Early in Euphoria's newest season, a whisper of a young woman walks down a crowded street in Mexico. She has swallowed several tiny bags of powdered fentanyl, each so-called balloon ingested painfully with the help of a bottle of cheap lubricant. As Rue (played by Zendaya) narrates that these balloons need to stay intact, the woman collapses. The next scene finds her dead, a mess of balloons piled next to her. Welcome back to TV's most disturbing show'sort of. The HBO drama about disaffected Gen Zers has never been an easy watch, but its latest season is working overtime to provoke viewers. Set five years after the events of the Season 2 finale, Season 3 of Euphoria has brought back the bulk of its cast, whose characters are now in their 20s and in various states of torment. Rue, who began the series as an addict returning from rehab, is now forced to work for a local drug queenpin. Nate (Jacob Elordi) has taken over the family construction business and is in dangerous financial...
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