What's Inside?
- Sam Levinson says he has "no plans" for Season 4, but writes every season like it could be the last.
- Zendaya told Drew Barrymore that closure is coming, strongly hinting Season 3 wraps up the series for good.
- HBO listed the finale as a "season finale," not a series finale, quietly leaving the door open for more.
For a show that once felt impossible to walk away from, Euphoria has spent the better part of its third season battling its own mythology. Between production delays, cast controversies, and a fandom that has grown increasingly divided, the HBO series arrives at its finale under a cloud of uncertainty that feels almost poetic, given what the show has always been about. The season 3 finale, titled “In God We Trust,” drops on May 31, clocking in at a whopping 93 minutes. That runtime alone feels like something conclusive. But is it?
What Sam Levinson and Zendaya Have Said About Euphoria Season 4
Creator Sam Levinson has never been shy about playing his cards close to his chest. Speaking to Variety in April 2026, he said he writes “every season like it’s the last season” and currently has “no plans” for a fourth. Of the season now airing, he added, “I want to finish this as strong as I can. I’m cutting [Episodes] 7 and 8 still. I’m putting some finishing touches. I just want to deliver a fucking slam dunk season.” That kind of language reads more like a goodbye than a cliffhanger.
Zendaya has echoed a similar sentiment. On The Drew Barrymore Show, when host Drew Barrymore asked point-blank whether season 3 would be the last, Zendaya replied, “I think so, yeah.” When Barrymore pushed further, Zendaya was clear: “That closure is coming.” It’s the kind of answer that carries weight, especially coming from the show’s lead, whose career has now grown so far beyond Rue Bennett that a return to Euphoria High would feel like a deliberate choice rather than a default one.
And yet, HBO has not formally designated episode 8 as a series finale. In its official promotional materials, the network continues to list it as a “season finale,” a small but deliberate distinction that keeps every door open. In television, that wording matters.
Why Euphoria Season 4 Might Still Happen
Ratings have a way of rewriting creative conclusions. When season 3 premiered in April, its viewership rose 44% compared to the season 2 premiere, according to a May 2026 Forbes report. That is not the trajectory of a dying show. That is the kind of number that makes network executives reconsider quiet goodbyes.
Levinson himself told Esquire about this season: “They’re in the real world, and the consequences are real. There’s no safety net. I like this Wild West, frontier aspect to it where you can make something of yourself, but you’re going to have to live with the consequences.” The creative appetite is clearly still there, even if the stated intention is not. And given that Levinson killed off a lead character in gruesome fashion in the penultimate episode, audiences going into the finale have already been warned: nothing is sacred here.
Season 3 has pushed its characters into genuinely dangerous terrain. Rue finds herself caught in a gang war between a drug dealer and a strip-club owner. Cassie creates an OnlyFans account to cover her husband’s debts. Maddy leaves Hollywood to manage influencers. Jules leaves art school to become a sugar baby. These are not arcs that resolve tidily. Levinson has even told audiences not to wait on watching the finale, warning that “if you’re not watching it live, it’s going to get spoiled for you.” That’s the language of an event, not a farewell.
Sydney Sweeney, Controversy, and the Cost of Euphoria‘s Choices
No conversation about this season is complete without addressing Sydney Sweeney‘s arc. Cassie’s storyline, centred largely around OnlyFans and increasingly explicit content, has split audiences and critics alike. Some fans have gone as far as calling the narrative “humiliating” for the actress, while others argue it is a deliberate and unsparing portrait of how young women are consumed by attention economies.
Sweeney’s performance has dominated social media since the season premiere, but experts have noted a longer-term risk: that the same provocative image driving her visibility could eventually limit how the industry perceives her range. It is a tension Euphoria seems almost designed to generate, on screen and off.
For now, the show ends on Sunday. Whether that ending comes with a period or a comma depends on HBO, on Levinson, and perhaps on how loudly audiences want to find out what happens next. After four years and a turbulent return, the strangest thing about Euphoria may be that people are still watching at all. That counts for something.
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