Euphoria: Season 1 (2019)

SEASON:

Season 1
Euphoria

Critics Consensus

Though at times hard to watch, Euphoria balances its brutal honesty with an empathetic -- and visually gorgeous -- eye to create a uniquely challenging and illuminating series, held together by a powerfully understated performance from Zendaya.

82%

TOMATOMETER

Critic Ratings: 94

84%

Audience Score

User Ratings: 969

Other TV Shows

Rate And Review

User image

Verified

  • User image

    Super Reviewer

    Rate this season

    Oof, that was Rotten.

    Meh, it passed the time.

    It’s good – I’d recommend it.

    Awesome!

    So Fresh: Absolute Must See!

    What did you think of this tv season? (optional)



  • User image

    Super Reviewer

    Step 2 of 2

    How did you buy your ticket?

    Let's get your review verified.

    You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket.

  • User image

    Super Reviewer

    Rate this season

    Oof, that was Rotten.

    Meh, it passed the time.

    It’s good – I’d recommend it.

    Awesome!

    So Fresh: Absolute Must See!

    What did you think of this tv season? (optional)

  • How did you buy your ticket?

Episodes

Air date: Jun 16, 2019

Rue is a teenage girl who experiences, along with her high school classmates, the ups and downs of love and friendship in a world of drugs, sex, violence and social networks.

View Details
Air date: Jun 23, 2019

On the first day of school, Rue's excited about her new friend, Jules, but struggles to put the past behind her and gets into trouble at Fezco's. Nate becomes obsessed with Maddy's (Alexa Demie) hookup, Tyler, while trying to get back together with Maddy. Kat finds out that a video of her has surfaced online. McKay takes the stress of college out on Cassie.

View Details
Air date: Jun 30, 2019

High school students discover their identities while dealing with love, trauma, and social media.

View Details
Air date: Jul 7, 2019

Rue tries to get clean for Jules and chaperones Gia at the carnival. Jules encounters Cal with his family. Cassie and Maddy, annoyed at their boyfriends, decide to do molly together. Kat hangs out with Ethan until she misreads a situation. Nate reveals who he really is.

View Details
Air date: Jul 14, 2019

In the aftermath of the carnival, Maddy and Nate are forced to deal with a police investigation. Jules begins to feel pressured by her role in Rue's sobriety. Kat ignores a confused Ethan and embraces her new lifestyle. Cassie tries to distance herself from Daniel and focus on her relationship with McKay. Cal worries about how his actions have affected his sons.

View Details
Air date: Jul 21, 2019

On Halloween, Rue worries about her reliance on Jules, while Jules starts exhibiting concerning behavior. McKay questions his future in football. After a weird night with McKay, Cassie spends some time with Daniel. Business is booming for Kat as she continues to push Ethan away. Nate comes up with a plan to get his life back on track.

View Details
Air date: Jul 28, 2019

Rue gets depressed and watches 22 straight episodes of a British reality show; Jules goes to visit an old friend; Cassie looks for advice in the aftermath of Halloween night.

View Details
Air date: Aug 4, 2019

In the Season 1 finale, it's the winter formal at East Highland.

View Details

Euphoria: Season 1 Videos

Euphoria: Season 1 Photos

Tv Season Info

The drama series follows the life of a group of teenagers dealing with sex, parties and drug abuse. Rue (Zendaya) has come out of rehab but has no plans to remain clean, Jules (Hunter Schafer) is a transgender girl who has hard time trying to fit in, Nate (Jacob Elordi) struggles with sexual insecurities, Chris (Algee Smith) is having trouble adjusting to college life, Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) can't seem to escape her past, and Kat (Barbie Ferreira) is trying to explore her sexuality. In Season 1, the kids go through many challenging events, but despite the difficulties they learn to deal with what life throws at them.

Cast

Zendaya
as Rue Bennett
Maude Apatow
as Lexi Howard
Angus Cloud
as Fezco
Eric Dane
as Cal Jacobs
Alexa Demie
as Maddy Perez
Jacob Elordi
as Nate Jacobs
Barbie Ferreira
as Kat Hernandez
Nika King
as Leslie Bennett
Storm Reid
as Gia Bennett
Hunter Schafer
as Jules Vaughn
Sydney Sweeney
as Cassie Howard
Show More Cast

News & Interviews for Euphoria: Season 1

Critic Reviews for Euphoria Season 1

All Critics (94) | Top Critics (34)

But getting "real" doesn't have to mean diving head first into a cesspool of drugs, profanity, promiscuity and a borderline indifference to it all. That's where Euphoria so far fails not only itself, but the many impressionable youth.

Dec 12, 2019 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
Top Critic

A coming-of-age show caked in glittery hedonism...

Aug 5, 2019 | Full Review…

It's heated up, it's blunt, it's lurid - but artfully so.

Aug 1, 2019 | Full Review…

Trolling the Family Research Council with graphic scenes of underage sex, violence, and drug use is easy to do. What's harder is using the same kind of imagery and action to make a point, or a change.

Jun 19, 2019 | Full Review…

That it's easy to buy into Euphoria's nihilistic vision of adolescence as distilled misery says more about us than it does about teenagers: Some people just love a good scare.

Jun 17, 2019 | Full Review…
Top Critic

The series is certainly aesthetically pleasing and well-directed, with smooth camera work that boosts the characters' interior lives. But the writing is shaky, filled with clunky lines and not-so-twisty plot twists.

Jun 13, 2019 | Full Review…
Top Critic

The Euphoria season 1 finale was full of the highest of highs and the lowest of lows.

Mar 24, 2020 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…

An uncomfortable and visceral drama. [Full Review in Spanish]

Jun 18, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Euphoria is not just a teen drama riding its own shockwaves. It's a kaleidoscopic study of the Juul generation...

Dec 16, 2019 | Full Review…

It's an almost entirely character-driven series but that makes it no less thrilling, and it's only graphic because it needs to be.

Dec 12, 2019 | Full Review…

It's whip smart, often funny, sometimes sad and, hands down, the best new show of 2019.

Dec 12, 2019 | Full Review…

It's horrifying, yes, and salacious, but it's not just shocking for the sake of shock value.

Dec 12, 2019 | Full Review…

Audience Reviews for Euphoria: Season 1

  • Aug 05, 2020
    Outstanding story, thr music and colors they use in each scene are just perfect, is one of my favorite tv shows ever
  • Jul 30, 2020
    Toxic masculinity. Underage girls getting raped by 40 yr old men. Boys verbally abusing girls while the insecure girls allow it, and spread their legs for them. Is this what we call entertainment now? Absolutely horrible show!
  • Jul 29, 2020
    Euphoria tries too hard to shock but it ultimately just bore, even if the show benefits from committed performances by its cast and a bravura performance by Zendaya Coleman.
  • Jul 26, 2020
    Chile a full on masterpiece
  • Jul 23, 2020
    The first great drama show of and for gen Z.
  • Jul 15, 2020
    Despite its dark, heavy, and at times unstable source material, Euphoria counters it all with psychedelically artistic and light-hearted moments that captures the confusing and complicated emotions and experiences of high school and growing up today. The show somehow juggles real issues that plague teens' physical and mental well-being today, such as drug abuse, depression, trauma, sexuality, toxic masculinity through the ever-accessible lens of social media. The entire cast are incredibly angsty and heart-breaking in their performances, with Zendaya and even Jacob Elordi as stand outs for me.
  • Jun 28, 2020
    Extremely well done and wonderfully atmospheric, Euphoria is a frightening tale of human struggles. Highly recommended, but if you are squeamish it will be a tough watch!
  • Jun 19, 2020
    This show is visually beautiful. The director really knew what he was doing with this. You somehow feel connected to the characters, and they are very "human". It successfully talks about serious issues surrounding teenagers nowadays. It's an experience. It shows crude realities in a visually beautiful way. The characters are very well done, and you're not going to get bored watching this. In the first episodes, there's a lot of nudity, like, a lot, and very graphic content, so if you're sensitive to this kind of stuff, just try to search for eye contact, because I truly recommend this show.
  • May 30, 2020
    Crafted to absolute excellence by Sam Levinson and literally ITS ENTIRE CAST, and encompassing an emotionally agonizing, downright nail-biting finale, Euphoria is guaranteed to catch you off-guard and floor you, whether it be from one or the other of seven equally significant and heart-wrenching character plot lines.
  • May 26, 2020
    This is definitely modern hard core film noir, not for the faint of heart. It has drug abuse, abortion, physical abuse, date rape, revenge, rampant promiscuity, cruelty, deception, revenge porn, extreme corruption, attempted murder, etc. Oh yeah, and it's all about teenagers in high school. The good: creative directing and cinematography. super realistic, non-apologetic takes on drug abuse, rehabilitation, mental health. very realistic portrayal of the struggles of transgender individuals. great acting. suspenseful. The bad: some of the messaging is twisted to say the least. Here is a sample: -teenagers are extremely promiscuous and use sex as a weapon of cruelty, manipulation, and money -immodesty is to be celebrated -murder through abortion is a convenient way to escape the consequences of said extreme promiscuity -christians, christianity, and conservative nuclear families are the enemy. The most evil antagonists in the movie are called out as a conservative, American family. It just illustrates the war the film industry loves to wage against Christianity, traditional families, and the American Dream. I'm surprised the dad wasn't wearing a MAGA hat. -post me-too era, the film industry has decided to go to extreme male nudity with almost zero female nudity. 99% of the nudity is male with multiple full frontal. Female nudity is almost non-existent. -the suburbs is where evil and hypocrisy lurks, the city is where you find freedom and joy, a very political statement. Has a very "The Graduate" vibe. -oh and I almost forgot, drug dealers, at least those selling to teenagers, are kind, thoughtful, and caring. Rue's drug dealer plays a protagonist, hero figure. Crazy and sometimes highly political messaging. But if you like film noir, I think you'll like this.

News & Features