's, he brings such a sage presence and having that episode be a two hander. Like it's, It's impressive for the Jules episode because the therapist is there, but there's so much that's just on Hunter Schaefer and there's so much that's literally just all here in the face. And I mean, that's pretty much what the other episode is also doing. But like no one or less people in a way less of a back and forth, you know, less of a two-hander. So like in a way, respect because it's harder, I would imagine in a sense to carry the episode like that.

Starting point is 00:21:42 So in some ways, you know, I definitely don't want the Jules episode to be overshadowed, but the Rue episode is just S-T or TV. You know, they both are. It's weird. But yeah, I think slightly I would edge the Rue episode up above. Ditto. But they're both really quality. Malik.

Starting point is 00:22:04 For Roo's episode, what are your thoughts on the episode essentially just being her and Ali having a deep conversation at the diner? Do you think that Ali got through to her? Or do you think that Rue is too deep in the rabbit hole at this point? Not enough action, not enough jokes. And, you know, I was expecting someone to come in and hold up the diner at some point so they could become like, you know, a really intense bottle episode. So this pretty much failed to me on every level. I love that approach. I mean, again, as a, you know, craft nerd, as a theater, like, to me it's cool.

Starting point is 00:22:36 Because it's like this is more theater-oriented of a, you know, TV episode than many are poised to be. So, yeah, I mean, yeah, I love the conceit of just them really shooting the shit at this diner together, you know, really getting down to the deep. And, and yeah, like, there's a lot to do with the circumstances of the characters, but also just them coming to that realization, the end of like, I love talking to you, you know, like, I love getting into the muck of life with you. Do I think that all he got through to her? I think he's getting through to her progressively over time. I mean, I think that, yes, at moments during this, he gets through to her. I think the journey that Rue is on and the relationship that they have is partly based in repetition or for this, like, you know, I'm sure every time they interact, he will get through to her in some capacity.

Starting point is 00:23:31 And then I'm sure she's going to have to take that and trial and error and, you know, do the mess. You know, I'm sure there are some ways in which it's not going to refurb. former immediately, obviously. And there are certain things that I'm sure she's not ready to hear or she's not fully capable of understanding just yet, given that she's not only, you know, freshly back into sobriety, perhaps, but also she's freaking in high school and going through coming of age and all that other junk. But yes, I mean, I think Rue is deep in the rabbit hole and I think he's getting through

Starting point is 00:24:02 to her in some way, shape, or form. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I think the biggest. thing that I think maybe got through to her is that, you know, when she says, I just don't plan on being here that long, because the world is ugly. She's living kind of in an ugly moment and drugs are making it worse. But then he asks her, you know, how do you think your mom and your sister would want to remember you, right? And she says somebody that I tried really hard, like not to be or to be, something like that. Like that, at, to be somebody that I tried really hard to not be. There is some line like,

Starting point is 00:24:43 I want them to see me basically trying really hard to be this person that I'm not. Meaning the person that she is right now is a non-sob person who wants to do drugs to escape. Yeah. And it's, I found that very poetic. That was focused on the poetry of life. in the situation that if you can't find in your 12 steps of like it you know the ability to accept

Starting point is 00:25:17 something that's that's bigger than you and that's how you get through it right um that just accept the poetry in the situation and i think that that could possibly be the thing that gets through to her and leaves its way through her life but i don't think obviously this conversation is what is going to make her sober, but I do think it will stick with her. Yeah, I think he's helping get through to her in terms of like ways of thinking and coping. Yes. You know? Yes.

Starting point is 00:25:51 Yeah. Among other things. Yeah, but yeah, I think it's both a little bit. Hayden, thank you for chiming in. I love how we got more backstory into Rue and Jules. Do you think we're missing out on other special episodes for all the main characters? for all the main characters, or would there be enough juice to squeeze?

Starting point is 00:26:13 Who needs a backstory episode? We need a Fez backstory episode. Yeah, Astray too. Astray and Fez backstory episode. Yep. Two-parter. Cassie. Well, we kind of have like, well, just, yeah, sure.

Starting point is 00:26:29 It would be great for all of them. Like, I'm especially intrigued by, like, Cassie's mom. Why is she? We got a little bit of that. you know, but like, what do we really know deep into it? I want deep dives into side characters. Exactly. Not, yeah.

Starting point is 00:26:44 Not like, I kind of want the side character, like the parents. We already got it with his mom, but like the deep dive of the parents would be very intriguing. Yeah, I would agree with that. And I do think there would be enough juice to squeeze. I think you could do it. I think you could do it, but it makes sense to me to do these two and have it just be those two. Of course.

Starting point is 00:27:08 Yeah, given the gravity and what the show revolves around and how the ensemble is constructed, they would have to really sell me on a Nate episode like this. Like, who would he even freaking talk to? Yeah. But it would be interesting. I wouldn't poo-poo the idea, but I'm not like, we got to get them. I'm sad we don't have a bunch of them. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:27:31 You know, yeah, it makes sense to me this way. There are a couple characters I might want to see. but I feel like there's nobody I'm like, I got to have it, except for pheasant. Astray forever, for life for all time always. But leave us your wish list of very special episodes. Jay Rushden. Question. Talk about Blue Christmas.

Starting point is 00:27:57 Was this special a nice present or a lump of coal, Tara? It's a nice present disguised as a lump of coal. Yeah, I think so. Right. It's a good, good work. Yeah. Good scene. Good acting, good filmmaking.

Starting point is 00:28:12 Yeah. Good nuances. But a lot of sadness. But a lot of sadness, man. Yeah. So it's a double whammy. That's a double. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:28:22 But leave us your thoughts on Christmas down below. Oh, we got some trives. Let's go. Ultraviolet. Got a one-two punch here. Take it away, Tara. How do you think Hunter Schaefer did as a writer for Jewel's special episode. And then also, I'll divide it as, how do you feel about the still nature of the special

Starting point is 00:28:41 episodes? Usually a lot is happening all the time, but for both episodes to be in one place the whole time is really different. So I wanted to know how you guys felt about it. Well, I think we realized that once we saw that Hunter Schaefer was a co-writer on that episode, that that made it extra special. And like, it was like, yes, this makes sense. I, love this because I felt I know that John felt that it was surprising for him to have just written Ruse episode. But I feel like because it was released in 2020, there was so all of that stuff was happening in the world that I, my assumption is it inspired a lot of that writing, especially for

Starting point is 00:29:28 Coleman Domingo's like lines. I mean, the whole conversation, honestly, I felt like they would have all weighed in on that script. Exactly. And so maybe they just didn't get credit. I'm not sure. But I think that, yeah, it was a really great episode. And I love that Hunter helped out with that.

Starting point is 00:29:48 100%. I mean, it really seemed like the thing you should do, given the nature of your character here to let somebody who's got that real life experience imbue it with that real life experience. Exactly. And obviously, like, I don't know what of the character nuance. of experience apply to Hunter Schaefer specifically, but especially the experience of transness, absolutely applies.

Starting point is 00:30:12 And yeah, I mean, it was another tremendously written episode. It felt like it had a lot of nuance. And, yeah, hats off. I mean, again, what an interesting opportunity. And I wonder what the back and forth was, you know, between them writing it. And, too, I mean, you know, I wonder what that looked like.

Starting point is 00:30:32 You know, like I wonder if it was literally them sitting at the computer right drafts with each other or if it was like workshoping the story and rehearsing the scene work and kind of finding the truths and finding where there needed to be more truth or whatever it was. But either way, that collaboration seemed like a really cool thing to happen, a good thing to happen. And it seemed like it brought the episode a lot of, you know, real lived experience that I have to imagine. I mean, like, you know, a person who has lived that experience directly could probably comment

Starting point is 00:31:04 better on like how good of a job or not Hunter Schaefer did actually translating it but you know for my money and for how I took it in I thought that was terrific work yeah and yeah the still nature of the episodes I liked it a lot honestly I like contrast like this and again anytime you get like a random like to get a double helping of a situation where it's like oh shit these just actors episodes man these just chance for two great or you know a great performer a couple handful of great performers just a really sink into some stuff, really let the writing sing, really let the filmmaking, you know, do some interesting stuff with the limitations. Yeah, I really like this in contrast. And it will make me appreciate then going back to the chaos of cutting to everybody and freaking getting that. So there's

Starting point is 00:31:54 a different set of stakes and payoff and comfort and discomfort when you're in one space versus like, okay, we cut away from these people now. I can take a break or whatever. So. Right. But yeah, As for whatever the weird release schedule of this show has been, I thought these, yeah, like were really nicely poised as their own two little islands with their own unique approach and style and their own unique microscope on two characters who are absolutely central. Yeah, I thought this was a great display of craft. Yeah, love the still nature of the episodes. J. Dell closing us out. Injules special after everything she opens up about in therapy. Do you think she truly understands how she affects Rue or is she still trying to figure out her own identity first?

Starting point is 00:32:44 I think they're both trying to do this figuring out of their own identities and then also trying to figure out how they actually affect each other. I think this is like the real time both are happening. Because you watch, I think that's a cool thing that these episodes do is it's a mark of like, you know, you know, you've got the writer, you know, you've got the bird's eye view on everybody. So you're allowed to kind of orchestrate your characters where it's like, we love them both, but they can be at odds and at conflict and misaligned and various other things. And we can allow that to be understandable and kind of beautiful and tragic in its own way. So, I mean, I think they're learning how they affect and depend or don't depend on each other and how to make that a better process. while they figure their identities out, you know?

Starting point is 00:33:36 Yeah, I think that Jules definitely is dealing with a lot, meaning she understands how she affects Rue, but at the same time, you know, when she talks about, I tried to conquer femininity, but femininity conquered me. I'm like, these, both of the things exist at the same time, and Jules is dealing when we think about that, Two things at the same time, meaning her being in Roos, just her proximity is what is seemingly keeping Root from not going off the rails and not being sober anymore. That's already a lot for a teenager.

Starting point is 00:34:17 While on top of her saying, do I even, am I even attracted to men anymore and I've never kissed a girl? and now she needs to rethink her own identity in what she chose and now where does she want to go. That's a lot. Plus, mom's popping back yet. Like, all of that for her to, we kind of got there. I think she really does understand how she affects Roe, but I think there's so much more to what Jules has to exist with in life right now that we're never really going to get to the bottom of it right now because it's too much. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:35:02 Yeah. I mean, Jules isn't a whole special kind of niche of, I mean, they're both in unique niches of reality, but Jules is having a whole identity discovery that is, that is at least more uniquely understandable now, but we're still learning how to understand, you know, as like a broader culture. Yeah. But yeah, this is fascinating stuff, man. This was really funny.

Starting point is 00:35:28 And I can't wait for more hilarious episodes of the Euphoria Comedy Hour. Yeah. You have anything else to tell the people before we hit the road? Great stuff. I love the show. Heck yeah. We are loving it, peeps. And guess what?

Starting point is 00:35:43 We'll be back for more for season two. Episodes 1 and 2, I would imagine, will be coming your way pretty soon. So keep an eye out for those and, you know, get some pancakes, call your family. If they want to hear from you, don't push it. If they don't, I guess. And find you, find you someone to talk to. Therapy's good for you, even if it's just a friend who you can get deep about with life. So anyway, do that and we'll catch you next time for more pancakes.

Starting point is 00:36:12 Okay, bye.

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