{"id":2380596,"date":"2026-04-20T02:07:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T02:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2380596"},"modified":"2026-04-20T02:07:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T02:07:47","slug":"why-im-determined-to-see-euphoria-through-to-the-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/why-im-determined-to-see-euphoria-through-to-the-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I\u2019m Determined to See Euphoria Through to the End"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wow. Everyone sure hated the Euphoria<\/em><\/a> season 3 premiere<\/a>, huh? I get it. There are few shows on TV<\/a> more vulnerable to a good dunking than Sam Levinson\u2019s high-school nuthouse. Even though his characters are all adults now, living on despite the mistakes of their past, it seems that audiences are ready to just move on.<\/p>\n

Rue\u2019s (Zendaya<\/a>) new life as a drug mule was mired by the fact that she was wearing a $5,000 Japanese streetwear jacket while she illegally crossed the border. Nate (Jacob Elordi), similarly, is somehow strapped for cash while wearing Bottega Veneta. Plus, it turns out my hunch was spot-on that Sydney Sweeney seemingly filmed the kind of exploitative scenes she once rallied against just to promote her new lingerie line. But while most critics decried that Euphoria <\/em>was all style over substance once again, I\u2019m still just as determined as I was after the premiere to see this through.<\/p>\n

The thing is\u2026 Euphoria <\/em>hasn\u2019t made it easy so far. This season\u2019s idea of the American dream is scrolling on your phone for porn, and it\u2019s tough to tell how far the series is taking it as satire or if it really believes it as some dark truth about the world. After an intro that brings Maddy\u2019s (Alexa Demie) character up to speed as a manager for actors and nude clickbait influencers, newcomer Alamo Brown (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) tells Rue that the Wild West never let go of its reputation as a breeding ground for sin.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver 200 years ago, motherfuckers were leaving the safety of their log cabins to ride out West,\u201d he says. \u201cThey didn\u2019t know they\u2019d encounter. Outlaws, Indians, Grizzlies. Whole fucking endeavor was a roll of the die. Question is\u2026 what am I facing? And who are you?\u201d<\/p>\n

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What is Rue\u2019s plan?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

For Rue, her version of the American dream is still a big mystery. She\u2019s able to trade Laurie\u2019s drug business for Alamo\u2019s whoring business in the beginning of episode 2, but it\u2019s not the \u201cdeliverance\u201d that she tells herself it is. Alamo\u2019s \u201cno drinking, no drugging, and no fucking on the clock\u201d rule barely lasts her first day on the job, and the devil\u2019s temptations continue to work on Rue despite her newfound faith\u2014or whatever she\u2019s calling it.<\/p>\n

After Rue hooks up with one of Alamo\u2019s dancers, Angel, she tells us via flashback that she relapsed after visiting Jules (Hunter Schafer) at art school. \u201cAnd to be honest, I really haven\u2019t been sober since,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

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Maddy\u2019s (Alexa Demie) back. But why?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

Rosal\u00eda\u2019s here too, by the way. The Spanish singer plays Magika, another dancer at Alamo\u2019s Silver Slipper strip bar. Her neck is in a bedazzled cast so she can\u2019t dance, but her appearance on Euphoria<\/em> is dwarfed by how many new insane poses Sydney Sweeney\u2019s Cassie debuts this episode. It still feels like a waste of time whenever we cut back to her character. Can Maddy\u2019s reintroduction as her manager save us? Maybe. I\u2019d place more bets on the late Eric Dane<\/a>\u2019s return as Nate\u2019s sex-addict father, Cal\u2014even if Levinson\u2019s written him into a plot about the family owing loans to Russian money lenders.<\/p>\n

Because outside of all this, the best thing that Euphoria<\/em> season 3 has going for it right now is that Rue\u2019s dealing with the fact that her actions led to someone\u2019s death. Twice. Fezco\u2019s (Angus Cloud) adopted brother Ashtray (Javon Walton) died in the season 2 finale, and now her participation in Laurie\u2019s fentanyl drug trade has resulted in one of Alamo\u2019s dancers overdosing at his house. The former might\u2019ve hurt more than the latter, but both still happened on her watch. Shouldn\u2019t that affect Rue\u2019s judgment more heavily moving forward? Or is driving one of Alamo\u2019s exotic dancers to a shady rehab clinic (and likely her death) really the place she ought to be right now?<\/p>\n

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Jules (Hunter Schafer) and Rue (Zendaya) reunite in episode 2.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

At the very least, Rue is succeeding in turning the two gangs against each other. Alamo drops a pig off at Laurie\u2019s to instigate a fight with the drug dealer at the end of the episode, even if Rue isn\u2019t personally involved. I do wish she was more in the muck of playing both sides. Euphoria<\/em>\u2019s at its best when Rue is forced to get crafty. Instead, she visits Jules again.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s here in season 3 where Euphoria<\/em>\u2019s new direction is at war with its inability to move on. From the way Levinson dredges up returning characters to the way Rue is still unable to chart any sort of reasonable future for herself, Euphoria <\/em>is as stuck as Rue herself. Late in the episode, she tells Jules that her relationship with a married man is a \u201cred flag,\u201d as if Rue\u2019s entire life hasn\u2019t been one giant red flag. Is there anything left to learn? And what will it take to reach that point?<\/p>\n

If there\u2019s a way out for anyone in Euphoria<\/em>, I\u2019m still waiting for the sign.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.esquire.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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