Euphoria season 3 confirmed by HBO

EuphoriaHBO announced Friday that the drama series starring Zendaya will receive a third season. The series’ second season is currently airing, with the eighth and final episode scheduled for Feb. 27.

Zendaya is Rue Bennett. She plays a teenager struggling with addiction as she grieves the passing of her father. At her high school, Rue narrates the melodrama of her and her peers’ lives — which often includes sex, drugs, and violence.

Key characters include Hunter Schafer as Bennett’s best friend, Jules Vaughn, and Angus Cloud as Fezco, the local drug dealer, who maintains a close relationship with Rue. Rue also recounts the lives of classmates such as Maddy Perez (Alexa Demie), Nate Jacobs, Jacob Elordi, Kat Hernandez (Barbie Ferreira), Cassie Howard and Sydney Sweeney.

EuphoriaFollows a wide cast of characters. They often alternate between their stories. This series is inspired by the Israeli series called the same, which was created in Israel by Ron Leshem. Euphoria debuted in June 2019, and its pandemic-delayed second season arrived last month with a bang — the premiere is currently “the most viewed episode of an HBO series ever on HBO Max,” with more than 14 million viewers across platforms, HBO said in a news release. That’s over twice the audience for the first season, which averaged 6.6 million viewers per episode (in a pre-HBO Max world).