‘Euphoria’ fans react to shock death in latest episode: “Finally offed the walking red flag”

    Jack Topalian and Sydney Sweeney in ‘Euphoria’

    With the penultimate episode of Euphoria season three now out, fans have taken to social media to respond to a major character’s shock death.

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    Sam Levinson’s teen drama had been away for four years, but the opening episode of the new season landed on HBO Max on April 12, with last night’s (May 24) episode marking one of the final instalments of the season.

    In the lead-up to it airing, speculation had been rife that a major death was on the way, sparking an unfounded rumour that Sydney Sweeney’s Cassie would have a leg amputated. Others thought Alexa Demie’s Maddy might be in the firing line, but it actually turned out to be Jacob Elordi’s Nate Jacobs who suffered a gruesome fate in the latest episode, having been buried alive in a coffin by a gangster to whom he owed a million dollars.

    While he was able to breathe through a pipe to the surface as his wife Cassie scrambled to get the money together, a rattlesnake slithered down the pipe and fatally bit him.

    Jacob Elordi said the shocking death of his controversial character was a “cool way to go”, but it was “bittersweet” to leave the series.

    Speaking in a HBO video going behind the scenes of the episodes, he described Nate as somebody “who’s made so many mistakes and so many dark choices, [so] it’s cool to see it all come to what it’s come to.”

    Some fans, however, felt differently, saying “none of his punishments felt satisfying”. While some appreciated the shock value, others decried the “Looney Tunes” level violence he had been subjected to in place of any real character development.