The season 3 trailer for Euphoria has everything from OnlyFans content to sugar babies to utter chaos.
HBO released the first look of the long-awaited season on Wednesday, January 14, with Zendaya’s Rue offering a glimpse at what happened since the last time viewers saw her, saying, “A few years after high school, I don’t know if life was exactly what I wished. But somehow, for the first time, I was beginning to have faith.”
It all takes a turn when Rue’s past catches up with her. “The problem is, if you make a deal with the devil, there’s no turning back,” she adds.
Elsewhere in the sneak peek for the final season, which debuts April 12, a new character shares his thoughts on where each character ended up after the offscreen time jump.
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“I am of the belief that certain people are cursed,” he notes. “I don’t pretend to know why but there has got to be something wrong with them. Wherever these unlucky folks go, there’s a cascade of trouble.”
While there are updates on everyone, Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) and Nate’s (Jacob Elordi) romance gets the most screentime with their toxic relationship on full display.
“I work all day and my bride-to-be is spread eagled on the internet,” he says after walking in on Cassie filming risqué content.
Creator Sam Levinson previously offered a glimpse into the upcoming story lines in the third and final season.
“We basically pick up Rue [Zendaya] south of the border in Mexico, in debt to Laurie [Martha Kelly], trying to come up with some very innovative ways to pay it off,” he revealed in a press release about Rue ending season 2 sober — but owing a drug dealer money after being threatened with human trafficking.
Levinson addressed where the other characters ended up after a time jump.
“And then Cassie [Sydney Sweeney] is living in the suburbs with Nate [Jacob Elordi],” he added. “They’re engaged and she’s very addicted to social media and envious of what appears to be the big lives that all of her high school classmates are living at this point in time.”
Levinson promised the “best season yet,” sharing, “I will say that Cassie and Nate do in fact get married. I’m confirming it. And I promise that it will be an unforgettable night.”
Hunter Schafer’s Jules will be “in art school, very nervous about having a career as a painter and trying to avoid responsibility at all costs.” Maddy (Alexa Demie), meanwhile, is “working in Hollywood at a talent agency for a manager, she’s obviously got her own side hustles going.”
Lexi (Maude Apatow) has found success as “an assistant to a showrunner played by Sharon Stone, who is just absolutely delightful and a true icon,” Levinson concluded.
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Euphoria, which premiered in 2019, originally followed troubled high school student Rue as she struggled to remain sober after rehab. The hit HBO series was quickly renewed for a second season after its premiere, but it took nearly three years for the episodes to air.
Season 3 was originally set to air on HBO in 2025 before facing several obstacles, including Levinson’s commitment to his short-lived series The Idol. The dual WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, which took place in late 2023, prolonged the delay.
“HBO and [creator] Sam Levinson remain committed to making an exceptional third season,” a spokesperson for the network told Us Weekly in March 2025. “In the interim, we are allowing our in-demand cast to pursue other opportunities.”
Euphoria ultimately went into production later that year on the show’s final season. Since season 2 concluded, the cast went through a loss when Angus Cloud died at age 25 in July 2023 following an accidental overdose. The show is expected to address the fate of his character, Fezco.
Euphoria returns to HBO on April 12.
