Euphoria’s Colman Domingo Thinks Ali Will Have “Redemption For Rue” After Explosive Fight

We’re all rooting for Rue, however she’s change into a little bit laborious to like in Euphoria‘s second season. In Sunday’s episode, Rue (Zendaya) treats her Narcotics Nameless (NA) sponsor Ali (Colman Domingo) like trash. He is the one one who actually is aware of who she is and has caught by her by way of all her relapses. Episode three sees Rue leaving her NA assembly with a suitcase filled with $10K of medication that she in some way convinces Fezco’s (Angus Cloud) provider, Laurie (Minka Kelly), that she is going to promote with different underage sellers. Ali can sense one thing’s up and confronts Rue, who simply tells her they’re college books.

“Do not pull that sh*t with me. I’ve at all times accepted you for who you had been. The great, the unhealthy, and the ugly. I am not just a few mother or father you possibly can deal with like sh*t,” Ali says as Rue tries to push previous him. Rue takes a low blow as she retorts, “Effectively, good factor no person’s trying to you to be a mother or father.” Her sponsor warns her that if she ever makes use of his previous towards him once more or says one other disrespectful factor, they’re executed. Rue continues, “Or what, Ali? You are gonna hit me?” Oof.

The scene between Rue and Ali piggybacks on Euphoria‘s first particular episode, launched in December 2020. In that episode, Ali meets her at a diner shortly after she relapses and shares his historical past of relapses and redemption. Amongst his most tough storylines is the truth that he has a strained relationship together with his two daughters because of him hitting their mom once they had been rising up. He is even surprised when he calls considered one of them on Christmas Eve they usually choose up the telephone. In different phrases, Rue’s subconsciously been Ali’s do-over.

Domingo mentioned the current struggle between his character and Zendaya’s in an interview with Insider. “He understands that she’s excessive, however he does not know the extent and the spiral of her dependancy till it hits him within the face, the place she breaks a bond and smashes the religion that they’ve had in one another, that they’ve established in that bridge episode . . . I feel it could actually harm him as a result of she used one thing that she knew would harm him,” the actor stated. Regardless of the callousness of the scene, Domingo instructed the outlet, “I feel he nonetheless has room in his coronary heart and in his thoughts for redemption with Rue.” I hope Rue apologies and earns again her respect with Ali.

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