After a four-year hiatus, HBO’s groundbreaking teen drama Euphoria is finally set to premiere its third season in April 2025. At a recent event in London, series creator Sam Levinson gave fans the most detailed look yet at what’s coming, promising the show’s “most ambitious and emotionally layered” installment to date, complete with a five-year time jump that thrusts the characters into full adulthood.
“It made sense creatively,” Levinson explained. “If they’d gone to college, they’d be graduating around now. We get to see who they’ve actually become as grown-ups.”
The core ensemble Zendaya (Rue), Sydney Sweeney (Cassie), Jacob Elordi (Nate), Hunter Schafer (Jules), Alexa Demie (Maddy), and Maude Apatow (Lexi) is back, now joined by surprising new additions including singer Rosalía and internet personality Trisha Paytas.
Zendaya’s Rue remains the emotional center. Levinson revealed she’s now living south of the border in Mexico, desperately trying to settle a dangerous debt with Laurie (Martha Kelly), the eerily composed drug supplier from Season 2. “She’s looking for creative and risky ways to pay it back,” he teased.
Cassie and Nate, meanwhile, appear to have the perfect suburban life: engaged and seemingly settled. But beneath the surface, Cassie is spiraling into severe social-media addiction and crippling envy as she scrolls through her old friends’ highlight reels. Levinson promised their upcoming wedding will be “one fans will “never forget” which, in Euphoria terms, almost certainly means total mayhem.
Elsewhere:
- Jules is studying painting at art school and trying to launch her career as an artist.
- Maddy has landed a job at a high-powered Hollywood talent agency.
- Lexi is working as an assistant to a veteran showrunner, portrayed by Sharon Stone.
Several familiar faces will be absent. Barbie Ferreira (Kat) departed after Season 2, while Austin Abrams, Algee Smith, and Storm Reid are not returning for Season 3. The loss of Angus Cloud, who played the beloved Fezco and tragically died in July 2023 at age 25, casts the longest shadow. Production delays caused by Hollywood strikes and Cloud’s passing pushed filming far behind its original late-2023 start date. Cast and crew have said Fezco was intended to have a major arc this season, and his absence has deeply affected both the story and the show’s overall spirit. How (or if) the series will address Fezco’s fate remains undisclosed.
Despite the challenges, Euphoria continues to rank among HBO’s biggest hits, currently the network’s fourth most-watched series ever, trailing only Game of Thrones, The Last of Us, and House of the Dragon. Zendaya has already won two Emmys and a Golden Globe for her raw performance as Rue, and Colman Domingo earned an Emmy for his supporting role as Ali.
Confident in the new direction, Levinson declared, “I truly believe this is our strongest season yet.”
With a bold time jump, provocative new cast members, and stories that trade high-school hallways for the messy realities of early adulthood, Euphoria Season 3 looks ready to prove that growing up doesn’t mean the chaos, beauty, or brutality goes away—it just gets more complicated.
