Euphoria
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If you came to And Salt the Earth Behind You looking for plot resolution, you likely left disappointed.
There was no big final confrontation with Nate or big reckoning for the kids bad behavior.
One of the main characters, McKay, didnt even make the episode.
The ending essentially amounted to Zendayas single is dropping.
And while Im sure it had tons of viewers screaming Seriously?!
The most obvious conclusion of the finalAll for Ussequence is that Rue has overdosed once again, possibly fatally.
HerSunday serviceesque sweatsuit choir becomes a pile of bodies, symbolizing the massive human toll of addiction.
Could the sequence be a flashback to her first overdose instead?
Is her final disappearance into that good night an ending or the beginning of her new life?
Ill be thinking about it for a long time to come.
Yet the complexity of Rues journey makes it clear how much the show is shortchanging its other characters.
We know she wants to run, but we never get a sense of what its toward or from.
But Nates howls of anger were just comically awful, like watching a buff toddler have a meltdown.
For the moment,Euphoriamay still be more style than substance.
Till then …
