Will ‘Euphoria’ Return for Season 4? Here’s What We Know so Far

Few shows have kept audiences on the edge of their seats quite like ‘Euphoria,’ HBO’s glittery and devastating portrait of young people trying to survive themselves. After a four-year gap since Season 2, the drama returned in April with a time-jumped third season that aged its characters well past high school and into a harsher, stranger world. The season premiered to 8.5 million viewers in its first three days, a figure that represented a 44 percent jump compared to Season 2’s debut.

The road to Season 3 was anything but smooth, with delays piling up due to creator Sam Levinson’s other commitments, followed by the dual WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes in late 2023 that stretched the timeline even further. Levinson also reportedly approached HBO with ideas that included a private investigator arc for Rue, concepts the network ultimately decided to set aside in favor of staying creatively in line with the previous two seasons.

Now that the finale has aired, the conversation consuming the fandom is a deceptively simple one, is this actually the end? The Season 3 finale, titled “In God We Trust,” delivered a 93-minute extended episode that marked a potential conclusion to the HBO drama, though the show’s future remained officially undecided as HBO technically listed it as a “season finale” rather than a “series finale.” Levinson told Variety in April that he writes “every season like it’s the last season” and had “no plans” for a possible Season 4.

Zendaya has been somewhat more direct. Speaking on The Drew Barrymore Show, the Emmy-winning actress said “I think so, yeah” when Barrymore asked whether Season 3 would be the show’s final chapter, adding plainly that “closure is coming.” Elsewhere in the same interview, Zendaya spoke about how “proud” she was of her work on ‘Euphoria,’ saying the show “cracked my heart open” and that Rue had taught her “so much about life.” Those are not the words of someone expecting a call sheet anytime soon.

Beyond the creative side of things, a potential fourth installment would depend heavily on viewership, reception, and audience demand, all of which will be calculated now that the current season has wrapped. Even if a renewal did come through, the gap between seasons would likely be significant, given that Season 3 itself arrived nearly four years after Season 2. The show’s future is further complicated by the busy schedules of its in-demand cast, many of whom have become full-blown Hollywood stars since the series first premiered.

The season also unfolded under the shadow of real loss, as it marked the first run without Angus Cloud, who played beloved character Fez and died in July 2023, while Eric Dane also appeared in one of his final filmed performances following his death earlier this year. Those absences have given the season an elegiac weight that is hard to separate from the question of whether ‘Euphoria’ can or should continue.

HBO has yet to confirm that there will not be another season, and some of Levinson’s more ambiguous quotes have raised eyebrows about whether “no plans” truly means never. For now, Rue Bennett’s fate hangs in the balance alongside the show itself, and the only people with real answers are staying quiet.

So what do you think, should ‘Euphoria’ end here with Season 3 and let Rue’s story close on its own terms, or do you believe the show still has more to say?