"Jules didn’t appear in the season premiere beyond Lexi's eyebrow-raising mention. But from the moment she graced our screens, it felt like she had been hanging out in the elite circles of New York, even though she's living and (kind of) working in Los Angeles like all of her former high school peers."
"Five years after graduation, Zendaya's Rue reconnects with Jules after learning that she's become a sugar baby, a storyline that I'm surprised the Gossip Girl reboot didn'texplore (unless you count Nate's affinity for older women in the original show). She follows Jules to her new digs, an upscale high-rise loft with floor-to-ceiling windows and a view of the downtown skyline, which invokes the immaculate penthouses that today's version of Constance Billard students live in, putting Blair Waldorf's iconic townhouse to shame."
"In true Serena van der Woodsenfashion, Jules believes her dynamic with her sugar daddy is an actual relationship that isn't secretive or transactional - and that his wife is fine with, which is something that the reboot's Audrey may also think. And like any reasonable person (say, a Julien or Zoya), Rue questioned this immediately."
"Since then, Jules has been living her best sugar-baby life, upstaging everyone at Nate and Cassie's wedding in a revenge dress, painting genitals for a TV show, and pretending to work while drinking wine in bed and watching Love Island, which feels like the default mode for many Constance Billard students on the reboot. Even her catch-ups with Rue feel reminiscent of Gossip Girl, casually eating Chinese takeout in her lavish loft and dancing around their feelings befo"
Season 3 is described as genuinely good while also feeling like the cast belongs to different shows. Jules appears only through Lexi’s mention in the premiere, then is shown living in an upscale Los Angeles high-rise with New York-style elite visuals. Five years after graduation, Rue reconnects with Jules after learning Jules has become a sugar baby. Jules frames her arrangement as a real relationship, not secretive or transactional, and assumes the sugar daddy’s wife is fine with it. Jules then lives a glamorous sugar-baby life, including outshining others at Nate and Cassie’s wedding, doing provocative work for a TV show, and spending time in bed watching Love Island. Their interactions echo Gossip Girl-style casual luxury and emotional avoidance.
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