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It\u2019s an emotional day for fans of \u201cEuphoria.\u201d<\/p>\n

The HBO series ended its three-season run on May 31 with a series finale that killed off a major character and left viewers reaching for the tissue box.<\/p>\n

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Who died and how did the show\u2019s creator explain the tragic ending?<\/p>\n

Rue Bennett, played by Zendaya, died of a fatal overdose in the \u201cEuphoria\u201d series finale.<\/p>\n

Over the last few seasons, viewers have seen the character navigate an addiction to drugs. In the finale, crime lord Alamo Brown (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) learns Rue, one of his subordinates, has been working as informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration to take down both Alamo and rival drug kingpin Laurie (Martha Kelly).<\/p>\n

After Rue is injured while robbing Laurie, Alamo gives her a Percocet, which she takes. He also gives her a bag of cash and a bottle of more pills.<\/p>\n

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She gets her hand stitched up at a hospital before going to the house of her mentor Ali (Colman Domingo). She listens to an audio recording of the book of Genesis and holds the pill bottle.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s seen the next morning watching the news, which appears to show her friend Fezco (played by late actor Angus Cloud) breaking out of prison.<\/p>\n

She races to meet up with him, during which she sees flashes of her younger self, Jules (Hunter Schafer) and Fez. She finally returns to her childhood home, reunites with her mother, Leslie (Nika King), and hugs her father.<\/p>\n

But it was all a dream sequence, and Rue had actually died on Ali\u2019s couch. He finds her the next morning and cries over her body. He takes the pills found beside her body, and they come up positive for fentanyl.<\/p>\n

The rest of the finale sees Ali get revenge, and he eventually shoots Alamo dead in his own strip club.<\/p>\n

During an interview with The New York Times pop culture show \u201cPopcast,\u201d \u201cEuphoria\u201d writer, director and creator Sam Levinson explained his motivations for ending the series on a somber note.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn terms of the story that we set out to tell, which is a story about addiction and its consequences, this feels like the end to me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Levinson acknowledged that the show\u2019s ending was \u201ctragic,\u201d but said \u201cit\u2019s also the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf you are experimenting or taking drugs today, it\u2019s very possible it\u2019ll kill you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Levinson described the series finale as a tribute to Cloud, who died of an accidental overdose in 2023, and said he\u2019d originally written a \u201cdifferent trajectory\u201d for Rue\u2019s character.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut once he passed away, I had to reconceive the script and I thought, you can\u2019t tell a story about addiction today without the very real consequences,\u201d he said. \u201cMost people don\u2019t get a second chance. Fentanyl can just take you out in an instant.\u201d<\/p>\n

Levinson, a former addict, said showing a realistic portrayal of addiction \u201cfelt like the responsible thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In Season 3, Rue\u2019s addiction played a less prominent role in the series than it had in the first two seasons. Levinson noted that this was intentional.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can go through different phases of addiction where you\u2019re using every single second of a day to feeling like you kind of have your life together. Maybe you smoke a little weed, you drink, but it\u2019s not the most pressing issue. But that addictive personality is always underneath the surface,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

A post-show segment on HBO showed Levinson describing the series finale as \u201can honest ending.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think in the end, I wanted to tell an honest story about addiction. I also wanted to tell a story about grief and the emotional turmoil that it can create,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe honest ending is people like Rue don\u2019t make it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Levinson elaborated on the inspiration he drew from Cloud\u2019s experiences with addiction.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI wanted to tell the story for Angus and for people who weren\u2019t granted a second chance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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