Part 1: Rue (S01E09)

What hypocritical bullshit! Over eight episodes, the series creators hammered in the message that drugs are deadly dangerous. Yet, at the same time, they couldn't resist highlighting how unbelievably cool and sexy they are, painting them as a gateway to a supposedly better way of perceiving life. Then, they throw in a painfully dull ninth episode where two junkies philosophize, spouting loads of appealing but ultimately empty phrases that I'd buy into only if I were a naïve American teenager. And maybe not even then. / Lesson learned: Just don't do drugs. And hey, I didn't even need dozens of pages of script to express that. (16.07.2022)