Euphoria Season 3 Episode 8 “In God We Trust” wasn’t just the Euphoria Season 3 finale, but the series finale of the HBO hit. For three seasons, we’ve watched Rue (Zendaya) battle her own internal demons and tussle with some seriously terrifying criminals.
Does Rue die in Euphoria? Do Maddy (Alexa Demie) and Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) stay friends? Does anyone in Euphoria have a happy ending?
**Spoilers for Euphoria Season 3 Episode 8 “In God We Trust,” now streaming on HBO Max**
Last week’s episode of Euphoria ended with Nate’s (Jacob Elordi) grisly end (courtesy of a rattlesnake) and Rue’s fate not looking much better. Over the course of the over 90-minute-long Euphoria finale, Rue is repeatedly shot at, pulled across a California dirt road by a lasso, tempted by her addictions, and granted a vision of a new day where Fezco (Angus Clous) escaped jail using parkour and she’s reunited with her mother (Nika King) and father.
However, it’s soon apparent that Rue’s wild journey back to the place where it all began — her childhood home — isn’t reality. In fact, something awful has happened.
So how does Euphoria end? Who dies in the epic Euphoria Season 3 finale. Here’s everything you need to know about the end of HBO’s Euphoria…
Euphoria Ending Explained: Does Rue Die in Euphoria?
Yes, Rue dies about halfway through the final episode of Euphoria. She is killed when she takes a small dose of what she thinks is Percocet for her pain, but is actually fentanyl given to her by Alamo (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje).
In the cold open of the Euphoria finale, Rue manages to escape Laurie’s (Martha Kelly) compound with a trash bag full of Alamo’s secret hoard, but she’s injured in the process. Alamo insists that she takes a week off and even gives her a Percocet pill with a bottle of coke for the pain. He tells her get stitched up and promises to pay for her bills. He also left his bottle of Percocet out for her as a gift.
After going to the hospital, Rue goes to Ali’s (Colman Domingo) house to crash on the couch. She’s been resisting the painkillers for now, but when her newly-stitched up hand aches too badly, she considers the bottle of Percocet that Alamo gave her.
Euphoria seemingly jumps to the next morning and Fezco has made a miraculous escape. She remembers her promise and rushes home to help him, sneaking into her house and reuniting with her mother and father. It’s all a dream, though. The real morning comes and Ali discovers Rue dead on the couch. He tests the Percocet and confirms it’s laced with fentanyl.
Who Dies in the Euphoria Series Finale?
The first character to die in the Euphoria Season 3 finale is none other than Laurie (Martha Kelly). When the DEA agents swarm her homestead, everyone else either flees or complies, but she chooses death. “I can’t go to prison,” she says before disappearing. She’s next seen on the roof with a rope. While the DEA thinks she’s trying to escape, she dies by suicide instead. She hangs herself.
Rue is the next character to die on screen.
More to come…
