Euphoria creator Sam Levinson is back with a third – and likely final – HBO run for his down and dirty, zeitgeisty-surfing, Emmy-winning hit TV show.
Back, too, are all the cast members whose careers have hit warp speed since they first appeared in season 1 back in 2019. Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney, Jacob Elordi and, to a lesser extent, Hunter Schafer have become household names in the interim.
All of which makes the third season one of the starriest assemblies of A-list talent to grace the small screen in recent years.
But none of which guarantees that it’ll meet the sky-high expectations of the army of Euphoristas out there, all hoping to see the twenty-something drug drama, now HBO’s most-watched series after Game of Thrones, maintain its levels for one final season.
What are the review like for Euphoria season 3?
It’s fair to say that the reviews have not been kind to the third season so far.
‘An unhinged disaster’ is the New York Post’s verdict. The US tabloid describes season 3 as an ‘off-the-rails roller coaster of insanity’ that feels like ‘Breaking Bad meets Looney Tunes’.
‘It sacrifices depth for absurdity. For Zendaya, Elordi and Sweeney, Euphoria launched them into stardom, and now it brought them back for material that doesn’t meet their talents.’
‘Euphoria season 3 is grim TV that seems hellbent on rattling us for the sake of it,’ agrees The Guardian. ‘If its cast seemed desperate to get it over and done with, well, now we know why.’
‘Levinson has gone full pervert – and, perhaps for the first time, the show isn’t good enough to temper it,’ concurs The Telegraph.
The Hollywood Reporter focused on the positives – or positive – which is another stellar turn from Zendaya as the troubled Rue. ‘Television’s Mount Rushmore of antiheroes and antiheroines is crowded,’ notes its critic, ‘and if Zendaya’s Rue isn’t carved into the primary peak, she’s somewhere immediately adjacent’.
‘This is Levinson putting into action the ideology he shared in his 2018 bomb Assassination Nation – that all of this adds up to little more than lulz,’ writes Vulture.
Who is starring in season 3 of Euphoria?
Emmy winner Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Eric Dane, Golden Globe nominee Jacob Elordi, Emmy nominee Sydney Sweeney, Martha Kelly, Chloe Cherry and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and joined by Colman Domingo and new guest stars Sharon Stone, Rosalía, Danielle Deadwyler, Marshawn Lynch, Anna Van Patten and Asante Blackk.
Is there a trailer?
Sure is, watch it below.
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