History TearJerker / Euphoria

** Before the aforementioned fight with Maddy, Cassie's venomous TheReasonYouSuckSpeech towards Lexi in front of the school, expressing her utter contempt for her younger sister and telling her that she is completely irrelevant and useless. Indeed, her tirade against Lexi, for a brief period of time, did have an effect against her, and it took [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Bobbi coming to her aid]] for the play to continue. What makes it painful is that by the end, Cassie has completely broken ties with everyone she cared about due to her obsession with Nate and her anger: Maddy is completely done with her, Lexi is abandoned and hated by her and now practically the entire school might see her as a bully which will worsen her reputation even more due to her meltdown. Cassie's arc this seasons ends on a tragic note as she is left all alone with nothing but bitterness, hatred and anger in her heart, while her former friends and sister leave her behind and move onto to healing themselves.

** Before the aforementioned fight with Maddy, Cassie's venomous TheReasonYouSuckSpeech towards Lexi in front of the school, expressing her utter contempt for her younger sister and telling her that she is completely irrelevant and useless. Indeed, her tirade against Lexi, for a brief period of time, did have an effect against her, and it took [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Bobbi coming to her aid]] for the play to continue.

** The final scene of the episode. Leslie finally gets a call back from the rehabilitation center, only to be told they won't be taking Rue in. Leslie completely falls to pieces, begging and begging for them to help her daughter, fearing she'll kill herself without rehab.

** We see more of what happened between Maddy and Cassie the night Rue exposed Cassie's affair with Nate. After Cassie ran away and locked herself in her bathroom, Maddy cried and demanded a straight answer about why Cassie slept with him and if it was worth it. Cassie doesn’t answer, but silently and stoically cries on the other side of the door; she clearly feels guilty about throwing away her friendship over such a terrible person, but has become so infatuated with Nate that she's become willing to throw her life away for him.

** The conversation between Fezco and Lexi, in which they both talk about what they want to do with their lives. Fezco wants to live a farm life a la ''Little House on the Prarie,'' while Lexie has her life scheduled down to the year, and plans to have three kids by the time she's 30, to which Fez replies that the ''Little House'' family has three kids. It's a subtle joke that implies Fezco wouldn't mind having a family with Lexie, emphasized by the two mutually saying they're happy that they're friends. However, with Fez being arrested at the episode's end, it seems unlikely the two will have any chance of a life together after all.

*** At the end of the episode, Cassie has become so irate with her family that she runs away to live with Nate. As she walks out the door, she simply glares at Suze (who clearly is guilty and heartbroken at the person her daughter has become) before leaving without saying a word.
** The breakup between Kat and Ethan. After finally getting together in the Season 1 finale, Kat feels a sense of dissatisfaction in their relationship that she just can't figure out. When she finally decides to cut it off, she refuses to take any responsibility. First she lies about a terminal illness, is offended when Ethan is incredulous, and finally, when Ethan correctly deducts she's trying to break up with him, insists that ''he'' is breaking up with ''her''. Basically, she gaslights and insults him just to avoid being honest, and Ethan is too disappointed to even be angry.

** While watching a movie together at night, Leslie tells Rue about how fed up and ''broken'' she is from having to deal with her, and tells her that she's given up keeping watch over her. She informs Rue that when she turns 18 and gets out of her house, she could do whatever drugs she wants since she’ll be an adult by then. Leslie also mentions how traumatized Gia is from her behavior, as she has begun failing classes and staying up all night. Rue finds it to be understandable, however begrudgingly.

** We see more of what happened between Maddy and Cassie the night Rue exposed Cassie's affair with Nate. After Cassie ran away and locked herself in her bedroom, Maddy cried and demanded a straight answer about why Cassie slept with him and if it was worth it. Cassie doesn’t answer, but silently and stoically cries on the other side of the door; she clearly feels guilty about throwing away her friendship over such a terrible person, but has become so infatuated with him that she's become willing to throw her life and friendships away.

*** Fezco is left in a situation with at least 3 dead, including a police officer and a kid, and he already tried to take responsibility for it. Despite the good natured and kind person Fezco is, he is facing a likely life sentence, if not the death penalty, for simply being the last one left alive.

*** The tone Maddy has while saying that line to Cassie isn't just anger toward Cassie, but also due to disappointment in herself for not doing anything she could to prevent her best friend to being infatuated with Nate, her psycho ex-boyfriend. But since Cassie chose not to apologize and chose to keep being with Nate despite the consequences with that decision, Maddy has no choice but to just watch her former friend being miserable.
** Before the aforementioned fight with Maddy, Cassie's venomous TheReasonYouSuckSpeech towards Lexi in front of the school, expressing her anger and disgust with her younger sister and telling her that she is completely irrelevant and useless. Indeed, her tirade against Lexi, for a brief period of time, did have an effect against her, and it took [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Bobbi coming to her aid]] for the play to continue.

'''Season 1'''

'''Specials'''

'''Season 2'''

* "Stand Still Like the Hummingbird" is just one long Tearjerker from beginning to end, as it shows in raw, unflinching detail Rue's absolute lowest point.
** Leslie confronts Rue about her relapsing, leading to a violent screaming match between the two of them and Gia. While Rue goes from breaking down doors to collapsing into tears, she discovers Gia and Leslie flushed the 10k's worth of drugs she acquired for Laurie, only furthering her meltdown.

** In her mania, Rue flees to Fezco's, where she tries to steal his grandmother's medication; after he demands her to leave, she gets physical with him forcing Fez to swiftly throw her out. Rue whimpers and begs like a child, but he just can't forgive her this time.

* "A Thousand Little Trees of Blood"
** In this episode, Rue is still going through withdrawal, and Gia and Leslie are taking care of her. Rue is so weak and feverish that she can't even open a Jolly Rancher, let alone bathe or feed herself.

* In "The Theater and Its Double"
** While watching a movie together at night, Leslie tells Rue about how fed up and how ''broken'' she is from having to deal with her, and tells her that she's given up keeping watch over her. She informs Rue that when she turns 18 and out of her house, she could do whatever drugs she wants, since she’ll be an adult by then and can’t reign in on Rue’s life any longer. Leslie also mentions how traumatized Gia is from her behavior, who's begun failing classes and staying up all night. Rue finds it to be understandable, and begrudgingly understands.
---> ''You'll be 18 soon... and outta my house. And you're gonna make whatever decisions you're gonna make. I'm takin' you off my plate.''

* The Season 2 finale, "All My Life, My Heart Has Yearned for a Thing I Cannot Name"
** This episode features the biggest gutpunch of the series to date: the death of the thirteen-year-old Ashtray. Fezco's house is raided by the police, and with Ashtray having just killed Custer, Fezco tries to get his younger brother to surrender himself and let him take the fall. Instead, Ashtray locks himself in the bathroom, and despite all of Fez's pleas for him to come out, a shootout ensues between Ashtray and the police. Fezco is wounded, all the while screaming and begging at the officers to not shoot. At the very end, Ashtray pulls a WoundedGazelleGambit, killing one officer with a shotgun--and is gunned down just a moment later. He sees the red light of a rifle aiming for his head, and has just enough time to share a terrified last look with his brother before he's killed.

** Rue finds out that Jules was the one who told Leslie Rue had relapsed, and upon realizing Jules is in the house, tells her that in no uncertain terms she ''hates'' her and wishes they'd never met. The sheer '''venom''' Rue shows to Jules--whom she has adored from the second they met--is absolutely heartbreaking.
** When Leslie tries to take her to the hospital, Rue jumps out into traffic; she spends the rest of the day hiding heads off to the Howards' house after the sun sets. Here she's found and given an impromptu intervention--during which Rue reveals Cassie and Nate's secret relationship, for no other reason than to redirect attention.

*** Laurie also reveals that this entire time she knew Rue would mess up, and its heavily implied Laurie is giving her the morphine injection to foster a new addiction on Rue and intends to traffic her.

** While it is somewhat PlayedForLaughs, Cassie's state in the episode is just hard to watch due to how unstable and self-centered she's become. She's either crying and throwing a tantrum or screaming her lungs out at her family (completely unprovoked to add). Even worse is that despite her guilt being clear as day, she refuses to acknowledge she did anything wrong. By the episode's beginning, Lexi and Suze are already exhausted with her.
*** Toward the end, Cassie has become so irate with her family that she runs away to live with Nate. As she walks out the door, she simply glares at Suze (who clearly is guilty and heartbroken at how far gone her daughter's stability is) before leaving without saying a word.

** While watching a movie together at night, Leslie tells Rue about how fed up and how ''broken'' she is from having to deal with her, and tells her that she's given up trying to deal with her: she informs Rue that when she turns 18, she’ll be out of her house, and could do whatever drugs she wants, since she’ll be an adult by then and can’t reign in on Rue’s life any longer, and she's also tied up with Gia, who's failing classes and staying up all night. Rue finds it to be understandable, and begrudgingly understands.

** We see more of what happened between Maddy and Cassie the night Rue exposed Cassie's affair with Nate. After Cassie ran away and locked herself in her bedroom, Maddy cried and demanded a straight answer about why Cassie slept with him and if it was worth it. Cassie doesn’t answer, but silently and stoically cries on the other side of the door; she clearly feels guilty about throwing away her friendship over such a terrible person, but has become so infatuated with him, she's more willing to throw her life and friendships away to be with him.

*** The tone Maddy has while saying that line to Cassie isn't just anger to Cassie, but also due to disappointment on herself for not doing anything she could to prevent her best friend to being infatuated with Nate, her psycho ex-boyfriend. But since Cassie chose not to apologize and chose to keep being with Nate despite the consequences with that decision, Maddy has no choice but to just watch her former friend being miserable.

** While watching a movie together at night, Leslie tells Rue about how fed up and how ''broken'' she is from having to deal with her, and tells her that she's given up trying to deal with her: she informs Rue that when she turns 18, she’ll be out of her house, and could do whatever drugs she wants, since she’ll be an adult by then and can’t reign in on Rue’s life any longer, as she’ll turn into an adult, and she's also tied up with Gia, who's failing classes and staying up all night. Rue finds it to be understandable, and begrudgingly understands.

** Leslie tells Rue about how ''broken'' she is from having to deal with her insanity and tells her that she's given up reigning her in: when she turns 18, and out of her house, she could do whatever drugs she wants, as she's tied up with Gia, who's failing classes and staying up all night. Rue finds it to be understandable, and begrudgingly agrees

** We see more of what happened between Maddy and Cassie the night Rue exposed Cassie's affair with Nate. After Cassie ran away and locked herself in a bathroom, Maddy cried and demanded a straight answer about why Cassie slept with him and if it was worth it. Cassie doesn’t answer, but silently and stoically cries on the other side of the door; she clearly feels guilty about throwing away her friendship for such a terrible person but has become so infatuated with him, she's more willing to throw her life and friendships away to be with him.

--> ''You'll be 18 soon... and outta my house. And you're gonna make whatever decisions you're gonna make. I'm takin' you off my plate.''
** We see more of what happened between Maddy and Cassie the night Rue exposed Cassie's affair with Nate. After Cassie ran away and locked herself in a bathroom, Maddy cried and demanded a straight answer about why Cassie slept with him and if it was worth it. Cassie doesn’t answer, but silently and stoically cries on the other side of the door; she clearly feels guilty about throwing away her friendship for such a terrible person but has become so infatuated with him that she doesn't care about the repercussions from it.

** The ending. Jules, who sees Rue alone, walks over and says that she wants to make things right with Rue, saying that she loves her. Rue then walks over and kisses her, which shows that, although she loves Jules as well, which is why she kissed her, she's afraid that she's gonna get in the way of her recovery, and would probably mean trouble for both of them, and while Rue wants to be in good terms with Jules, she feels they would work BetterAsFriends.

* The ending. Jules, who sees Rue alone, walks over and says that she wants to make things right with Rue, saying that she loves her. Rue then walks over and kisses her, which shows that, although she loves Jules as well, which is why she kissed her, she's afraid that she's gonna get in the way of her recovery, and would probably mean trouble for both of them, and while Rue wants to be in good terms with Jules, she feels they would work BetterAsFriends.
** Jules' reaction as well. The last we see of her this season is her sitting alone and crying, most likely thinking that she truly messed things up with Rue.

*** Fezco as well is left in a situation with at least 3 dead, including a police officer and a kid, and he already tried to take responsibility for it. Despite the good natured and kind person we know Fezco is, Fezco is facing a likely life sentence if not the death penalty for simply being the last one left alive.
** In the aftermath of their fight, Cassie and Maddy are in the bathroom, exhausted and bruised all over. Cassie confesses that Nate broke up with her just before she started the whole fiasco on the stage anyway, so there was no point to it. Maddy's response: "Don't worry. This is only the beginning." Maddy seems to be warning her about just how dangerous he is and judging by Cassie's ThousandYardStare, she knows that her relationship with Nate is going to be nothing but misery, but she's gotten herself in too deep to go back.

*** But what makes the episode even more heartbreaking is that Fez and Lexi both lost their siblings in one day, Ashtray died trying to protect Fez while Cassie has abandoned and permanently cut ties with Lexi.

** While it is somewhat PlayedForLaughs, Cassie's state in this episode is just hard to watch. She's either crying on the floor or screaming her lungs out. Even worse is that despite her guilt being clear as day, she refuses to acknowledge she did anything wrong. By the episode's beginning, Lexi and Suze are already exhausted with her.

* Cassie getting told by [=McKay=] in episode 4 that he doesn't want to admit publicly they're dating because her infamous and very sexual reputation already precedes her and her subsequent breakdown afterwards.

* Jules and Rue try to take some time off from their relationship. Rue ends up so depressed that she can't even go the bathroom, while Jules finally realizes that she really is attracted to Rue... after having sex with another girl.

** Leslie tells Rue about how ''broken'' she is from having to deal with her insanity and tells her that she's given up reigning her in: when she turns 18, and out of her house, she could do whatever drugs she wants, as she's tied up with Gia, who's failing classes and staying up all night. Rue find it to be understandable, and begrudgingly agrees

** We see more of what happened between Maddy and Cassie the night Rue exposed Cassie's affair with Nate. After Cassie ran away and locked herself in a bathroom, Maddy cried and demanded a straight answer about why Cassie slept with him and if it was worth it. Cassie doesn’t answer, but silently and stoically cries on the other side of the door; she clearly feels guilty about throwing away her friendship for such a terrible person is so conflict-avoidant that she just waits until Kat escorts Maddy away.

** Rue finds out that Jules was the one who told Leslie Rue had relapsed, and upon realizing Jules is in the house, tells her that in no uncertain terms she ''hates'' her and wishes they'd never met. The sheer ''venom'' Rue shows to Jules--whom she has adored from the second they met--is heartbreaking.
** When Leslie tries to take her to the hospital, Rue jumps out into traffic; she spends the rest of the day hiding and by night heads off to the Howards' house. Here she's found and given an impromptu intervention--during which Rue reveals Cassie and Nate's secret relationship, for no other reason than to redirect attention.
** In her mania, Rue flees to Fezco's, where she tries to steal his grandmother's medication, resulting in her swiftly being thrown out. She whimpers and begs like a child, but Fezco just can't forgive her this time.

** The breakup between Kat and Ethan. After finally getting together in the Season 1 finale, Kat feels a sense of dissatisfaction in their relationship that she just can't figure out. When she finally decides to cut it off, she refuses to take any responsibility. First she lies about a terminal illness, is offended when Ethan is incredulous, and finally, when Ethan correctly deducts she's trying to break up with him, insists that ''he'' is breaking up with ''her''. Basically she gaslights him just to avoid being honest, and Ethan is too disappointed to even be angry.
** Rue as the narrator continues to explain the other characters' situations, but when she goes to Jules, she--for the first time in the series' run--backtracks, saying she doesn't want to talk about Jules or Elliot. "Fuck them." Rue feels remorse for what she said to her family and Ali, but she's as angry as ever with Jules.

** Leslie told Rue about how ''broken'' Rue made her, and told her that she gives up dealing with her: when she turns 18, and out of her house, she could do whatever drugs she wants, as she's tied up with Gia, who's failing classes and staying up all night. Rue find it to be understandable, and begrudgingly agrees

** We see more of the fallout between Maddy and Cassie from "Hummingbird." Maddy was crying, demanding Cassie to open the door, and an answer about her and Nate, if it’s worth it. Cassie doesn’t answer, but cries on the other side of the door, which shows how guilty she feels about throwing away her friendship for a person who’ve made fun of her before, but never admits fault.

** In the aftermath of their fight, Cassie and Maddy are in the bathroom, exhausted and bruised all over. Cassie confesses that Nate broke up with her just before she started the whole fiasco on the stage anyway, so there was no point to it. Maddy's response: "Don't worry. This is only the beginning." Maddy seems to be offering her a way out and saying she can leave Nate's toxic presence too and, judging by Cassie's ThousandYardStare, she knows that her relationship with Nate is going to be nothing but misery, but she's gotten herself in too deep to go back.
** Before the aforementioned fight with Maddy, Cassie's venomous TheReasonYouSuckSpeech towards Lexi, expressing her resentment and disgust with her younger sister, telling her that she will never be good enough and that she feels ashamed to be her sister. Indeed, her tirade against Lexi, for a brief period of time, did have an effect against her, and it took [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Bobbi coming to her aid]] for the play to continue.

** In the aftermath of their fight, Cassie and Maddy are in the bathroom, exhausted and bruised all over. Cassie confesses that Nate broke up with her just before she started the whole fiasco on the stage anyway, so there was no point to it. Maddy's response: "Don't worry. This is only the beginning." Judging by Cassie's ThousandYardStare, she knows that her relationship with Nate is going to be nothing but misery, but she's gotten herself in too deep to go back.

** Before the aforementioned fight with Maddy, Cassie's venomous TheReasonYouSuckSpeech towards Lexi, expressing her resentment and disgust with her younger sister, telling her that she will never be good enough and that she feels ashamed to be her sister.

** We see more of the fallout between Maddy and Cassie from "Hummingbird." Maddy was crying, demanding Cassie to open the door, and an answer about her and Nate, if it’s worth it. Cassie doesn’t answer, but cries on the other side of the door, which shows how guilty she feels, but never admits fault.

* In "The Theater and Its Double," Leslie told Rue about how ''broken'' Rue made her, and told her that she gives up dealing with her: when she turns 18, and out of her house, she could do whatever drugs she wants, as she's tied up with Gia, who's failing classes and staying up all night.