A low-key soundtrack filled with quiet, introspective pop tracks – including Billie Eilish and Rosalía‘s ‘Lo Vas a Olvidar’ – makes Jules’ emotional outpouring feel even rawer. It’s slightly more experimental in its cinematography than the previous special, using close-ups and feverish scenes to convey the feelings on display.

Like December’s ‘Trouble Don’t Last Always’, Jules’ episode is gripping and moving from the very beginning. Where Rue imagined a happy life together in New York at the start of her episode, here Jules says she has nightmares about the same scenario but coming home to find Rue locked in the bathroom, not responding to her frantic cries for reassurance that she’s OK.

It untangles her own feelings about her relationship and finds Jules and Rue standing on opposite ends of the thread. Euphoria Special Episode Two shows us, for the first time, Jules’ mum’s struggles with alcoholism and the parallels she draws between her parent and Rue. Instead of introducing new plot points, they analyse what happened in season one and open up new doors to help us explain the characters’ actions. The production might be scaled back, but ‘F**k Anyone Who’s Not a Sea Blob’ still packs an emotional punch.

Read more: Euphoria Special Episode One review: a compelling exploration of addiction.

This is the teen’s first session and she’s got a lot to unpack. Jules’ instalment moves around a little more, but still spends the majority of its time in a therapist’s office. That’s why we saw Rue’s episode take place in a diner, where she was joined by her sponsor Ali ( Colman Domingo) and only left for scenes in her imagination. To meet social distancing requirements, the specials are pared back in terms of cast and crew.

Last month, it was Rue’s (Zendaya) turn to be put under the microscope in ‘Trouble Don’t Last Always’, a searing portrait of addiction. The action takes place after the events of episode eight, but they look back on what we’ve already seen with fresh insight. In a way they do, but not how you might expect. When the two special “bridge” episodes of Euphoria were announced, the assumption was that they would show what happened after the final scenes of season one.

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