{"id":309,"date":"2026-04-30T12:30:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/staging-filmshrine\/?p=309"},"modified":"2026-04-30T09:38:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T09:38:48","slug":"rejected-euphoria-season-3-plots-are-even-worse-than-you-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/04\/30\/rejected-euphoria-season-3-plots-are-even-worse-than-you-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"Help, the rejected Euphoria Season 3 plots are even worse than we thought"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re unhappy with the direction Euphoria season three is going in, you might have a different view on the series after reading the rejected plots that didn\u2019t make the final cut.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Listen, Euphoria\u2019s third outing took a <\/span>long<\/span><\/i> time to make it to our screens, and (alongside all the off-screen drama) it\u2019s one of the many reasons the HBO show is facing so much scrutiny.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sam Levinson had years to perfect the script, and yet storylines like Rue (Zendaya) becoming a drug mule and Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) launching her OnlyFans career have been met with criticism.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But while some of what we got is divisive, the ideas that were scrapped prove things could\u2019ve easily gone in an even stranger direction – whether that\u2019s \u201cdodged a bullet\u201d or \u201cwait, that would\u2019ve worked\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rue as a Private Detective would have made zero sense<\/h3>\n
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Credit: HBO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Remember in Euphoria season one when Rue did her best Veronica Mars impression during her manic episodes? Well, this could\u2019ve become a genuine career path in the new chapter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Back in 2024, <\/span>Variety<\/span><\/a> spoke with HBO insiders about the production of season three, who said the early revised scripts had relegated Rue to the background and had her working as a private detective.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It shouldn\u2019t be all that surprising that the insiders said HBO very quickly shut down the idea – a Euphoria with minimal Rue would be criminal, let alone making her hunt <\/span>down<\/span><\/i> the criminals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Zendaya pitched Rue as a pregnancy surrogate but HBO didn\u2019t approve<\/h3>\n
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Credit: HBO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another rejected plot line was one pitched by Zendaya herself: Rue, now sober as a twentysomething young woman, becoming a pregnancy surrogate in Euphoria season three.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This one actually sounds quite promising on paper – it would\u2019ve allowed the character to evolve without just making her a mother. But according to the HBO insiders, it didn\u2019t match the tone of the show, and so it was another idea that went on the cutting room floor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One early draft saw Cassie as Nate\u2019s stalker and if only it were true<\/h3>\n

Remember in season two, when a wide-eyed Cassie declared to Nate, \u201cI am <\/span>crazier<\/span><\/i>“?<\/span>\u00a0Now just imagine that emotional intensity had been built up over five years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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@hbo<\/a> <\/p>\n

Consider me spooked. #euphoria<\/a> #HBO<\/a> #JacobElordi<\/a> #SydneySweeney<\/a><\/p>\n

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