euphoria shocked viewers by killing off a main character in a brutal scene before the series finale.
On the Sunday, May 24 episode of the show, Nate (Jacob Elordi) Debt caught up with him. His wife Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) had to pay while locked underground for 72 hours. As Cassie found a way to get him out, a snake managed to get into the box that Nate was trapped in.
Cassie and Maddy (Alexa Demie) asked Alamo to help them dig up Nate – but he was already dead after suffering numerous rattlesnake bites. This marked a major twist for the series ahead of its expected series finale.
Based on the Israeli series of the same name, euphoria follows troubled high school student Rue (Zendaya) as she struggles to stay sober after rehab. The series also tackles topics such as mental illness, toxic relationships, sexuality and more. After premiering in 2019, the show’s ensemble cast includes: Hunter ShepherdDemie, Elordi, Sweeney, Maude Apatow, Colman Domingo quickly gained great fame.
The HBO series was quickly renewed for a second season, but it took nearly three years for episodes to air, and in the meantime the network ordered two individual specials about the aftermath of Rue and Jules’ (Schafer) breakup.
Euphoria season 3 was originally scheduled to air on HBO in 2025 before suffering several delays, including by the producer Sam Levinsons commitment to his short-lived series The Idol. The delay was extended during the WGA and SAG-AFTRA twin attacks in late 2023.
Since the end of the second season, the cast has suffered defeat Angus Cloud died in July 2023 at the age of 25 as a result of an accidental overdose. The show dealt with the fate of his character Fezco Eric Dane‘s Cal appeared in two episodes after the actor died following a battle with ALS. He was 53.
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Before the show returned, Elordi teased a different version of Nate.
“I just recently finished filming a new season, and it’s something completely different,” he said in a December 2025 episode of Variety’s “Actors on Actors” interview. “I really think (he’ll be nicer).”
Elordi continued: “Whether it works or not – I don’t know. There is a possibility that what I did is not good.”
euphoria airs Sundays on HBO.
