06/02/2026
When I woke up this morning, the internet was already littered with spoilers. I don’t know why it’s so important to be “the first” - it reminds me of second graders in line.
We’re all going to the same place.
This was the general idea behind Sam Levinson’s “Euphoria”.
When the Season Finale for Season 3 turned out to be the Series Finale, I felt whole.
I did post yesterday that there was no way they were going to wrap the story: I was very wrong.
Ruby Bennet. Rue B.
To say that she is a “drug addict who died of a drug overdose” is showing ignorance.
When Alamo first offered Rue a painkiller, he took the same one himself. This scene was incredibly intentional. Rue comments “I used to love these”, hesitating. Alamo reminds her they’re for physical pain, not mental anguish, and says with heavy foreshadowing: “Don’t come back asking me for more” as he taps a bottle of pills the aforementioned two did not come from.
Rue was sober for the entirety of Season 3. She took one pressed pill of fentanyl, overdosed, and died. She was not in active addiction.
I feel her story, though tragic, ends perfectly for the message Levinson was intentionally trying to convey: no matter what, salvation is possible. This proves true as Ali sees her for the last time at the end of the dinner table.
Cassie. Internet versus reality. Her final scene zooms out from her staring at her laptop, alone in a mansion, the only light coming from the ring light in that room. The curtains stay open, the show goes on, but the home is empty, and Cassie is alone.
Maddie. She asks for grace, and she is given it.
I believe both Bishop and Ali represent the Arch Angels Gabriel and Michael, respectively.
The slow surrender of Laurie’s goons. They pondered their fates, as her decision was made the minute she stepped onto her roof.
This show was, most of all, a comment on the fentanyl epidemic of America.
However, Season 3 served as a reminder to the basic principle on which our country was founded:
“May God Bless us all.”
