History Series / Euphoria

** [[soiler:How long have you been fucking Nate Jacobs?"]]

* WhamLine: "Ruby Bennett." This is an InternalReveal for the audience, who didn't know that Rue's name was anything other than Rue, and because [[spoiler:Laurie, the terrifying sex trafficking drug dealer]], is the one who reveals that she knows it.

* CuttingBackToReality: A truly haunting example in "You Who Cannot See, Think of Those Who Can". [[spoiler:After taking a fentanyl patch from Laurie's suitcase, Rue envisions herself walking into a black church, being embraced by the church singer[[note]]played by show composer Labrinth[[/note]], and breaking down crying as she then imagines herself hugging and speaking to her late father. The sequence ends with a distant shot of Rue gently dancing by herself in a silent trance, her arms outstretched to hug someone that isn't there.]]

** The entire special "Fuck Anyone's Who Not a Sea Blob" is told from Jules' point of view and reveals a lot of her insecurities. One of these notably being [[spoiler: her fear that she is the only thing that's keeping Rue sober, which causes a massive weight on her shoulders.]]

** "I am CRAZIER." [[spoiler: This line serves as a huge PlotTwist to Cassie's personality as we were lead to believe at first that she is just another one of Nate's victims and truly cares about Maddy. However, she is eventually turning more corrupt and cold-hearted as a result of her trauma and is seeking revenge for what she suffered.]]

** Brunette Maddy and blonde Cassie. The former wears outfits with darker colors like purple while Cassie's outfits have lighter tones like pastel blue. Maddy is more seductive and brooding. Cassie is sweet and desperate for love.

Production for season 2 ran from March to November 2021, and the season later premiered on January 9, 2022 and ran for eight total episodes through February 27. On February 4 of that year, the series' renewal for a third season was announced; production on the season will reportedly start in February 2023, aiming for a late 2023 release. [[https://screenrant.com/euphoria-season-3-future-updates-casey-bloys/ In September 2022]], HBO's CEO Casey Bloys stated that current plans are for the series to continue past three seasons, following the central characters as they get older.

Production for season 2 began in March 2021, wrapping in November of that year. The season later premiered on January 9, 2022 and ran for eight total episodes through February 27. On February 4 of that year, the series' renewal for a third season was announced.

Born in the wake of September 11, 2001, teenager Rue Bennett (Zendaya) has spent the better part of her life chasing after a complete and total absence of feeling, culminating in a destructive lapse into drug addiction that ended up putting her in rehab. Having returned home, she now has to deal with her wary mother and friends who are alternately worried about her and incredulous that she really intends to stay clean.

Production for season 2 finally began in March 2021, wrapping in November of that year. The season later premiered on January 9, 2022 and ran for eight total episodes through February 27. On February 4 of that year, the series' renewal for a third season was announced.

The series premiered on June 16, 2019, its first season running for eight episodes through August 4. While its graphic content was not without controversy, a second season was renewed in July. Production was slated to begin in March 2020, but the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic caused the season to be suspended indefinitely just days before the start of filming, shifting future plans for the series.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Upon finally realizing how horribly wrong her life would go as a result of refusing to give up her addiction, Rue understands the weight of getting help has and begins rebuilding her life and making amends with everyone she used or hurt. This is in great comparison to Cassie's EvilFeelsGood as Cassie knows how much her own "addiction" is damaging, but ends up enjoying and revelling in the fruits of her manipulation and embraces her darker and abusive side permanently.]]

* PedoHunt:

** "The Next Episode" has a Halloween party where Jules is [[Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet Juliet]], Kat is [[Film/Ms45 Thana]], Cassie is [[Film/TrueRomance Alabama Whitman]], and Lexi is ''Creator/BobRoss''. The episode also features a ShoutOut to ''Series/TheWire'' when Rue threatens one of the [=McKay=] twins by mentioning many characters from the show (including Omar and Marlo) she will "send his way" if he doesn't stop his advances on her sister.

** When Rue finally hits rock bottom and one of her first atonements is to call Ali begging him for forgiveness, she has barely spoken ten word until Ali asks her to stop talking so he can say : "I Forgive you, Rue". When she asks how could he, he simply answer "The Hour is certain to come, so we must forgive graciously", him quoting the Qur'an.

** In the Season 1 finale, "And Salt the Earth Behind You," Rue says this to Jules after the latter says she wishes she could just burn the town down.

* WrongInsultOffence: Rue once called Jules a whore, which made Jules explode and Rue hurriedly amend it with slut, which made Jules give her a look that said "Damn straight I am a slut!"

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Upon finally realizing how horribly wrong her life would go as a result of refusing to give up her addiction, Rue understands the weight of getting help has and begins rebuilding her life and making amends with everyone she used or hurt.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Tagline}} feel something]]'']]

* AimlesslySeekingHappiness: This is entirely the point of the series, as most of the characters all seek out some ''extremely'' destructive or unhealthy habits to get enough pleasure to distract them from problems in their lives. For Rue, it's her drug addiction and later her obsessive relationship with Jules; for Jules, it's random hookups with men; for Cassie, it's receiving love from her inattentive boyfriend [=McKay=]; for Maddy, it's being in a relationship with the misogynistic Nate; and for Kat, it's being a camgirl.

* BittersweetEnding: Season 2 ends on this note. [[spoiler: Rue is on her way to sobriety, having rekindled her friendship with Lexi and gotten a healthy closure with Jules, though she still owes Laurie her money. Lexi's play goes off without a hit and is well-received by the audience and her friends. However, Fez has been arrested and Ashtray is killed in a police shootout trying to save him, with Lexi having no idea why the former missed her show. Nate breaks up with Cassie after Lexi mocks him in the play, leading to Cassie briefly hijacking the show to berate Lexi and attack the actress playing her. Though Maddy finally gets her revenge by beating up Cassie and the feud between the two seems to have come to an end, their friendship is still completely destroyed and Cassie has permanently cut ties with her family and friends.]]
* {{Blackmail}}: It's revealed that [[spoiler:Nate's]] cyber relationship with Jules was really for this, so he could get nude photos of her that legally count as child porn since she's underage and so she wouldn’t rat out [[spoiler:his father, Cal]] for having sex with a minor. [[spoiler:He later uses the blackmail to get Jules to give testimony "clearing" him of his abuse charges.]]

* AmbiguousDisorder:
** Mostly averted in Rue's case.
*** She was confirmed to have OCD, ADD, and anxiety by a psychiatrist as a child. That same psychiatrist tells Rue's parents that she's not sure if Rue has a bipolar disorder because she was too young to tell. In "The Trials and Tribulations of Trying to Pee While Depressed", she speculates this herself, and her manic phases are pointed out by Lexi and Fez.
*** Throughout the series, Rue mentions feeling depressed and feeling numb, implying she may also have some form of depression. By "And Salt the Earth Behind You" she's been diagnosed officially and given Lexapro to treat it.
** Jules was committed to a juvenile ward showing signs of severe anxiety, dysphoria, and self-harm, while the exact diagnosis is not mentioned. It's also implied that her mother had some sort of mental illness of her own ([[spoiler:in addition to being a drug addict]]).
** Laurie muses to Rue that she has ''never'' felt angry in her entire life, while she explains to her in an eerie monotone that [[spoiler:she will sell her into (at best) [[SexSlave sex slavery]] so she can get her money back; this heavily hints on her being a [[TheSociopath sociopath]]]].

** Maddy pees in the bathroom at a party only to realize that there isn’t any toilet paper left, forcing her to resort to wiping with a hand towel before she tosses it behind the curtain into the shower, where it lands directly on [[spoiler:Cassie’s face, where she had been lying in the bathtub hiding from Maddy after having sex with Nate.]]
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: During her “How to Get Away with Being a Drug Addict” powerpoint, Rue brings up the act of escaping reality by watching television—while she stands inside a TV set. Doubles as a CompanyCameo: the Creator/{{HBO}} jingle plays briefly during this discussion.

** {{Wrath}}: [[spoiler: Her AxCrazy abusive behaviour when her friends and family threaten her perfect future.]]

** When Rue finally hits rock bottom and one of her first attonements is to call Ali begging him for forgivness, she has barely spoken ten word until Ali asks her to stop talking so he can say : "I Forgive you, Rue". When she asks how could he, he simply answer "The Hour is certain to come, so we must forgive graciously", him quoting the Qur'an.

** In the first episode, Cassie's nude photos become distributed, and the guys all assume that she's some kind of sex fiend when in reality she's no more sexually active than any of the other girls. This becomes why [=McKay=] decides to heed Nate’s advice and become overly aggressive during their first time having sex. Later, it turns [=McKay=] against her as he doesn’t want to admit they’re dating because of the reputation she has, and it manages to get worse when she gets high on ecstasy and has a public orgasm on the carousel.

** Vehicle licence plates appear to be commonly used generic props which take the likeness of current California plates.

** Nate's Ram 1500 is a characteristic choice. Conspicuous, extrovertedly masculine, and probably compensatory. Cal's F150 might fall under the same attributes if it isn't contextualized by his job in construction.

** Maddy's Chevrolet Impala SS qualifies.
** There's probably no choice more fitting for Nate than his Ram 1500. Big, conventionally masculine, and probably compensatory. His dad's F150 probably falls under the same attributes, though his job in construction is probably enough of an explanation.

** There is a scene when Rue and Jules are dancing at a party, and Rue only sing along to the music when the lyrics mentions Oakland, California.

** Car license plates take the likeness of the current Californian plates down to the patterning of the registration. Although the generic slogan "Drive Safely" is used in lieu of a state name, the font between the two is practically identical. In a shot of a police car, "Exempt" plates can be seen.

* AloneWithThePsycho: Rue goes with this during "Stand Still Like the Hummingbird." [[spoiler:She stays with Laurie, her drug dealer for the night. We know Laurie's up to no good, even hinting that she will get Rue addicted to morphine and work as a SexSlave, but since Rue is in a state of hysteria, she doesn't realize this until the following morning.]]

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler:A pretty major plot point in the first half of season 2 is Cassie entering a relationship with Nate behind Maddy's back, and the conflict and guilt she endures as a result of hiding it from her. In "Stand Still Like the Hummingbird," when Rue's mom tries to stage an intervention for her with the help of all her friends and Suze, Rue ends up getting the attention off of herself with one question. Unfortunately, this was the tipping point of Cassie's hatred and vengeance filled SanitySlippage getting worse.]]

* BigotWithACrush: PlayedForHorror, where Nate Jacobs, who has extremely fucked-up ideas about how women should look and behave, becomes obsessed with trans girl Jules, who he knows would not meet his exacting standards, and sets about trying to force her to "reform" under threat of having her arrested for underage sexting.

* DrugsAreGood: {{Zigzagged}}. Rue says "drugs are kinda awesome" before admitting this is ''before'' the negative effects it has on your appearance, family, etc.
-->"It's actually a very narrow window of cool."

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Every episode (except the pilot and last two) of the first season is named after popular rap songs from the '90s and 2000s.

** Kat's camming ''seems'' like it's going to build up to something with her mysterious new client, but this aspect is dropped from Season 2 and she is only briefly shown camming in the finale.

** Meanwhile, Jules' dad means well but is probably a bit ''too'' lenient with her, paying little mind to her late-night journeys out of the house or her obvious changes in behavior throughout the show.
** That being said, Rue's family is a heartbreaking deconstruction. While both her parents are responsible and kind, her father died several years prior to the series; in addition to that, Leslie is so busy working herself to the bone to keep the family out of poverty that she's barely able to keep an eye on Rue's chaotic behavior.

** While never actually shown drunk in the present day, Lexi and Cassie's mom definitely is this, often shamelessly gulping down wine.

* ArtShiftedSequel: The show's visual direction was revamped for the second season, with the bright, neon colors being replaced with a grimier Polaroid-esque look, going so far as to replace the digital cameras with ones that used Kodak Ektachrome film stock. According to cinematographer Marcell Rév, the decision to do this was in order to invoke "some sort of memory of high school."

** [[spoiler: Cassie takes the cake in Season 2 when after her affair with Nate, she exposes her dark, vengeful and demonic personality where she becomes ruthless and merciless towards her family and friends to achieve her dream life with him which results in her becoming a near-sociopath who bullies and tortures Maddy and Lexi simply because she has the power to do so.]]

* TeensAreMonsters: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]. Even characters like Jules who are ultimately good-hearted have some serious problems, Rue is constantly in some kind of severe pain, and then there are straight-up awful monsters like Nate.

* HairConstrastDuo: Two female duos (Rue/Jules and Maddy/Cassie) apply this trope: Rue and Maddie are dark-haired and both are edgy and moody while blonde-haired Jules and Cassie are sweet and more approachable.
** Also works with LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine for Maddy and Cassie as the former wears outfits with darker colors like purple while Cassie's outfits have lighter tones like pastel blue.