Is Elliot Trying to Break Up Rue and Jules On Euphoria?

While it feels like almost everyone in Euphoria has secrets to hide and ulterior motives, that may not be the case for Elliot. “Rue, Elliot, and Jules’ friendship is so adorable Euphoria writers better not mess it up,” tweeted a fan. “I know it’s kinda toxic, but I stan Elliot, Jules, and Rue’s friendship,” another fan tweeted. In other words, there’s a chance Elliot truly just wants to be friends with Jules and Rue.

Thanks to Zendaya’s interview with Variety, we know Elliot, Jules, and Rue spend a lot of time together in season two. “It’s crucial that Elliot exist and that he be the person that is honestly the catalyst for a lot of things that just have to happen,” she told the outlet. But in what capacity?

Several fans think Elliot might want to take his relationships with both Rue and Jules to the next level. But one fan on Reddit is convinced Jules and Elliot will end up hooking up first because Rue is too preoccupied with drugs. “I think RuexElliotxJules will have every intention of a threesome, but ultimately Rue will be so strung out … that Jules and Elliot will hook up on their own,” they wrote.

After Rue backs out of her and Jules’ plan to go to the city together, she relapses. But in the first episode of Euphoria season two, Jules is back in Rue’s life – and so is Elliot. On the one hand, Elliot is Rue’s secret-keeper and sometimes her provider of drugs. On the other hand, Jules has Rue’s heart. One fan theory from Reddit puts Elliot between Rue and Jules.

Elliot knows Rue enjoys his company because they hang out and do drugs together, but he knows Jules is holding her back. That may be why he slyly plants seeds of doubt about her relationship with Rue in Jules’s head when they’re hanging out alone together in episode three. If the couple breaks up, it could lead to Rue taking her drug use farther with Elliot.

One fan theory paints a dark ending for Elliot. YouTuber Turtle with an Appetite made a video about Elliot’s possible impending death. “Not sure if it’s this season or another, but he’s totally gonna die,” said the Euphoria fan.

Turtle with an Appetite believes Elliot and Rue’s conversation in season two, episode two about whether there’s a stronger emotion than love (Rue’s answer, “Loss”) serves as foreshadowing. They think Elliot’s death may be necessary for Rue’s addiction storyline and overall character development. If Elliot overdoses, it would be a full-circle moment for Rue, who Elliot is there for when she thinks she’s overdosing in the season two premiere.

Another fan theory from TikTok furthers the “Elliot has to die theory.” They believe clips of Rue and Elliott dancing in season two Euphoria promos foreshadow Elliot’s death because they mimic the scene of Rue dancing with her father in season one.