EUPHORIA: SEASON THREE
Starring: Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney, Alexa Demie, Jacob Elordi, Hunter Schafer, Maude Apatow, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Martha Kelly, Colman Domingo, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Chloe Cherry, Toby Wallace, Kadeem Hardison, Marshawn Lynch, and Sharon Stone
Creator: Sam Levinson
PAIGE
The final season of Euphoria feels and looks tonally different from the previous two, but its western-inspired aesthetic gives this season a provocative, larger-than-life feel. Creator Sam Levinson attempts to channel his inner Quentin Tarantino, and while he pulls it off visually, narratively, the story is disjointed, one-dimensional, and lacks the depth that made the previous seasons so compelling. These episodes remained daring and ambitious with its focus on actions having consequences, but it lost sight of what made the series so special in the first place and just became bleak. Call me crazy, but in the end, I'm sad this trainwreck is officially over.
KATIE
The final season of Euphoria is not only a confused mess that’s utterly disconnected from its predecessors, but the most conservative piece of media I have seen in a long time. It uses the framework of a Western, but seemingly does so to justify its regressive approach and pervasive conservative reality. It’s poorly concealed attitudes towards sex work and women are distracting, and the female characters that contributed to the show's success are sidelined. The performances are technically fantastic, but the utterly nonsensical material they have to work with lets them down time and again. Unfortunately, it’s nowhere near as epic as it wants you to believe it is.
