Rue (Zendaya) finds faith in ‘Euphoria’ season 3, episode 6<\/p>\n
HBO<\/p>\n
Did Rue really catch a glimpse of God? <\/p>\n
Euphoria season three, episode six, \u201cStand Still and See,\u201d immediately resolves last week\u2019s cliffhanger<\/a>, as Rue (Zendaya) is spared from a brutal execution by Alamo (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje).<\/p>\n Rue spends the rest of the episode in an unusually reflective state, thankful to be alive, convinced that someone up there is looking out for her.<\/p>\n Alamo\u2019s sympathetic backstory is revealed during the episode, and his childhood trauma might offer a clue to Rue\u2019s fate.<\/p>\n Warning\u2014Spoilers Ahead<\/p>\n \u2018Euphoria\u2019 Season 3, Episode 6, Explained<\/p>\n Rue is on a different kind of high for this episode, cheating death and winning small victories. <\/p>\n She manages to get the 3D-printed key for Laurie\u2019s (Martha Kelly) safe, and her role as a rat seems secure\u2014Rue even has a long-awaited phone call with her mother, Leslie (Nika King), who calls Rue unexpectedly after ignoring her daughter\u2019s attempts to reach out.<\/p>\n Rue has a long conversation with her mother in church, expressing her newfound faith and hope for redemption.<\/p>\n There\u2019s Biblical imagery all over the place, but the signs are mixed\u2014Alamo\u2019s giant snake certainly seems an ominous omen.<\/p>\n As soon as Rue delivers the key, Alamo shatters her serenity, informing Rue that he expects her to break into Laurie\u2019s safe. This would be incredibly risky on a normal day, but Rue\u2019s break-in clashes with the DEA\u2019s plan to arrest them all.<\/p>\n A dead rat is dangled in front of Rue, another on-the-nose metaphor that suggests Alamo is suspicious of her loyalty. <\/p>\n Bishop (Darrell Britt-Gibson) feeds the rat to the snake while telling Rue a disturbing story, about how a dancer named Sugar would perform with the python.<\/p>\n Sugar thought she and the cold-blooded reptile shared a connection, and she would sleep with the snake at night, while the creature coiled itself around her. <\/p>\n After the snake suddenly lost its appetite for mice, Sugar took it to the vet, who told her that her python still had a healthy appetite, but for a much larger meal.<\/p>\n In reality, the python was readying itself to eat Sugar, and Bishop wants Rue to understand that they kept the snake as a reminder of hidden intentions and betrayal.<\/p>\n In the Bible, the Garden of Eden\u2019s snake is similarly deceptive, tempting Eve into eating the Fruit of Knowledge, marking humanity\u2019s fall from innocence and expulsion from paradise.<\/p>\n Bishop isn\u2019t being subtle here, but the snake hints at a more personal betrayal for Rue.<\/p>\n In Alamo\u2019s flashbacks,<\/a> we learn how his mother (Danielle Deadwyler) ruthlessly tricked her son and loving partner, Preston (Kwame Patterson), setting up a robbery and walking away with the stolen goods.<\/p>\n She doesn\u2019t care that her son bonded with Preston, and the experience hardens Alamo, creating a deep distrust of women that fuels his suspicions to this day.<\/p>\n Alamo\u2019s tragic origin story might be a hint at Rue\u2019s fate, as Bishop informs Rue that he has contacted her mother, implying that Rue\u2019s family will suffer a heavy price if she betrays them.<\/p>\n However, the fact that Bishop spoke to Leslie about Rue changes the context of that church scene\u2014why did Leslie call Rue after ignoring her daughter for so long?<\/p>\n Notably, we don\u2019t see Leslie\u2019s response to Rue gushing about God and salvation\u2014we just see her end the conversation with a flat \u201cI love you, Rue.\u201d <\/p>\n Leslie looks troubled after the call ends. <\/p>\n Leslie might not doesn\u2019t believe a word Rue says anymore, or maybe she\u2019s planning to betray her daughter if she needs to, possibly viewing her as a lost cause.<\/p>\n There are snakes everywhere, and Rue is a vulnerable rat, but apparently, a lucky one.<\/p>\n The episode ends with Rue escaping death, again, this time on the highway, stepping out of her car to witness a miracle.<\/p>\n Rue sees a burning tree in the desert, another Biblical sign that seemingly confirms her newfound faith.<\/p>\n Rue (Zendaya) witnesses a miracle in ‘Euphoria’ season 3, episode 6\u2014or is it a coincidence?<\/p>\n HBOThe Ending Of \u2018Euphoria\u2019 Season 3, Episode 6, Explained<\/p>\n In the Old Testament, Moses encounters a burning bush in the desert that continuously burns without harming the plant. <\/p>\n God speaks to Moses through the fire and tells him that he has been chosen as a divine instrument to free the slaves of Egypt.<\/p>\n In this story, Moses is a reluctant hero, who initially cowers from God and questions his own ability to perform the divine deed. <\/p>\n The moment marks Moses as a chosen prophet\u2014in Rue\u2019s story, one might view the burning tree as her Call to Adventure, a confirmation that she is on the right track and destined for greater things.<\/p>\n However, given how Rue has spent so much time imagining a brighter future for herself, it might all be a tragic delusion. The flaming tree could have been a coincidence, a random fire that Rue latched on to as a divine sign.<\/p>\n With Euphoria season three<\/a>, it\u2019s difficult to say\u2014the series has changed<\/a> far beyond its origins as a soapy high school melodrama\u2014the tone is now somewhere between a Tarantino movie and a Grand Theft Auto cutscene.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not hard to imagine Euphoria earnestly embracing the idea of Rue being chosen by God, or falsely imbued with hope right before tragedy strikes.<\/p>\n Either way, there\u2019s a snake out there, and Rue needs to watch her step.<\/p>\n MORE FROM FORBESForbes\u2018Euphoria\u2019 Season 3 Has Lost The PlotBy Dani Di Placido<\/a>ForbesThe James Charles \u2018Spirit Airlines\u2019 Controversy, ExplainedBy Dani Di Placido<\/a>ForbesClavicular Keeps Being \u2018Mogged\u2019\u2014What Does That Even Mean?By Dani Di Placido<\/a>ForbesEverything You Need To Know About The \u2018Backrooms\u2019 MovieBy Dani Di Placido<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rue (Zendaya) finds faith in ‘Euphoria’ season 3, episode 6 HBO Did Rue really catch a glimpse of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":591370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,202341,202343,202342,202339,202344,202337,202338,202340,202336,202345,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-591369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-euphoria-6-ending","tag-euphoria-6-ending-explained","tag-euphoria-ending","tag-euphoria-episode-6","tag-euphoria-rue-burning","tag-euphoria-season-3","tag-euphoria-season-3-episode-6","tag-euphoria-season-3-explained","tag-rue","tag-rue-euphoria-fire-meaning","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/591370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}