Sharon Stone Calls This HBO Drama the Greatest Show on Television and Says Every Parent and Student Should Watch It
Few celebrities wade into a cultural conversation quite like Sharon Stone, and her latest take on one of television’s most talked-about dramas is no exception. The Academy Award-nominated actress has been making the rounds ahead of the final season of ‘Euphoria,’ bringing with her an unfiltered passion for the show that goes well beyond typical cast promotional duties.
Stone joined the cast of ‘Euphoria‘ Season 3, playing a Hollywood showrunner named Patty Lance, a role that puts her directly inside the entertainment machine the series has long used as backdrop. The eight-episode third and final season features a time jump that takes the characters out of high school, and it premiered in 2026, four years after Season 2. For Stone, stepping into this world was not just a career move but something deeply personal.
In a candid conversation with Keke Palmer for Variety, Stone said she considers ‘Euphoria’ the greatest show on television, connecting its portrayal of youth spiraling into drug addiction to her own family experience, including a brother who ended up in the largest prison in New York after getting pulled into the drug trade and being unable to get out despite her efforts to help him. The rawness of that admission gives weight to everything she says about the show’s cultural importance.
Stone told Palmer that when the first episode ended, she simply sat and cried, and when she later read reviews from people who wanted a happier ending, her response was that what viewers saw was deeply honest and that ‘Euphoria’ is relevant in a way that demands it be screened in every high school, with parents required to watch alongside their children. It is a bold position, but one Stone has repeated across multiple press appearances. Speaking on CBS Mornings, she similarly insisted that all parents should see the show because it reflects what is genuinely happening in the world.
The timing of these remarks coincides with a remarkable return to form for the series at the ratings level. The Season 3 premiere drew 8.5 million U.S. viewers across HBO and HBO Max in its first three days, a 44 percent increase over the Season 2 premiere, and the episode included tributes to late cast members Angus Cloud and Eric Dane. Globally, the Season 3 premiere has surpassed 20 million viewers, a 68 percent improvement on the global viewership reached by the Season 2 premiere in the same timeframe.
Stone’s enthusiasm for the series is as much about the craft behind it as the subject matter. Speaking to TODAY, she praised creator Sam Levinson and producer Ashley Levinson for building stars out of their cast, citing Zendaya, Maude Apatow, Jacob Elordi, Sydney Sweeney, and Hunter Schafer as examples of the extraordinary talent the show developed. She has also been candid about how much fun she had on set, telling Extra TV that her role in the final season is surprisingly comedic and that she cannot remember the last time she had so much fun at work.
With ‘Euphoria’ now drawing record audiences for its final run and Stone delivering some of her most passionate public advocacy for a project in years, the show’s closing chapter feels like a genuine cultural event. Whether you agree that it belongs in every classroom or think the debate itself is the point, Stone’s case for ‘Euphoria’ as essential viewing is hard to dismiss. What do you think: is ‘Euphoria’ the kind of unflinching mirror on youth that parents and teenagers genuinely need to watch together, or does it cross a line that keeps it out of the school hallway?
