cinestar: 'Euphoria' Season 2, Episode 7 Recap: Welcome to Lexi's World

It's Lexi's world and we are all living in it in Episode 7 of Euphoria Season 2.

The opening night of Lexi's (played by Maude Apatow) play is finally here and if you did not think Season 2 was dramatic enough, grab your popcorn and settle down because Episode 7 will have you feeling all kinds of emotions. It's so complicated and good, you might want to watch it twice.

Episode 7 cleverly, if a little dizzyingly, flashes between the play, real-life moments that happened off stage in the present and in the past, and the audience's reaction to what they are watching. In one of those present-day moments, Fez (Angus Cloud) is preparing to head out to Lexi's play (wearing a suit with roses in hand) but doesn't quite make it. Well, as far as we know…

'Euphoria' Season 2, Episode 7 Recap

Lexi

OK, so this isn't a performance of Oklahoma! at all. This is the story of Lexi Howard and her life.

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Lexi's play begins by throwing some shade at her sister Cassie, pointing out their differences while also admitting how much she wanted to be just like her as a kid. The actress who plays Cassie on stage is hilarious and has got her impression down to a T.

As Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) looks on from the audience with tears in her eyes, the scene switches to the real-life conversations between Lexi and her older, "more attractive" sister.

Through Lexi's eyes, audiences learn their relationship changed after their dad left and Cassie became friends with Maddy (Alexa Demie). Their father's absence may also explain why Cassie needs validation from men, even if they treat her terribly.

One thing is clear: Lexi became sidelined as she and her sister hit their teens and, as a result, she tried to hold onto her friendship with Rue (Zendaya), which was slowly falling apart.

Rue

As Rue watches from the audience, she can't take her eyes off Jules (Hunter Schafer), who also keeps turning around to try to catch Rue staring. The pair haven't spoken since Jules attempted to stage an intervention, apart from an awkward encounter where Rue muttered a half-hearted "'sup?"

In her play, Lexi recalls the moment she walked in on Rue doing drugs after her father's funeral and the fragmentation of their friendship that resulted. The episode then shifts from Lexi's stage to show the real-life moment between the pair in Rue's bedroom that day, with Rue passed out on the bed and Lexi trying to recite a comforting poem.

In the present day and away from Lexi's play, Rue is hanging at home with her mom Leslie (Nika King), who blurts out her fear that Rue will end her own life. She also makes the heartbreaking admission that if she had to save one of her daughters, she would save Gia (Storm Reid)—a choice that Rue supports.

In the emotional scene, Leslie reveals that Gia has been struggling at school—skipping classes and landing in detention. Leslie also shares her concerns for Gia's mental and physical health in an angry response to Rue claiming her sister was "just fine."

The only good thing to take away from Rue's situation in Episode 7 is that she seemed genuinely healthy and happy, for the first time in a while. Let's hope it lasts.

Maude Apatow as Lexi in Euphoria Season 2. Lexi and Fez may be the latest couple to come out of Euphoria. Eddy Chen/HBO

Fez

Away from Lexi's play, one of the big storylines to play out in real time is about Fez.

For weeks, Euphoria fans have been rooting for Fez and Lexi to get together and after the emotional "Stand By Me" singalong in Episode 6, things looked set to take a romantic turn.

In Episode 7, Fez is getting ready to go to Lexi's play. Dressed in a suit and carrying a bunch of roses, he asks Faye (Chloe Cherry) whether he should wear a tie or not. Things look so very wholesome, but Ash (Javon "Wanna" Walton) can sense something is off when Faye's on-off boyfriend Custer (Tyler Chase) shows up.

Moments before Fez calls Chloe into his bedroom to talk ties, Custer—who is cooperating with the police in the investigation into Mouse's (Meeko Gattuso) disappearance—arrives. It looks like he has placed his phone so he can record his conversations with Fez and Ash, especially after he encouraged Faye to "remain calm" and pushed her to bring Fez back into the living room.

Armed with a knife, Ash sits opposite Custer. He knows something is up and Fez, who is about to head out the door, can sense it too. Unfortunately, that's all the screen time Fez gets in Episode 7.

It looks like Fez did not make it to Lexi's play, but here's hoping that's not because the police have closed in on him.

As long as Ash does not use that knife, hopefully, things will be OK.

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