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[This story contains spoilers from #Euphoria season three, episode seven.]⁠
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Sunday night’s penultimate episode of Euphoria season three revealed a brutal death for one of its main castmembers.⁠
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After having his wedding night ruined, a finger and toe cut off and being buried alive, #JacobElordi‘s Nate Jacobs faced his fate when a venomous rattlesnake slithered its way into the hole he was buried in and bit him. All of this was the result of Nate’s business arrangement with Naz (#JackTopalian), which left him in debt. Naz later went to Cassie (#SydneySweeney) and said she had 72 hours to deliver the money Nate owed him. Alamo (#AdewaleAkinnuoye-Agbaje) then killed Naz to help Cassie and Maddie (#AlexaDemie) free Nate, but when the coffin he was buried in gets dug up, his lifeless body is revealed.⁠
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In an exclusive interview with #Esquire, the creator of the hit HBO series, #SamLevinson, unpacked what went into killing off Nate, a main character of the series since the show’s debut in 2019 who was known for being controlling and abusive.⁠
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“There’s this kind of funny thing where I know what the audience wants in terms of justice or karma and with that in mind, I always think, ‘Well, how can I give it to them?’” Levinson told the publication. “How can I give them what they want, but make it so horrific and anxiety-inducing that by the time it happens, the audience isn’t so sure they wanted it?”⁠
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The article goes on to report that Levinson “knew from the get-go that Nate was finished this season.” Nate, who endured grief, trauma and violence throughout the first two seasons, showed glimpses of humanity in season three because Levinson “muddied the moral waters.” The outlet notes that the shift was a setup for what unfolded in episode seven, “Rain or Shine.”⁠
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Read more about his take on Sunday's episode at the link in bio.

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samlevinson, jacktopalian, euphoria, sydneysweeney, esquire, adewaleakinnuoye, alexademie, jacobelordi

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