We all took it for granted, but now it’s official: Euphoria, after three seasons, has reached its final episode. It’s not that the episode itself leaves much doubt that there’s no more to give, but just in case someone was hoping for an unexpected return, HBO has made it clear that they have had enough of Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney, and the rest of the troupe.
Much sadness, little euphoria
It has been 7 years, 26 episodes, and 3 seasons interrupted by the pandemic and by Zendaya’s rise to stardom, but Sam Levinson has confirmed that it couldn’t go on any longer (some believe that, in general, the entire season 3 was already an unnecessary stretch), and it makes sense: even if they wanted to continue, their actors are now famous, and getting them together to shoot another season seems impossible.
In fact, this season 3 had to be postponed from 2024, when it was originally going to be made, and the mere fact that it could have been filmed can already be considered a success for HBO, which is left without one of its flagships and without possibilities, at least a priori, to exploit it in spin-offs and sequels of all kinds.
It remains to be seen, however, if Levinson will be able to create something like Euphoria again. After all, his subsequent series for HBO, The Idol, flopped like few series in history, and his films, aside from Assassination Nation, have not had any appeal. A flash in the pan or a bright future waiting to bloom? We will inevitably find out in a few years, when the euphoria wears off.
