The horrific fate of one character was finally revealed in HBO's hit drama Euphoria — and fans are far from pleased. In the penultimate episode of the third and final season, a dramatic twist saw Nate Jacobs meet an unexpected end, leaving viewers underwhelmed.
What happens to Nate in Euphoria Season 3?
Season 3, episode 7 features a major character death. Nate is kidnapped by Naz over a $1 million debt. Cassie, who had been generating income through online adult content, shuts down her account instead of using the money to repay the debt. Naz, having already sent one of Nate's fingers to Cassie, loses patience. He buries Nate alive in a coffin with a tube protruding above ground. Meanwhile, another thug attacks Cassie, slamming her into a glass table and tying her up. She is given 72 hours to come up with the money, which is how long Nate can survive underground.
However, a rattlesnake slithers down the pipe into Nate's coffin. As he screams for help, the snake bites and kills him. Alamo and Maddy eventually help Cassie. Alamo suggests he will get the money but instead shoots Naz dead. After digging up the coffin, they discover Nate's body.
Fan reaction to Nate's death
Most of Season 3 has not been well received by longtime fans, and Nate's death is no exception. Viewers quickly took to social media to express their disappointment. One fan on the Euphoria subreddit said: 'Well, even after everything, I do want to say thank you to Jacob Elordi for giving us a character we all hated. I really was not a fan of his storyline this season, but he gave us a powerful performance.' Another added: 'Can't stop thinking about how Nate died in an objectively insane way but it still managed to feel unceremonious to me somehow.'
Someone else commented: 'Nate's character was so insanely wasted man… that death felt so anticlimactic he went from genuinely compelling in S1 and S2 to a plot device that did nothing but get tortured all season.' One viewer replied: 'I feel like Nate's death would have been more impactful if the character actually acted like Nate at all this season; it felt like a new character that looks like Nate died.' Another agreed: 'Nate's death completely anticlimactic and unearned, not at all related to any sort of karma for the shit he pulled in season 1-2, related to some random debt that we really didn't give a shit about.'
Euphoria creator and writer Sam Levinson told Esquire about the character death: '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?'
Euphoria is streaming on HBO Max and NOW.
