Euphoria's third season uses rage-bait to reflect Gen Z nihilism in the age of Andrew Tate

Louis Staples

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The article analyzes how Euphoria's third season has evolved into a form of "rage-bait" television, deliberately crafting shocking and outrageous moments to dominate social media feeds. It argues that the show mirrors the nihilism of Gen Z, a generation shaped by figures like Andrew Tate and Bonnie Blue, reflecting grim realities around sex work, digital exploitation, and desensitization. The piece critiques Sam Levinson's approach while acknowledging that the show's provocative nature is precisely the point — holding a mirror to a generation navigating a fractured, hyper-online world.

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The third season of Euphoria has been almost impossible to ignore for anyone with a smartphone.

Even before we reach the season finale, we've seen OnlyFans storylines, pup play, sugar daddies, mummification fetishes, a disastrous wedding, fingers and toes being sliced off, venomous snake attacks, cockatoo assassinations (RIP Paladin), gangster shootouts...