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11th January 2022
12:03pm GMT

A satisfying back story from Fezco takes us back to the present day where Rue tags along for a drug deal that has the potential to go fantastically wrong. High (and as convincingly annoying as anyone who is that high), she once again witnesses first hand the danger involved in Fez's work and the world that she is so desperate to remain a part of.
In somewhat of a disjointed move the core cast end up at a New Year's Eve party together. In true Euphoria style it's unlike anything you would have experienced at the age of 17, all red cups, bonfires, and sex with your best friend's ex in a bathroom.
If the series can be criticised for its excess (and oh, it has been), it can only be praised for the scene in which Cassie hides for an extended period of time behind a shower curtain to ensure that Maddie doesn't know that she's been hooking up with Nate. The sequence provides a solid mix of comedy and painstaking anxiety as we wait for what seems like an age before Cassie can safely escape and return to her background role.
It's the light(er) moments that carry episode one. Throughout the night, Fez and Lexi get to know each other and, despite their glaring differences, figure out that they've actually got a whole lot in common.
Eventually, Rue and Jules are reunited in another of Euphoria's textbook highly stylised sequences. It's all bright lights and facial expressions as the pair realise that they're both at the same party together as Rue tactlessly blames Jules for her relapse.
But, apparently that doesn't matter because they seemingly end up getting back together anyway. It could be unrealistic, or it could be the most realistic depiction of teenage love this show has offered. Who can say for sure?
You can stream every episode of Season 1 of Euphoria and stream season two weekly with a NOW Entertainment Membership.