Euphoria

Euphoria fans are less than impressed and say the huge twist in episode 7 was ‘insanely wasted’.

The horrific fate of one character was finally revealed in HBO’s hit drama Euphoria – and fans aren’t happy.

Euphoria’s third and final season started airing just last month on HBO Max and the penultimate episode provided a dramatic twist ahead of the finale. The last batch of instalments have come following a four year gap after the second season.

Originally the series begun by following a group of wild high schoolers struggling as they approached adulthood. Viewers watched along as the classmates attempted to make sense of their futures.

It tackled the teenage landscape of substance-enhanced parties and anxiety-ridden day-to-day life. Fast forward to season 3 and the childhood friends must now grapple with the unforgiving realities of adult life.

WARNING: This article contains spoilers for Euphoria Season 3 Episode 7.

What happens to Nate in Euphoria Season 3?

Aside from some jumps around in time, one of the main events of Season 3, episode 7, sees a huge character death. We see Nate kidnapped by Naz over a $1 million debt he owed him. While the plan seemed to be for Cassie to use money generated by her online adult content to repay the debt, she instead shut down her account.

Naz, having already sent one of Nate’s fingers to Cassie, is losing patience waiting for his cash. He has Nate buried alive in a coffin with a tube protruding above ground. Meanwhile, another thug pays Cassie a visit. Not long after she answers the door, she finds herself slammed into a glass table. She is then taken into the bedroom and tied up.

Cassie is told she has 72 hours to come up with the money. With the idea that is how long Nate will be able to survive in his current spot underground.

However, a rattlesnake manages to slither down the pipe leading to Nate’s coffin. As he screams for help, the snake bites and kills him.

Alamo and Maddy are eventually roped in to help Cassie, with Alamo suggesting he will come up with the money demanded by Naz. He doesn’t. He shoots Naz dead instead. Following that, the coffin is dug up only for them to discover Nate’s body.

Most of Season 3 has not been well received by long time fans of the show and Nate’s death has been no exception. It didn’t take long for viewers to share their views online.

One, responding to an episode discussion on the Euphoria subreddit said: “Well, even after everything, I do want to just say thank you to Jacob Elordi for giving us a character we all hated. I really was not a fan of his storyline this season, but he gave us a powerful performance.”

Another added: “Can’t stop thinking about how Nate died in an objectively insane way but it still managed to feel unceremonious to me somehow.”

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Someone else said: “Nate’s character was so insanely wasted man… that death felt so anticlimactic he went from genuinely compelling in S1 and S2 to a plot device that did nothing but get tortured all season.”

One person replied: “I feel like Nate death would have been more impactful if the character actually acted like Nate at all this season, it felt like a new character that looks like Nate died.”

A viewer agreed: “Nate’s death completely anticlimactic and unearned, not at all related to any sort of karma for the shit he pulled in season 1-2, related to some random debt that we really didn’t give a shit about.”

Meanwhile, Euphoria creator and writer Sam Levinson, told Esquire about the character death: “There’s this kind of funny thing where I know what the audience wants in terms of justice or karma and with that in mind, I always think, ‘Well, how can I give it to them?’

“How can I give them what they want, but make it so horrific and anxiety-inducing that by the time it happens, the audience isn’t so sure they wanted it?”

Euphoria is streaming on HBO Max and NOW.

EXCLUSIVE: American star Hemky Madera has opened up about joining the Emmy-winning HBO series, Euphoria.

Euphoria’s latest season has certainly got audiences talking after featuring a huge time-jump and some new characters.

Now, one of the stars of Euphoria has teased working on the new season and starring opposite singer and lead Zendaya.

In an exclusive interview with Reach Plc, the publishers of the Mirror, Hemky Madera has spoken about his mysterious new character Jimenez and joining the show.

The 49-year-old star, who is best known for Queen of the South, said: “Being part of this cast is amazing, from the crew, for [creator] Sam [Levinson] all the way to Zendaya and all between, so it was a great experience to be part of this show.”

He went on to tease: “I can’t say much about his character but his moral compass is in a certain way.” Adding: “But it’s a fun, whacky character.”

Although not much is known about Madera’s character, he is set to be playing a key role and will be appearing in six out of the eight episodes of season three.

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He said: “Zendaya’s character Rue and my character through many episodes together, working together. So it’s pretty cool.”

On working with the 29-year-old Spider-Man: Homecoming star, Madera said it was “amazing”.

He elaborated: “She’s such a pro. She was very welcoming and she was on from the emotional to the action to everything in between was pretty cool to work with.”

He went on to tease the third season, saying it was a “more mature flavour” and the characters were now adults and “no longer under the blanket of high school”.

He added: “They’re making their mistakes and learning from them.”

Madera admitted that although he’d been familiar with the series, it wasn’t until he started auditioning for Euphoria that he became a fan and binged the first two seasons.

“I’m very honoured to be a part of the show,” he said.

Madera said about the audition process that it was “tricky” because it was his second in-person audition in eight years. Due to shooting Queen of the South, the actor would have to send off self-tapes.

“It was nerve-wracking in the sense of being back in a room, but at the same time very exciting to be part of the room,” Madera explained.

Along with Euphoria season three, Madera has a long list of upcoming projects, including Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu.

He is also going to be appearing in Victor, The Last Horseman, La Máquina, and El Secreto del Retrato.

Euphoria season 3 airs on HBO Max and NOW in the UK on Mondays

ACTRESS Anne Hathaway steals the show in a red dress at the US premiere of The Devil Wears Prada 2 — but Sydney Sweeney was a no-show after her scenes were cut.

Anne, 43 — who wore a custom Louis Vuitton gown — was joined by co-stars Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci for the screening.

British Bridgerton star Simone Ashley was also there, along with Lady Gaga, who worked on the music for the film and makes a cameo appearance.

But Euphoria star Sydney, 28, skipped the premiere in New York.

She had been pictured on set last year.

Sources said she shot a scene in which she played herself being dressed by Emily’s character Emily Charlton.

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However, it did not make the final cut as it was felt it did not work with the rest of the storyline.

The film’s stars are due back on the red carpet in London’s Leicester Square this evening for the European premiere.

The Devil Wears Prada 2 comes 20 years after the original, in which Anne played aspiring journalist Andy Sachs working for cruel magazine editor Miranda Priestly, played by Streep,

Anne has previously spoken about how it changed her career.

She said: “This film opened so many doors for me, and it gave me so many opportunities.

“It became this anchor for how audiences responded to me, and let me take a lot more risks and make a lot of weird choices in my career, because I have this warm hug to come back to.”