Over the last six weeks, we’ve seen Sam Levinson’s mega-hit HBO drama trade teen angst and high school rivalries for the crushing demands of adulthood and neo-Western hijinks in the desert, and all signs point to the series pacing itself for a bloody crescendo.
In the next two weeks, we’ll finally discover how Levinson chooses to end Euphoria – and there’s no end of theories online about how its central character may or may not (and, for some of them, probably will not) survive the end game.
Here are our top six theories about who will die in Euphoria season 3, taking into account the ending of the most recent episode, Stand Still and See.
Theory 1: Rue Bennett
Watching the most recent episode, Stand Still and See, and its (let’s be honest, a bit on the nose) religious undertones, maybe the final season of Euphoria has been about Zendaya’s Rue being bruised and broken, over and over again, but still getting back up to fight. To survive.
If there was any character in Euphoria who would benefit from this redemption, it’s Rue. She’s pushed away almost every single positive personal relationship in her life in an effort to protect both them and herself.
This budding relationship with God and Rue’s search for forgiveness may be far too little, far too late, but it does also speak to the larger themes Levinson has always tried to weave into his work.
In her death – whether that comes at the hands of Alamo, or Laurie or even, perhaps, the ghost of her addiction – what if Rue becomes the Christ-like figure who redeems every other person in Euphoria by way of her sacrifice? It would certainly play to Zendaya’s strengths for mining the emotional depths of Rue and bringing back diamonds. That Emmy would be automatically hers, and give Euphoria’s central character the complicated, uncomfortable ending she deserves.
However, as this compelling Reddit theory by user JealousHovercraft768 also suggests, killing Rue may be too obvious of a ploy. What if the ultimate twist was Rue surviving, and that voiceover we’ve been hearing the entire time was actually her giving evidence on the stand? It would certainly be a big swing for Levinson to take – something he’s proved, time and time again, he’s not afraid of doing.
Theory 2: Nate Jacobs (obviously)
The trajectory of Nate’s story is one of the most interesting aspects of Euphoria, given that it seems the furthest away from the storyline the series was trying to give him in its debut year. Then, it seemed fairly prescient to predict that Nate was struggling big-time with his sexuality, and that his illicit, secret relationship with Jules, mostly taking place anonymously through a gay hook-up app, would help him find the light.
Unless some Hail Mary is coming in the next two episodes – a nice twist would be Nate divorcing Cassie and reconnecting with Jules, given their relationship is one of the most nuanced and intriguing that Euphoria, for some reason, has never fully explored – Nate’s card seems marked.
As Reddit user uwill1der points out, Nate’s death would be of significant importance to Cassie’s arc, since it would play into her ultimate fear: being alone.
Theory 3: Cassie Howard (or is it Jacobs?)
As fulfilling as her much-coveted role of ‘Job Applicant’ on LA Nights will surely be, a hallmark of Cassie’s character from season 2 onwards has been her willingness to hurt the people she claims to love to get what she wants.
One of the hallmarks of Maddy’s character in Euphoria has been that she doesn’t forgive and she doesn’t forget. And why would her former best friend, who stole her boyfriend, be any exception? As Tonydorigo11 points out on Reddit, Maddy getting into business with Alamo and his girls could spell disaster for Cass if her Hollywood dreams end up in tatters and she still has Nate’s inherited debt to Naz to pay.
Theory 4: Alamo Brown and/or Laurie
Alamo and Laurie have placed Rue directly in the centre of their proxy war, and her flip-flopping between the two sides of the dangerous drug kingpins as a DEA mole strongly suggests that, sooner rather than later, the jig will be up and there will be hell to pay.
But, then again, wouldn’t that almost be too neat? The point of both Alamo and Laurie’s presence in the story is that they’re physical manifestations of the mistakes Rue has made and the temptation she’s given in to, time and time again. If only she hadn’t taken that suitcase. If only she hadn’t stayed at Alamo’s apartment.
This week, Euphoria went out of its way to show viewers a compelling, dramatic backstory for new player Alamo (portrayed with vindictive glee by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), and this effort to humanise him, to show us how he became the way he is, smells strongly of setting him up for an important presence in the last two episodes. But will it end with him taking Laurie out... or Laurie taking him out?
Theory 5: Maddy Perez
Just kidding. My girl is way too committed to serving to ever let this happen.
Theory 6: Actually, no one dies
Season 3 has been no exception – as you’ve seen above, many of the show’s key characters, Rue and Nate especially, have been boxed into a corner for its final two episodes. In such extreme cases, actually, that death doesn’t just seem obvious, it reads like a foregone conclusion.
But if Euphoria season 3 is one big moral lesson in forgiveness and redemption, why shouldn’t it be the case that even its most desperate, depraved characters be given that grace too?
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