‘Euphoria’ Season 3 Is Now ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Meets ‘Breaking Bad’

Euphoria season 3 is…going some places. A while ago, it seemed like the season was never actually going to come together, but eventually, the now much-more-famous cast reunited to film what appears to be a final season, and it has now gotten a release date of April 12, 2026, not really that far off at all.

This Euphoria season 3 trailer is wild. Even by Euphoria standards, it appears it has transformed into an entirely new show. Well, a show plus a video game, as I’d equate what we’re seeing here to a combination of Grand Theft Auto and Breaking Bad.

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This is mainly due to what Rue’s storyline is now. We got a taste of this toward the end of last season as Rue gets deeper involved in the drug trade, but now we’re at a point where she’s on the run from one cartel and falling in deep with another in a new city. This takes place after high school, finally, but she’s still supposed to still be maybe 21, at best.

Being hunted by drug dealers as the thrust of her plot, so much so that she ends up equipped with automatic weapons, feels wholly transformative, and the B through D plots involving the other main girls, Jules, Maddy and Cassie, all appear to be somewhat expectedly sex-focused, albeit we’re going far beyond high school hookups. Jules is now a “sugar baby” to some rich suitor. I believe Maddy is a stripper (though not a hooker, she clarifies) while Cassie, played by Sydney Sweeney, is an OnlyFans model. Again, all of these feel like things that would be integrated into GTA subplots, attempting to comment on modern pop-culture trends.

None of this is meant to be an insult. Grand Theft Auto is good. Breaking Bad is good. I really, genuinely love Euphoria as a show. I also think that yes, it was time to move beyond high school, as the storylines were starting to get overly ridiculous and somewhat creepy for that stage of life. Expanding the show into new territory (no Breaking Bad pun intended) is a smart move, and I can see why this trailer is being received well by extremely patient fans (it will be literally over three years since Euphoria season 2 aired).

This trailer is great, and maxing out its crime, sex and drugs plotlines before the end here? I wouldn’t expect anything less from Euphoria.

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