Euphoria (American TV series)

Euphoria is an American teen drama television series created by Sam Levinson. It is based on the Israeli miniseries of the same name created by Ron Leshem and Daphna Levi.^[4][5] Euphoria tells about a group of high school students about their experiences of sex, drugs, friendship, love, identity, and trauma.^[6] The series stars Zendaya. It was premiered on HBO on June 16, 2019.^[7][8] In July 2019, the series was continued for a second season.

Euphoria
Genre	Teen drama Tragedy[1][2][3]
Created by	Sam Levinson
Based on	Euphoria by Ron Leshem Daphna Levin Tmira Yardeni
Written by	Sam Levinson
Starring	Zendaya Maude Apatow Angus Cloud Eric Dane Alexa Demie Jacob Elordi Barbie Ferreira Nika King Storm Reid Hunter Schafer Algee Smith Sydney Sweeney Colman Domingo Javon Walton Austin Abrams Dominic Fike
Narrated by	Zendaya
Composers	Labrinth Gustave Rudman Rambali
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	18 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Sam Levinson Drake Future the Prince Lauren Santos Ron Leshem Daphna Levin Tmira Yardeni Ravi Nandan Kevin Turen Hadas Mozes Lichtenstein Mirit Toovi Yoram Mokadi Gary Lennon
Cinematography	Marcell Rév Drew Daniels Adam Newport-Berra André Chemetoff
Editors	Julio Perez IV Harry Yoon Laura Zempel
Running time	59-61 minutes
Production companies	A24 The Reasonable Bunch Little Lamb DreamCrew Tedy Productions
Original release
Network	HBO
Release	June 16, 2019 (2019-06-16) – present

Premise

Euphoria follows teenagers in the fictional town of East Highland, California, who seek hope while balancing the strains of love, loss, and addiction. Topics such as child abuse, drug abuse, toxic relationships, toxic positivity, hookup culture, mental illness, codependency, infidelity, relapsing, repressed homosexuality, sobriety, human trafficking, domestic violence, rape, toxic masculinity, drug dealing, dating violence, and grief are explored.

Cast and characters

• Zendaya as Ruby ''Rue'' Bennett, a teenage drug addict who is fresh out of rehab and struggling to find her place in the world. She serves as the show's narrator.
• Maude Apatow as Alexandra ''Lexi'' Howard, Rue's childhood best friend and Cassie's younger sister.
• Angus Cloud as Fezco ''Fez'' O'Neill, a local drug dealer with a close relationship to Rue.
• Eric Dane as Cal Jacobs, Nate's strict, demanding father with a dangerous double life.
• Alexa Demie as Madeleine ''Maddy'' Perez, a popular student and Nate's on-and-off girlfriend.
• Jacob Elordi as Nathaniel ''Nate'' Jacobs, a high school athlete, and Maddy's on-and-off abusive boyfriend, whose anger issues mask his sexual insecurities.
• Barbie Ferreira as Katherine ''Kat'' Hernandez, (seasons 1–2), a girl fighting for body positivity while exploring her sexuality.
• Nika King as Leslie Bennett, Rue and Gia's mother.
• Storm Reid as Georgia ''Gia'' Bennett, Rue's younger sister.
• Hunter Schafer as Jules Vaughn, a transgender girl who enters a turbulent relationship with Rue after moving to East Highland.
• Algee Smith as Christopher ''Chris'' McKay (season 1; guest season 2), a young football player and Cassie's ex-boyfriend who has difficulties adjusting to college.
• Sydney Sweeney as Cassandra ''Cassie'' Howard, Lexi's older sister and McKay's ex-girlfriend with an infamous sexual history that continues to haunt her.
• Colman Domingo as Ali Muhammed (b. Martin) ("Trouble Don't Last Always"; recurring seasons 1–2), a man in recovery from drug addiction who often speaks at Rue's Narcotics Anonymous meetings and eventually becomes her sponsor.
• Javon "Wanna" Walton as Ashtray O'Neill (season 2; recurring season 1), Fez's unofficially adopted "little brother" and a drug dealer.
• Austin Abrams as Ethan Daley (season 2; recurring season 1), Kat's love interest.
• Dominic Fike as Elliot (season 2–present), a new "friend" of Rue's, who comes between her and Jules.