The original post: /r/television by /u/Training_Form2243 on 2026-05-06 18:54:49+00:00.
He’s open about how Rue is based on his own experience as an addict and the second season reveals that Lexi is a character that’s very personal to him, a struggling and misunderstood writer who strangely mirrors his adult experience. In the new season I was struck by how so many of the characters are portrayed as totally pathetic and I suspect he’s just not interested in writing about adults, especially adult women. I’ve always imagined Lexi is his “residual self image” to borrow a Matrix term and maybe Jules’s storyline appeals to him because of the experience of being uncomfortable with one’s own body and the roles assigned to them.