Euphoria returned this past Sunday with a special episode devoted to Zendaya’s character Rue and her Christmas Eve diner-booth conversation with her sobriety coach Ali, played by Colman Domingo. (The episode earned an average grade of “A-” from TVLine readers.) The series was renewed for a second season by HBO shortly after its June 2019 debut, but production was derailed by the global coronavirus pandemic, leading to the filming of these two special episodes, which were first announced back in October. Both episodes were filmed under strict COVID-19 safety protocols.