Rue Bennett is dead, and so is the show that turned Zendaya into a household name. HBO aired the series finale of “Euphoria” on Sunday night, killing off its lead character before the credits and then closing the door on the franchise for good.
The episode, titled “In God We Trust,” ran 93 minutes, the longest in the show’s history. Rue overdoses on painkillers laced with fentanyl, a death she did not cause.
Creator Sam Levinson confirmed there will be no fourth season during an appearance on the New York Times’ “Popcast.” HBO backed the announcement. After seven years, three seasons and 26 episodes, the show is over.
Fans did not take it quietly. Social media filled with grief and frustration overnight, much of it aimed at a finale that let Rue spend the season getting clean only to die from pills she never chose to take. Others fixated on Ali, played by Colman Domingo, killing the dealer who supplied the fatal dose.
The reaction split between viewers who called the ending honest and viewers who called it cruel.
