Zendaya, Sydney, Jake and company are back for another season of drama and debauchery.
It’s been almost four years since we last checked in with the troubled students of HBO’s Euphoria. That’s a long time between drinks – or bumps of coke or whatever it is they’re into. Euphoria sits outside my cultural sensorum; no shade involved, I just get the strong impression it’s stridently not For Me, and that’s cool. It very well might be For You, though; it seems a lot of people dig it. All I know is every character seems to be high as balls and unquenchably horny at all times, which maps onto my experience of high school, a time when the edgiest stuff we ever got was The Breakfast Club. There’s a generational disconnect, is what I’m saying. Anyway, here’s the trailer.
Euphoria Season 3 Trailer
What’s the plot?
All the official synopsis has for us is “Euphoria follows a group of childhood friends who wrestle with the virtue of faith, the possibility of redemption and the problem of evil.” But it’s really always been a vibes kinda show, anyway, so anything plot-related was always gonna be a big ask.
Who’s in it?
- Zendaya as Ruby “Rue” Bennett: addict, train wreck, and our protagonist and narrator.
- Maude Apatow as Alexis “Lexi” Howard, Rue’s childhood best friend and Cassie’s younger sister.
- Jacob Elordi as Nathaniel “Nate” Jacobs, a star high school football player now married to Cassie.
- Hunter Schafer as Jules Vaughn, a transgender girl, Rue’s on-and-off girlfriend, and now a sex worker.
- Sydney Sweeney as Cassandra “Cassie” Howard, Lexi’s older sister, Maddy’s best friend, and McKay’s ex-girlfriend with an infamous sexual history that continues to haunt her.
- Colman Domingo as Ali Muhammed a man in recovery from drug addiction who often speaks at Rue’s Narcotics Anonymous meetings and eventually becomes her sponsor and mentor.
- Eric Dane as Cal Jacobs, Nate’s closeted bisexual dad.
- Storm Reid as Gia Bennett, Rue’s younger sister.
- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Alamo.
- Toby Wallace in some capacity.
Returning guest stars this year include Dominic Fike, Nika King, Alanna Ubach, Sophia Rose Wilson, Melvin Bonez Estes, Daeg Faerch, Paula Marshall, Zak Steiner and Marsha Gambles, while new guest stars include (deep breath) Sharon Stone, Rosalia, Danielle Deadwyler, Marshawn Lynch, Anna Van Patten, Asante Blackk, Bella Podaras, Bill Bodner, Cailyn Rice, Christopher Ammanuel, Christopher Grove, Colleen Camp, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Eli Roth, Gideon Adlon, Hemky Madera, Homer Gere, Jack Topalian, James Landry Hébert, Jeff Wahlberg, Jessica Blair Herman, Justin Sintic, Kadeem Hardison, Kwame Patterson, Madison Thompson, Matthew Willig, Meredith Mickelson, Natasha Lyonne, Priscilla Delgado, Rebecca Pidgeon, Sam Trammell, Smilez, Trisha Paytas, Tyler Lawrence Gray and Vinnie Hacker.
When’s it out?
Euphoria Season 3 hits HBO Max on April 12.
What’s the vibe?
Edgy as ever.
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