Instead, she takes command, barking orders at her high school theatre crew who are in awe of her greatness. Assuming the role of writer, director and lead, Lexi is the star. For this reason, it is especially great to see Lexi being an absolute badass. She doesn’t wear rhinestones and glitter eyeshadow to school. Maude Apatow’s humble high schooler has long been hailed the most relatable of the bunch. Guided by Lexi’s narration, the story dips in and out of her stage production and the real-life moments that inspired them (Sky / HBO)įans have been begging for a Lexi-focused episode and this certainly delivers. It’s the very definition of a car crash you can’t look away from. Plus, it’s perversely fun to watch Lexi’s play unfold as her audience reacts in real time. But after all, this is Euphoria – a universe in which 17-year-olds wear Gucci and go to school in stilettos – so the idea of a big-budget school production isn’t so outrageous.
And vice-versa.įor a high school play, there seems to be an enormous budget: revolving stages, confetti cannons, wire-flying.
Sometimes the camera pulls back to reveal a set, letting us know that the moment we just witnessed was, in fact, part of Lexi’s play, not reality. Deft camerawork obfuscates the characters with their real counterparts. Guided by Lexi’s narration, the story dips in and out of her stage production and the real-life moments that inspired them.
“It” being a play written and directed by our very own Lexi Howard about her childhood spent playing second fiddle to her four best friends. The curtains rise and we’re straight into it. The trials and tribulations of our favourite misbehaving teens – Rue’s drug addiction Cassie’s downward spiral Nate’s abusive behaviour Maddy’s mourning of a friendship Jules’s CD Kat’s… wait, what’s Kat doing? – have made for an especially depressing second season.īut what better way to distract from all that than with a night at the theatre? Though, what unfolds across the next hour is far from cheery escapism.
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All the events of the series so far seem to have been building to this exact moment, tremors before the calamitous earthquake of Lexi’s play. There are few episodes of Euphoria that have been as highly anticipated as episode seven.
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