Euphoria has a powerful fan base. The teenager drama show is predicated on the namesake Israeli show and premiered on HBO in 2019. The maiden season received critical acclaim, and its second season premiered in 2022. It stays one in all the most-watched HBO shows of all time. Then Season 3 was released, and things began to alter.
Euphoria Season 3 Receives The Lowest Rating
Euphoria Season 3 premiered on April 12, 2026, nearly 4 years after the previous season. But all the joy went out of the window after people saw the primary episode. It landed the show’s lowest rating on review aggregator sites. The primary episode of this season received a 6.8/10 IMDb rating, which is the bottom for the show. Rotten Tomatoes has a 42% audience rating.
Euphoria normalizing sex work and only fans amongst minor girls. Cancel this pedophilic miosgynistic dehumanizing shit https://t.co/RaY7q6IaLF
— Kinza♀️🕊️ زن زندگی آزادی (@radwitchhh) April 12, 2026
All this criticism shouldn’t be in vain, as fans have identified the portrayal of Sydney Sweeney’s character, Cassie. The character is shown posing nude for OnlyFans to be able to afford her wedding flowers. This didn’t sit well with fans, as a author from Slate has called this arc ‘humiliating.’
Women Reduced To Props In The Narrative
Euphoria Season 3 features scenes of girls gagging on fentanyl balls. That is shown to determine that the character is peddling drugs illegally. One other shows them defecating the identical balls into utensils.
Down for the ride. #Euphoria pic.twitter.com/OlergqaRgH
— HBO (@HBO) April 12, 2026
Season 3 also encompasses a scene of a girl dying and choking on the toilet floor. These are merely two of the scenes that showcase the slow descent of Euphoria into a special territory. Euphoria was known for its nuanced portrayal of troubled teens who’re surrounded by drugs and sex as they fight to navigate their lives. Season 3 goes through a time jump, and all of them are out in the sphere, attempting to make a living. But a few of them are going to extreme lengths for that, be it Rue or Cassie. Interestingly, each are women.
The show’s behind-the-scenes history also is determined by this misogyny. Euphoria is the brainchild of Sam Levinson, who serves as its author, director, and showrunner. Levinson’s previous show, The Idol, was heavily panned for its overt sexual content. HBO canceled it after the primary season, in keeping with EW.
wtf is occurring in Euphoria and why all the things that I see from season 3 is essentially the most misogynistic thing ever
— ¾ di Emma 🏳️⚧️⚢ ceo of creloise (@Haemmah) April 11, 2026
Misogyny is kind of rampant in Levinson’s work. But one might argue that it reflects society and that the director is merely trying to point out that. Nevertheless, things boil all the way down to their intent and presentation. There are clear-cut markers in his portrayal of ladies and men on screen. The most recent season of the show nearly tarnishes all the great faith it inbuilt its first two seasons. Most female characters in Euphoria Season 3 are sexualized to the intense. It might have worked had there been some layer or thought behind it. However the makers appear to fetishize the characters only for the effect.
Euphoria Season 3 Episode Schedule
Euphoria Season 3 could have eight episodes in total. As per HBO’s official schedule, here is the lineup of all of the episodes.
- Episode 1 – April 12, 2026
- Episode 2 – April 19, 2026
- Episode 3 – April 26, 2026
- Episode 4 – May 3, 2026
- Episode 5 – May 10, 2026
- Episode 6 – May 17, 2026
- Episode 7 – May 24, 2026
- Episode 8 – May 31, 2026
Fans can watch these episodes on HBO Max.
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