This scene hurts so good in so many ways. Rue and Jules's relationship has been teetering on the edge for a couple of episodes now, and their breakup in the season finale is gut-wrenching. I could see it coming the first time Rue questions what was originally her idea while the two are in Jules's room packing up her belongings, but actually seeing the two of them realize this is goodbye was another story.
Rue, who has been clinging to her connection to Jules from the start, can't even put into words her decision to stay behind, simply staring at the other girl because she doesn't want to be the one to say goodbye. Zendaya brings heartbreak to a new level as Rue seems at war between her desire to follow Jules to the ends of the Earth and her inability to hurt her family again by leaving them behind. In the end, she's left by herself, and her breakdown as she walks home alone is just as agonizing as I would expect.
