Early Euphoria season three leaks have landed, and people are seriously confused

It’s been years since Euphoria season two wrapped, and somehow the chaos has started before season three has even aired. After Sam Levinson dropped some eyebrow-raising details in interviews, a fresh wave of leaks, reportedly from early viewers of the first three episodes, has taken things to another level.

Here’s what’s circulating ahead of Sunday’s release.

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Rue’s story is darker, but also confusing

We already knew from earlier reveals that Rue would be in a rough place. But the new leaks suggest it’s worse than expected.

Apparently, Rue relapsed shortly after high school and hasn’t been sober since. She’s been drifting, barely in contact with her mum for two years, and is now crashing on Lexi Howard’s couch.

At one point, she tells Jules she’s “California sober”, meaning she still smokes weed but avoids harder drugs. Given everything we’ve seen before, people aren’t exactly buying that as progress.

Jules barely appears

One of the biggest shocks? Jules’ role this season sounds tiny.

Leaks claim she only appears briefly, around five minutes total, and mainly shows up at the end of an episode alongside Rosalía and Eric Dane.

For a character who was central to the show’s emotional core, people are calling this a massive downgrade.

Cassie vs Maddy gets… very weird

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The Cassie Howard and Maddy Perez dynamic is apparently still toxic, but now in a completely different way.

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Cassie allegedly DMs Maddy pretending to apologise, but actually wants her help managing an OnlyFans career. At the same time, she’s said to be taking increasingly disturbing photos of herself, including staged, infantilised imagery.

Nate doesn’t feel like Nate anymore

The biggest character shift might be Nate Jacobs.

In earlier seasons, Nate was volatile, controlling, and violent. Now, leaks suggest he’s strangely passive, even when Cassie publicly embarrasses him. Instead of exploding, he “simpers” and uses phrases like “make love”, which feels wildly out of character.

The main complaint is that this kind of personality change would require serious development, therapy, growth, consequences, and none of that seems to be shown.

Cassie and Nate’s relationship takes a darker turn

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Despite that shift, their relationship is still central. It’s been described as “deliciously miserable”, with Cassie learning how to gain power over Nate rather than just orbiting him.

That said, combined with earlier reveals about their engagement, people still think the pairing feels forced, just now with a slightly different dynamic.

Between Rue’s spiral, Jules’ near absence, Cassie’s bizarre arc, and Nate’s personality rewrite, fans are saying the same thing: It doesn’t feel cohesive.

Instead, it’s coming across like multiple separate storylines stitched together, less like a continuation of Euphoria and more like a set of loosely connected spinoffs.

Still, Sam Levinson insists this is the strongest season yet.

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