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Rue Bennett is gone. But to those whose lives she touched, she’s vividly present.

That’s among the takeaways from the Season 3 finale (https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/shows/euphoria-season-3-episode-8-review-in-god-we-trust-rue-dead-1235197380/) of “Euphoria,” an episode that brought its primary characters to some version or another of closure. Rue (Zendaya) dies before the episode’s midpoint, after which Ali (Colman Domingo) must avenge her. Meanwhile, Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) seems set up for her future as an OnlyFans mogul, but still has ways to go in terms of healing the wounds left by her brief, turbulent marriage to the late Nate (Jacob Elordi). And there’s a sweet tribute to Fezco (played in the first two seasons by Angus Cloud), in some ways the soul of “Euphoria.”

5 Reasons Why Euphoria Season 3 Failed (https://www.looper.com/2185366/euphoria-season-3-failure-reasons/)

This article contains discussions of addiction.

Contains spoilers for "Euphoria" Season 3

The third season of "Euphoria" — which made it onto Looper's annual list of the worst TV shows of the year thus far — is over, as is the show. After the finale "In God We Trust" aired on Sunday, May 31, the series' showrunner, creator, and sole writer Sam Levinson revealed to The New York Times that he has no plans for a fourth season, and frankly, that's for the best. Season 3 of "Euphoria" pretty clearly revealed that there's nowhere for this show to go.

Not only is the show's protagonist Rue Bennett (Zendaya) dead — dying of a fentanyl overdose just 45 minutes into the interminable 93 minute run-time of "In God We Trust" — but so is her fellow original main character Nate Jacobs (Jacob Elordi), who dies in the series' penultimate episode "Rain or Shine." That leaves Maddy Perez (Alexa Demie), sisters Cassie and Lexi Howard (Sydney Sweeney and Maude Apatow), and Jules Vaughn (Hunter Schafer), all of whom either got humiliated or shafted during Season 3 of "Euphoria." There is, truly, nowhere to go from here.

So what made Season 3 of "Euphoria" so unbearable from beginning? Where to begin? There are a lot of reasons, to be extremely frank, but there are five completely undeniable reasons for its failure. From a long delay between seasons to outright character assassinations to Levinson's lazy attempts to force emotional depth, here's why Season 3 of "Euphoria" was so terrible.