‘Euphoria’ Season 3 is an unhinged disaster: review

Nypost · Apr 08, 2026 · 784 words · By Lauren Sarner

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‘Euphoria’ Season 3 is an unhinged disaster: review There’s a moment in “Euphoria” Season 3 when Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) shrieks, “What is happening right now?!” and that sums it up, as a whole.

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The hit HBO show’s long-awaited return is an off-the-rails roller coaster of insanity.

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Claim 1: “Season 3 finds the former teens now living adult lives, which ‘Euphoria’ has taken to mean that ‘nearly all of them are involved in sex work, crime, or work that’s adjacent to both’”

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Claim 2: “Eric Dane, who played Nate’s dad, Cal, and is still appearing in Season 3”

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Claim 3: “‘Euphoria’ Season 3 is an unhinged disaster: review”

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Claim 4: “Season 2 aired in 2022”

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Claim 5: “‘Euphoria’ Season 3 premieres Sunday, April 12, at 9 p.m. on HBO”

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Claim 6: “On screen, five years have passed since Season 2”

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Claim 7: “Premiering in 2019, when its stacked cast was less famous, the Sam Levinson series began as an edgy teen drama”

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Claim 8: “During its four-year hiatus, there have been tragic cast deaths: Angus Cloud, who played the affable drug dealer Fezco, and Eric Dane, who played Nate’s dad, Cal, and is still appearing in Season 3”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Euphoria is an American teen drama television series created and principally written by Sam Levinson for HBO. It is based on the Israeli miniseries of the same name created by Ron Leshem and Daphna Le…
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