Now That’s Its Over I Ask For The Last Time: What Was The Point of Euphoria?

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I take a certain pleasure that even before the final season aired, many critics were beginning to wonder if they had been wrong about Euphoria during its first two seasons. By the time it was two episodes underway all the critics who had once raved about it were having similar doubts. And by the time it staggered to its final episode last May the entire world had turned on it. No one, as far as I know, was unhappy that Sam Levenson had announced this was the end of the road.

In showing just how far Euphoria had fallen it plummeted off the list of contenders for Best Drama and indeed most other awards by the time the show was over. After receiving 18 nominations as well as a nomination for Best Drama for Season 2 it was only nominated for six Emmys and only Zendaya was nominated for Best Actress among the major cast. Colman Domingo received a final nomination for Best Guest Actor but that is far more likely to the immense respect Domingo has earned in TV in the interim between seasons. Any realistic chance of Zendaya managing a three-peat seems unlikely as Rhea Seehorn and Keri Russell have all the momentum behind them.

So now that Euphoria has sputtered to its conclusion I think it’s well past time to ask the question that really should have been…