All My Life, My Heart Has Yearned for a Thing I Cannot Name

All My Life, My Heart Has Yearned for a Thing I Cannot Name
Season 2
Episode 8
Information
Director	Sam Levinson
Writer	Sam Levinson
Length	62 minutes
Release date	February 27, 2022
Euphoria
Previous	"The Theater and Its Double"
Next	Season 3

"All My Life, My Heart Has Yearned for a Thing I Cannot Name" is the eighth and final episode of the second season of Euphoria, and the eighteenth episode of the series overall. It was released on February 27, 2022 on HBO and HBO Max.

Premise

As the show goes on, fragments of memories collide with the present and future.

Plot

Fezco is about to leave for Lexi's play when Custer tells him that Mouse's body has been found. Faye drops her glass and grabs Fezco's attention, telling him not to talk.Ashtray walks toward Custer while he is yelling at Faye and Fez. Ashtray then stabs Custer in his throat. Fez realizes that Custer's phone is recording and tells Ash to be quiet as he covers a dying Custer's mouth. Fez dumps the phone in a soda cup and stands in silence, breathing shakily.

Cassie returns to the auditorium, walking toward the stage. Cassie gets on stage and begins berating Lexi, calling her a bystander who never tried to live. Cassie makes mention of her affair with Nate, leading to Maddy yelling from the audience. Suze tries to get Cassie off stage, who refuses to leave.

The panicked crew continue the play to a depiction of Cassie on the carousel ride, Cassie rips the actress playing her off the horse and begins attacking her. Maddy runs on stage, Kat and BB. Maddy and Cassie begin fighting on stage, the audience cheering and recording.

Days before the play, Rue stops by Elliot's house. She forgives him and thanks him for telling her mother about her drug use. Rue promises to tell no one that he is still using. Elliot asks Rue if she has spoken to Jules, but neither have. Elliot plays her a Elliot's Song on the guitar.

Bobbi comforts a crying Lexi, who is greeted by the cast and crew waiting for the show to continue. Rue begins a "Lexi" chant which motivates her to continue the show. Before they continue, Lexi gives a speech to the audience, dedicating the play to Fez.

In the aftermath of Custer's death, Fez punches Ashtray to make it look like he didn't do it. Fez tells Ashtray to surrender as he plans to take the fall for the murder. Faye notices the surveillance cameras moving on their own and hears police chatter outside the door. Ash takes several guns and Fez begs him to leave and surrender. Ashtray refuses to surrender his weapons to Fez and they both begin to cry.

Nate drives to a warehouse and finds Cal. Nate tells the group that Cal is with about the time when he found his father's sex tapes. Cal apologizes to Nate for not having kept him safe. Nate rejects the apology and pulls out a USB drive. Nate tells Cal that the drive contains every video that Cal created. Police lights appear as Cal begs Nate not to do this. Nate tearfully watches as Cal is arrested.

Police begin to raid Fezco's apartment while Fez continues to beg Ashtray to surrender. Police discover Custer's dead body and arrest Faye. Fez begs the police not to shoot the room. Ashtray begins shooting from inside the bathroom. The firing ceases and Ashtray feigns death as an officer opens the door. Ashtray kills the officer and blankly stares at Fez before being killed by police.

The next day, Rue calls Lexi to compliment her play and ask if they can hang out. Rue tells Lexi that her play was the first time she's looked back at her life and not hated herself. They both speak about their dads and reaffirm how much their fathers loved them. The play ends with the two embracing.

Cassie, Maddy, and Kat sit in silence in the school bathroom. Cassie tells Maddy that Nate had already broken up with her before she went on stage. A stoic Maddy tells her that it is only the beginning. Maddy stares at an ashamed Cassie before leaving.

Jules sits next to Rue and tells her that she loves and misses her. Rue looks back at Jules to kiss her on the cheek and leaves. Jules begins to cry. Rue narrates that she stayed clean the rest of the school year, resolved to be a good person as she leaves the school.

Credits

Cast

Starring Zendaya as Rue Bennett Hunter Schafer as Jules Vaughn Nika King as Leslie Bennett Eric Dane as Cal Jacobs Angus Cloud as Fezco Jacob Elordi as Nate Jacobs Sydney Sweeney as Cassie Howard Alexa Demie as Maddy Perez Barbie Ferreira as Kat Hernandez Maude Apatow as Lexi Howard Storm Reid as Gia Bennett Austin Abrams as Ethan Daley Javon "Wanna" Walton as Ashtray Dominic Fike as Elliot Guest Starring Alanna Ubach as Suze Tyler Chase as Custer Nick Blood as Gus Aja Bair as Jade Eden Rose as Hallie Izabella Alvarez as Marta Isabella Amara as Luna

Co-Starring Chloe Cherry as Faye Sophia Rose Wilson as BB Veronica Taylor as Bobbi Harvey J. Alperin as Robert's Father Audrey Linden as Robert's Mother Bernardo Hiller as Rabbi Gwen Mukes as Leslie's Mom Lamar Lyas as Preacher Ethan J Runburg as Mick Rosie Rodriguez as Assistant Stage Manager Jacob Clarke as Guy Next to Suze Ansel Pierce as Caleb Kathy Dorn as Invested Audience Girl Brynda Mattox as Fezco's Grandma Clara York as Neighbor Aaron Holliday as Skye Ricky Guzman as Ricki Ashley Lane as Bambi Liam Manfredonia as Hard Harry Adam Popp, Joe Robinson, and Jeffrey G. Barnett as Cops Derek Graf, David Castillo, Joe Dominguez, Wilson Wong, and Nickolas Epper as SWAT Team

Crew

Created, Written and Directed by Sam Levinson Executive Producers Sam Levinson Kevin Turen Ravi Nandan Drake Adel "Future" Nur Zendaya Will Greenfield Ashley Levinson Ron Leshem Daphna Levin Hadas Mozes Lichtenstein Gary Lennon Mirit Toovi Tmira Yardeni Yoram Mokady Producers Kenneth Yu Harrison Kreiss Co-Producers Michael Carroll Julio C. Perez IV Jeremy O. Harris Director of Photography Marcell Rév Production Designer Jason Baldwin-Stewart Edited By Julio C. Perez IV Darrin Navarro Aaron I. Butler Music Composed By Labrinth

Casting By Jessica Kelly Mary Vernieu Bret Howe NY Casting By Jennifer Venditti Unit Production Manager Will Greenfield First Assistant Directors Sally Brunski Valerie Johnson Second Assistant Directors Colin Duffy Cindy King Costume Designers Heidi Bivens Angelina Vitto Associate Producer Alli Reich Music Supervisor Jen Malone Sound Designer Wylie Stateman Consultants Scott Turner Schofield Kevin Abstract

Trivia

• The title of this episode is a reference to the quote from André Breton's book Mad Love.
• As of February 24, 2022, this episode is trending as a top search on Google.
• Javon Walton, the actor who portrays Ashtray, described this episode as intense, devastating and extremely shocking.
• According to PopBase, Javon Walton revealed that Fezco was the one that was supposed to die in this episode, but the script was rewritten a day before the last day of filming began.
• HBO Max crashed for many viewers while trying to watch the episode, just like the premiere episode, "Trying to Get to Heaven Before They Close the Door".
• The episode delivered 6.6 million viewers across all platforms, per HBO. That’s more than five times the audience for the season one closer back in August 2019 and the best night one tune-in Euphoria has ever drawn.
• This episode marks the final appearance for Barbie Ferreira as Kat, Javon Walton as Ash, Angus Cloud as Fez, Storm Reid as Gia, Nika King as Leslie and Austin Abrams as Ethan.
• This is the last episode to credit Chloe Cherry as a co-star. From the next episode onwards, she becomes a series regular.

Soundtrack

Song	Artist	Album	Scene
Uno che grida amore	Ennio Morricone	Metti una sera a cena (Gold Tracks)	Fez and Lexi talk.
Main Titles (The Fury)	John Williams	Diamond Head	Lexi texts Fez; Cassie heads toward the stage.
La Strada Suite: I. Nozze in campagna - È arrivato Zampanò	Marzio Conti, Orchestra Sinfonica del Teatro Massimo di Palermo	Rota: La Strada Suite, Sinfonia sopra una canzone d'amore & Waltzes from Il Gattopardo	Cassie pulls Hallie off the carousel; A fight ensues on stage.
Un homme qui me plaît (Concerto pour la fin d'un amour)	Francis Lai	Collection Francis Lai: Made in France, Vol. 4 (Bandes originales de films)	Rue looks back at Eliot. Eliot nods back; Rue reads a letter at the funeral and Bobbi consoles Lexi.
L'amore Dice Ciao (Slow Take)	Andee Silver, Armando Trovajoli	La Matriarca - The Libertine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	Lexi's cast and crew look to her for what to do next; Rue starts a chant.
Can't Get You out of My Head	Kylie Minogue	Fever	Nate finds Cal at the construction and confronts him.
Ti prego amami	Ennio Morricone	Metti una sera a cena (Gold Tracks)	Rue finishes reading the letter; The cops arrest Fez.
Les Choses De La Vie	Philippe Sarde	Les Choses De La Vie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	Rue retreats to the living room during the funeral; In the play, Jade joins the girls outside; Rue tells Lexi she loved the play.
Elliot's Song - From "Euphoria" An HBO Original Series	Dominic Fike, Zendaya	Elliot's Song (From "Euphoria" An Original HBO Series)	Elliott plays to Rue.
I'm Tired - From "Euphoria" An Original HBO Series	Labrinth, Zendaya	I'm Tired (From "Euphoria" An Original HBO Series)	At the end.

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