The show wrapped after three seasons — and left us scratching our heads over key characters and unresolved storylines
On Sunday night, the wild, sometimes nonsensical but endlessly meme-able ride that was Euphoria finally came to an end with its third and final season. Viewers didn’t realize that they were watching the show’s finale, since creator Sam Levinson and HBO didn’t confirm the news until after the episode had aired. But it wasn’t surprising, considering the events of the episode. Still, it’s shocking to think that a show that captured audiences and kept them waiting for years between seasons went out the way it did, leaving a lot on the table and not many answers. Here, we’ve gathered some of the questions we’re still sitting with, even after that ending. (Spoilers ahead.)
Why does the reaction to Rue’s death feel so minimal?
Euphoria ended with the death of Ruby Bennett (Zendaya). The details of her death left a fair amount of questions: Did she actually take more than one fentanyl-laced Percocet, causing her to overdose, since the bottle is still very full when Ali finds her, or was it that single pill that Alamo gave her that did her in? But what was even more mind-boggling is the way the rest of the characters reacted to her death. This is the main character we’re talking about and no one but Ali sheds more than a couple of tears. Rue doesn’t even get a proper funeral; instead, all we see is Lexi talking to Cassie, who writes the main character off as a “drug addict” with a “nice smile.” The enormity of Rue’s death isn’t felt, and that’s probably because we aren’t shown how her family or Jules take the loss.
