Euphoria's most controversial season 3 moments as main character gets killed off in wild twist
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Euphoria's most controversial season 3 moments as main character gets killed off in wild twist

HBO's Euphoria season three includes many moments where fans have been left with their mouths open

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As Euphoria season three comes to an end with the finale on May 31, it’s time to reflect on the most controversial moments of the latest instalment of the hit HBO show.

Euphoria has really outdone itself this time around, having picked itself back up and dusted off the craziness season two left behind.

But viewers probably weren’t prepared for the level of kink, violence, and pure weird, they were about to see.

Need I say there will be ‘spoilers’ from here on out?

This season has had everything from Jules slapping the s**t out of Rue, to a very distasteful scene containing an amputated finger, drug lords, and the swallowing a large amount of paraphernalia.

The backlash has since been vast, with viewers being particularly horrified by a scene with Chloe Cherry (Faye).

Since there has been so much backlash, we felt we had to share some of the most shocking moments right here...

Jules being mummified

Euphoria has had some strange moments (HBO)
Euphoria has had some strange moments (HBO)

Like Sydney Sweeney’s character Cassie, Jules (Hunter Schafer) is in the adult industry, but in the form of a sex worker.

Having met an older, wealthy man named Ellis, the pair begin to engage in some risky play. Namely, a practice known as ‘mummification.’

According to Lovense, this is the act of wrapping someone up, usually in saran wrap.

Apparently, this can be a freeing moment for those who like to have control taken from them or enjoy being bound and squeezed.

Rue watches Kitty’s rough experience

Kitty's character arc was harrowing (HBO)
Kitty's character arc was harrowing (HBO)

The last season saw a new character introduced, who featured in a rather horrific scene that social media viewers were left upset over.

Kitty, who was played by Anna Van Patten, works in a strip club that Rue’s drug lord debtor owns, where she could be seen in an instance engaging in sexual acts with numerous men.

Afterwards, she can be seen teary eyed and shaken as Rue watches, horrified.

But she wasn’t the only one.

A user on X wrote of the scene: “i need justice for my girl kitty, that scene made me sick to my stomach.”

Use of Nazi memorabilia

Faye's lover had a massive flaw (HBO)
Faye's lover had a massive flaw (HBO)

In a move nobody expected, Cherry’s Faye character falls in love with a drug dealer called Wayne (Toby Wallace).

But their love includes some strange symbolizm, including having sex in front of a Swastika flag, and Nazi tattoos.

Cassie dressed as a baby

Cassie dressed up as a baby (HBO)
Cassie dressed up as a baby (HBO)

One of the biggest controversies of the seasons was arguably a scene involving Cassie.

In one instance that has been widely criticized, Sydney Sweeney's character Cassie dressed up as a baby while recording adult content for OnlyFans.

Other scenes had her dress as a puppy and a giant, leading to a fan to ask: “How Sydney Sweeney can agree to do something like this? It’s like a humiliation ritual.”

Cassie's intimate encounter with drugs

The things Cassie did for fame (HBO)
The things Cassie did for fame (HBO)

Another instance in which Sweeney's character Cassie was involved that didn’t go down well for viewers, was when she and Maddy hatch a plan for her to go after influencer Brandon Fontaine to help her with her career.

Cassie goes to Brandon's home for a party in a leopard print catsuit and ends up doing coke with him.

There, he unzips her bodysuit so he can do a line off her body...before proceeding to rub some of the drugs into her...crotch.

People reacted in a way you’d probably expect, with one writing: "Between Kitty getting f**ked and Cassie snorting the coke off of the girl tummy uhm Sam Levinson once again disgusting.”

Another said: "Cassie rubbing coke on her meow meow this #euphoria s**t gets weird I’m OUT.”

Nate's gruesome death

Nate was killed off in season 3's penultimate episode (HBO)
Nate was killed off in season 3's penultimate episode (HBO)

While it became the norm for TV shows like Game of Thrones to kill off its main cast members, I think we can all agree that we didn't have Nate Jacobs being bitten to death by a rattlesnake on our Euphoria bingo cards.

Reacting to the brutal scene, one viewer said on social media of the penultimate episode: "They are f***ing Nate up on this show. My goodness. New Fear Unlocked. Snake in the damn coffin."

"No but I really am gagged they killed Nate tho... like am I not the only one gagging like omg? That was our main white boy villain and the main just got killed and replaced," said a second.

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Topics: Euphoria, HBO, Sydney Sweeney