By the way, weed is also the reason Rue gives Jules for why she “forgot” to mention Elliot to her, but Jules is less easily appeased. So when Gia sees her sister tripping the light fantastic in the kitchen, she accepts the notion that Rue is on marijuana. Eventually, they arrived at a point where Gia made Rue “promise me it’s just going to be weed and not anything more.” Rue did. “It’s better than committing suicide,” Rue countered sadly. “When you do drugs, it’s not like when other people do drugs,” Gia said. That incensed her little sister, who has already had her life upended by Rue’s addiction.

As she explains, we watch a flashback to when Rue casually informed Gia that she might start smoking weed as a way to deal with daily panic attacks. RUE’S NEW COVER STORY | In the present, when Gia catches Rue loopily dancing through the house to “Call Me Irresponsible,” she asks, “Are you high?” That kicks off an aside in which Rue tells us exactly how she’s hiding her relapse from her sister and friends: by covering it with a different kind of drug use. He hangs up, curls into the fetal position in bed and sobs. The next morning, Cal wakes up happy… until Marsha calls to tell him she’s pregnant. But - you know where this is going, right? - soon the goofiness wears off, they draw closer, and then they’re dancing with their faces pressed to each others’ necks. Soon they’re being silly, lip-syncing to INXS’ “Never Tear Us Apart” and goofing around on the dance floor. So the boys drive to a gay bar - though Cal doesn’t seem to get what’s going on right away - and pound some tequila shots. Graduation rolls around, and “Derek insisted they celebrate, just the two of them,” Rue says. Soon, as a very naked montage depicts, Cal and Marsha are having sex every chance they can get. That night at dinner, Cal announces to his family that he’s met a girl.

(Side note: That’s likely the same reason Derek hugs his gym bag to his midsection as he exits the room, yes?) Cal’s father seems disgusted. He’s so suspicious of his son’s friendship (and bodily proximity to) with Derek that he orders Cal to stand up - most likely to see whether he’s visibly excited, which is wrong on so many levels - and Cal refuses. Cal’s dad, a severe man who seems a lot like Future Cal, barges in and asks Derek to leave. So he does, while the guys are lying side-by-side on Cal’s bed one afternoon. She’s very forward, and though Rue tells us that sometimes makes teen Cal uncomfortable, “he was grateful she pushed his boundaries.” When Marsha performs oral sex on Cal in his car one night, “he couldn’t wait to tell Derek,” Rue says. Still, when Marsha makes it clear that she’s into Cal, they start dating. As Rue’s voiceover tells us how close and comfortable the boys were with each other, we get several instances of Cal’s gaze lingering a little longer on his friend’s body than is polite. We see his life as a high school senior, where he ruled the wrestling team, planned to attend Duke University and spent a lot of time with his best friend, Derek.

(Yes, that is the second time in three weeks that I’ve hailed a Jacobs man getting whupped, and no, I do not feel sorry about that.) Read on for the highlights of “Ruminations: Big and Little Bullys.”ĬAL, UP CLOSE | This week’s episode-opening deep dive focuses on Nate’s dad, Cal. The Idol: How Did Ratings Hold Up in Week 2? Plus, Premiere Now Outpacing Euphoria, White LotusĪnd that really seems true in the episode, which also gives us a nascent Jules/Elliot flirtation and a Cal bloodying that’s rather satisfying.

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