Rue develops a plan to hide her drug use from Jules and Gia. When she runs out of drugs, she convinces Laurie to give her a large stash, ostensibly for Rue to sell. Cassie and Nate's relationship becomes strained after he admits to having resumed talking to Maddy. The Howards host a birthday party for Maddy, where Cassie gets exceedingly drunk and later vomits in the hot tub Rue, jules, Zoey and Elliot rob a convenience store for White Claw. Jules questions Rue for drinking, angering Rue and compelling her to go back home. She pops four pills and hallucinates her father Elliot discloses Rue's ongoing drug use to Jules Jules is devastated but sleeps with Elliot nonetheless. Rue's suitcase of drugs she acquired from Laurie is missing; her mother Leslie, who learned of her relapse from Jules, reveals she threw it out. Rue in turn has a violent meltdown at her mother and sister, as well as Jules and Elliot, who are there for the intervention. On the car ride to rehab, she runs away and goes to Lexi's house; her mother and friends are there for the intervention. Rue reveals Cassie's and Nate's relationship, causing chaos and allowing her to get away. She goes to Fez's place, but he throws her out when she tries stealing his grandmother's medication. She burgles a house, getting cash and jewelry to start paying back Laurie for the drugs. Reeling from withdrawal, Rue narrowly outruns and hides from the police, and reaches Laurie's apartment. Laurie mothers Rue, giving her a bath and pharmaceutical morphine for the pain, but implies she will force Rue to prostitute herself to pay her debts. Rue wakes up early the next morning, sneaks out of the apartment, and returns home. the next day she was at school. She knew she had to talk to Zoey she was the only one of her friends who understood the drug addiction and didn’t tell her to stop Rue walked towards Zoey. “Can I talk to you in private?”