Euphoria‘s series finale left fans divided — but some viewers are on the identical page a couple of possible spinoff following Jessica Treska‘s fictional religious character who’s faraway from society.
Treska’s Daisy Miller was introduced within the season 3 premiere as Rue (Zendaya) left the Miller family homestead behind. She later referenced the place over and over while calling it essentially the most “peaceful” area she ever visited. Daisy, for her part, showed an interest in Rue’s life since she was so disconnected from the fashionable world.
Daisy was reintroduced within the finale when Ali (Colman Domingo) visited the farm after avenging Rue’s death by killing her boss Alamo Brown in an epic showdown. He merely told Daisy that her friend was “in a greater place” and Daisy was visibly shaken by the news because the group said a prayer in Rue’s honor.
“Why do I suddenly feel like SHE’S gonna turn into the subsequent narrator replacing Rue,” read a post via X from a viewer. “The way in which the camera focused on her this episode felt way too intentional.”
While some social media users agreed that there may very well be more episodes focused on Daisy, others were quick to indicate that Euphoria was officially done. Creator Sam Levinson confirmed the news after the Sunday, May 31, finale killed off Rue.
“The honest ending is that folks like Rue don’t make it,” Levinson said in a post-finale segment. “People relapse and so they f*** up. They’re not able to get clean. And so they weren’t dying like they are actually with the influx of fentanyl into this country.”
Levinson recalled his own struggles with addiction.
“I could say with absolute certainty that if I used to be going through what I went through after I was younger now then I wouldn’t be here either,” he added before referencing Angus Cloud‘s death from an accidental overdose. “There’s no reason to sugarcoat it. I desired to tell the story for Angus and for individuals who weren’t granted a second probability.”
Levinson called the finale “an honest ending.” He previously mentioned his plan to dedicate the season to Cloud, who died at age 25 before filming on the ultimate episodes began. During certainly one of Rue’s final moments, she has a flashback to a moment shared with Cloud’s character, Fezco “Fez” O’Neill.
“Some people ask why it took so long between seasons 2 and three. There have been obvious aspects — the strikes, attempting to make a schedule work with our very in-demand forged, but the true time was in attempting to determine how you can discover a technique to pay respect to those that we lost,” Levinson said on the April premiere event for season 3.
He added: “When Angus died, it was tough. I loved him deeply, and I fought hard to maintain him clean. The yr he died, in 2023, he was certainly one of 73,000 people in America who died of a fentanyl overdose. I learned a complete lot that yr, but what I noticed greater than anything is that death is what gives life meaning. You may’t be smug about existence. You’re forced to reckon with the indisputable fact that life itself is a wonder, a present, a profound blessing.”
Euphoria is now streaming on HBO Max.