Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/3 Next image Previous image Toggle caption A predictable end … Zendaya in the Euphoria finale. Photograph: HBO View image in fullscreen A predictable end … Zendaya in the Euphoria finale. Photograph: HBO Gunfights, grisly deaths and fentanyl: Euphoria’s finale was a lurid epic of biblical proportionsSam Levinson’s HBO show went to garish new extremes to show the hollowness of the American DreamThis article contains spoilers Ahead of the series finale, I didn’t think there was much more that Euphoria could do to shock me. Since season three of the HBO drama picked up its story five years after the group of teens graduated high school, Sam Levinson’s brainchild has made jaw-dropping scenes its raison d’etre. From Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) cosplaying as a dog and making mega bucks on OnlyFans, to Nate (Jacob Elordi) getting his fingers and toes chopped off before being buried alive, and Jules (Hunter Schafer) being mummified in plastic by her sugar daddy, the last eight episodes have demanded our attention in a media landscape where that very thing is valued above all else.Euphoria mirrors the nihilism of a generation raised on Andrew Tate and Bonnie Blue Read moreBut as I watched the final episode, it once again delivered something unexpected. The 88-minute finale felt like a standalone feature…
Published: June 1, 2026 7:35 pm
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