Euphoria: this is how the third season started, without letting go of the darkness of its characters and generating intrigue with Rosalía

“Many wondered what I did since high school. Honestly, nothing good”says Ruby “Rue” Bennett (Zendaya) at the beginning of the third season of Euphoriathis Sunday at 10 p.m. on HBO and the HBO Max platform. How did you cope with your drug dependency? How will it go now? Like her, her friends in East Highland are also weighed down by the harsh choices they made in season two, four years ago: Euphoria returned to renew the dark passion it generates in its fans globally.

And now Rue You will have to choose between your addiction, recovery or danger. “You owe me one hundred thousand dollars.”former teacher and current drug dealer Laurie reminds Rue (Martha Kelly). How will you pay? “That’s how I became a drug mule.”Rue says in the first episode of the third season. In a tense bar in Mexico, near the border, They order him to swallow several fentanyl capsules and she says to herself and to the spectators: “The most important thing is to make sure that each capsule is well sealed”.

The excesses begin again in Euphoria to the morbid delight of their fans. “The danger of swallowing capsules is that if one breaks, you will die.”says Rue Bennett. And crossing the border with drugs can be a sentence: prison for life. Now adult, Rue and her friends face more problems in search of faith and redemption, always close to evil: everyone has tremendous crosses to bear. The season begins at a good pace, with Rue searching for her destiny between Mexico and the United States: like in a sarcastic narco movie.

“I made a dozen deliveries over two years and now I am their number one mule.”Rue thinks, looking at the dealers who respond to Laurie, after a profitable trip with the capsules. She also involved her friend Faye in the mule affair (Chloe Cherry), another drug addict, girlfriend of a trafficker, and together they hold their breath every time the dogs of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) smell the car in which they cross the border. Then the drug traffickers congratulate Rue: “You finally found something you’re good at.”.

And so he must pay his debt to the dangerous Laurie, but Rue She soon finds herself caught up in a large-scale criminal network that involves more drug lords and the DEA.. “Between deliveries, I earn extra money driving an Uber”says Zendaya’s character. One day he brings a guy dressed as Batman who tells him that “The city is collapsing and crime is out of control. Someone must do something.”“Rue nods in the mirror and continues driving, while she sees the streets crowded with poor people.

The one in the Batman costume gets out of Rue’s car and meets Robin and Wonder Woman. Bizarre characters have always been a trademark of Euphoriaand, although the drug tension decreases halfway through the episode, the series does not lose its studied pathos, even in moments of happiness and companionship. Sometimes Rue sleeps over at her friend Lexi Howard’s house. (Maude Apatow), who lectures her: “What are your long-term goals? You have to have plans for the future”.

But Rue answers: “Sometimes I feel that if I were in a religion my life would be better”. And Lexi tells him: “I am not going to be friends with a Christian”. And so, with disquisitions and an atmosphere that at times reminds us of westerns, Euphoria returned with its turbulent events: Celebrated for its reflection on youth conflict, mental health and social media, The series returned with a five-year time jump to expand the characters’ challenges around love, loss, narcotics, and the search for identity..

Zendaya, as Rue Bennett, remains the focus around others. Along with his fight against addictions, grief and emotional stability, he will return to his codependent relationship with Jules Vaughn (Hunter Shafer). And how is she doing? His search for affirmation was crossed by complicated situations, since the blackmail that Nate Jacobs did to him (Jacob Elordi) until his romance with Rue. In the second season, Jules explored her trans identity and told Rue’s mother about her relapse. Already in the present she is seen immersed in the world of art.

Nate JacobsJacob Elordi) spent the first two seasons struggling with his sexual insecurities and outbursts of anger, largely stemming from his troubled relationship with his father. He had a relationship with Maddy Pérez (Alexia Demie) and a terrible romance with Cassie Howard (Sydney Sweeney): both links left traumas and visible traces. Now in the third season, Nate and Cassie are engaged and living a seemingly quiet life in the suburbs.. Will they raise the money they need?

And it is she, Cassie Howard, who, guided by her search for love and her constant doubts, makes decisions with great consequences. Her relationship with Nate in season two meant the end of her friendship with Maddy Perez and that ended in a furious fight scene. Then Maddy oscillated between self-confidence and toxic relationships; she endured her volatile relationship with Nate Jacobs and suffered from Cassie Howard’s betrayal. Today Maddie works as a representative of influencers and actors.

In one of the trailers Maddy is seen helping Cassie take photos for OnlyFansbut there is a suspicion: There is no friendship there but long-term revenge. Then there’s Lexi Howard, who wrote and directed a play about her life and the lives of her friends. This changed the relationships of everyone in East Highland and defined Lexi as a powerful voice in the plot. Today he works as an assistant to the showrunner that embodies Sharon Stone. But the characters’ problems are far from over.

In the third season, in addition to Sharon Stone, Eli Roth and Natasha Lyonneamong others, along with a global figure: the Spanish artist Rosalía, in the planetary ears thanks to her celebrated album LUX. Her she will only be seen in the second episodeon Sunday, April 19: Rosalía will play Magick, a sensual dancer at the strip club Silver Slipper who wears a thick orthopedic necklace with colorful gems and will closely follow Zendaya’s character.

The first thing Rosalía will say will be “I shit on your dead people”: Magick knows the customers, he knows their secrets, and he learned to survive in the club.

To his boss, Big Eddy (Kadeem Hardison), doesn’t like Rosalía’s character wearing the necklace, but she doesn’t plan to take it off. That’s why he will say with a slight Mexican accent: “I just have to take it, do you understand?”. But your boss will answer you: “Who are you talking to? I don’t speak Spanish!”.

Rosalía had to learn the discipline of pole dancing. And before ecstatic clients, Magick will do a sensual dance with background music: “Boom boom boom”of Fatboy Slim. The scene will be intense and there will be a slow motion shot while the bills will fly around his body in that club of risk and sexuality. So, Euphoria will soon put everyone back on the ropes, without restraint, once again.

Youth drama and psychological thriller Cast: Zendaya, Hunter Shafer, Martha Kelly, Jacob Elordi, Sydney Sweeney, Alexia Demie, Maude Apatow, Chloe Cherry, Sharon Stone and Rosalía, among others Address: Sam Levinson, Augustine Frizzell, Jennifer Morrison and Pippa Bianco Creation: Sam Levinson Emission: Eight episodes on HBO and HBO Max.