Euphoria Season 3’s ‘Horrific’ Snake Scene Branded ‘Nightmare Fuel’ By Viewers

This article contains major spoilers for the latest episode of Euphoria season three.

Euphoria’s current season has had many viewers up in arms over its various graphic scenes – but the show’s latest twist has raised eyebrows for a very different reason.

Now, you know the drill. We’re about to say what that reason is, so if you’ve not watched the episode yet, we’d recommend hanging on until you have.

Last chance, OK? Because this is a really, really big spoiler.

Well, don’t say we didn’t warn you.

Following Monday’s instalment of the award-winning US drama, viewers were shocked not just to see that Jacob Elordi’s character, Nate, had been killed off, but also the grisly way his character met his end.

Over the course of the season, Nate has landed himself in a whole lot of financial trouble, which has had major consequences for the character.

After being buried alive under his own housing development, it was discovered that Nate had died at the hands – or, rather, fangs – of a rattlesnake, who slid its way into that same enclosure.

Nate’s gruesome fate, particularly as the character thought in his final moments that the snake had come to save him, proved to be real nightmare fuel for many Euphoria fans watching along on social media:

Euphoria creator Sam Levinson told Esquire: “There’s this kind of funny thing where I know what the audience wants in terms of justice or karma and with that in mind, I always think, ‘Well, how can I give it to them?’. How can I give them what they want, but make it so horrific and anxiety-inducing that by the time it happens, the audience isn’t so sure they wanted it?”

He added: “It’s like, ‘Oh, you wanted him to get his comeuppance…? Okay’. That feeling of complicity with the audience is always an interesting note to play inside of this sort of larger structure.

“You end up going, ’Oh God, I don’t know. Should he have had it better? Did he deserve it?’ Those kinds of questions are always exciting to pose to the audience.”

The season finale of Euphoria – widely believed to be the last ever episode of the show – will premiere on Monday 1 June on Sky and Now in the UK.