Euphoria: season 1

Was that a mistake?

In the hospital a nurse holds a paper cup with a pill inside.

RUE(V.O): One of the benefits of showing up at the hospital in the middle of the night with a kidney infection is that the first thing they do...

The nurse enters a room, where Rue lays looking a bit better then last night. The nurse hands Rue the cup.

NURSE: Take this with a full cup of water.

RUE(V.O): ...is give you something to bring down your fever and subdue the agonizing pain you're in.

Rue looks at the pill for a second then looks at the nurse.

RUE: Is this Vicodin?

NURSE: Yes.

RUE: Five milligrams?

NURSE: Uh, yes.

Rue then looks at the pill again and sweats from the panic of taking drugs again and from the pain of her kidney.

RUE(V.O): I know what you're all thinking.

RUE: I, um, I got my wisdom teeth taken out, like, a year ago, and they gave me Vicodin. It-- It just wasn't-- It wasn't good for me. It really, really upsets my stomach.

NURSE: Oh. Okay.

RUE: Yeah. I think I'll just go with plain Tylenol.

NURSE: Are you sure? Kidney infections are extremely painful.

RUE: I'm sure. Unless... I can't quite remember what they put me on instead. It was, like... I don't know, it sounded like a candy name. It was like, uh, like Roxi... like Roxis...

The nurse looked at Rue supiscoulyly.

NURSE: Roxicet?

RUE: Yeah. Yeah, that's it. Roxicet. Yeah. I'll go with that. 7.5 milligrams.

NURSE: Okay. Let me check with the doctor.

RUE: Thanks.

Rue looks over to us and smiles.

RUE(V.O): It's not a relapse if it's warranted. It's a hall pass.

RUE: God, please don't get in the way.

The doctor then  arrives in Rue's room with some paperwork on a clipboard.

DOCTOR: According to the paperwork that your mother filled out, it appears that you have some pretty extreme substance abuse issues. So, I think you're right. We should just stick with Tylenol.

RUE: (exhales) Huh. Okay, yeah. You know, if I ever come back here with cancer, I really hope you're not my doctor.

DOCTOR: (laughs)

RUE: Uh-huh, yeah, I'm serious.

DOCTOR: (laughs)

The doctor then leaves the room but Rue asks one more thing as he leaves.

RUE: Wait. Can I-- Can I still get the Vicodin?

The nurse then attaches an IV tube of antibiotics on Rue's hand vein.

RUE(V.O): They put me on Cipro, which is the antibiotic they give to people that are exposed to anthrax, started me on Lexapro, which is one of the few antidepressants that doesn't make me crazier.

Rue takes the pill and takes a swig of water to help it go down.

RUE(V.O): And kept me there for three days. It was actually really nice. I love hospitals. If I could spend the rest of my life in a hospital, I would.