HBO’s hit drama Euphoria has always pushed boundaries, but the latest episode of Season 3 has many viewers asking a hard question. After watching Sydney Sweeney’s character, Cassie Howard, get violently thrown through a glass table, fans are wondering if the show has crossed a line. The conversation has grown bigger, with people now asking if Euphoria is only about humiliating women.
The scene happened in Episode 7, titled “Rain or Shine,” which aired on May 24, 2026. In the episode, Cassie’s life falls apart quickly. She loses her TV show, and her friend Maddy takes over her career. Then, things turn scary. Loan sharks kidnap Cassie to force her husband Nate to pay his debts. They pick her up and throw her through a glass table. The men then drag her by her feet.
Cassie’s Painful Storyline Gets Worse in Episode 7
This violent moment did not come out of nowhere. Euphoria Season 3 has put Cassie through a lot. At the start of the season, viewers saw her making strange and explicit content on OnlyFans. In one scene, she dressed like a dog while Nate pulled her leash. In another, she wore baby clothes with a pacifier. These scenes made many people feel uncomfortable even before the attack.
This season, Cassie’s problems kept growing. She married Nate, tried to start a career on a TV show, and managed her online account. Nothing worked out for her. Fans point out that almost every scene with Cassie ends badly. She gets slapped, humiliated, and now physically attacked. One social media user wrote, “This show is a humiliation ritual of a blonde white women by an Israeli director.”
Fans Question Creator Sam Levinson’s Choices
The backlash is not just about the glass table scene. Viewers are looking at the whole season and asking why the female characters suffer so much. People are specifically blaming the show’s creator, Sam Levinson.
Critics say Levinson seems to enjoy punishing Cassie. One viewer posted on X, “Sam Levinson writes Cassie’s scenes like he’s personally holding a grudge against her. Why is she always fighting for her life in a pink dress?” Another person wrote, “Why is every clip I see of this show involving a woman being abused or humiliated?”
The numbers show that many people agree. The Season 3 premiere scored the lowest rating in the show’s history on IMDb with a 6.8/10. On Rotten Tomatoes, the audience score dropped to only 42%. Critics have also turned against the show. The Guardian gave it two stars, calling it “desperate and absolutely not worth the wait.”
The Show’s Treatment of Sydney Sweeney’s Character Draws Strong Reactions
The conversation has grown beyond just the story. Many fans are worried about how the show uses Sydney Sweeney. They feel the plot makes her do things just for shock value.
The show also killed off Nate Jacobs in the same episode. Jacob Elordi’s character died after a rattlesnake bit him while he was buried alive in a coffin. While that death was shocking, most of the angry comments focused on Cassie’s beating.
OnlyFans creators and sex workers have also criticized the show. They say the way Euphoria shows online work is wrong and harmful. Maitland Ward, an OnlyFans creator who starred in Boy Meets World, called the baby outfit scene “beyond troubling.” She told Variety, “In the climate we’re in, that they dressed her up as a baby to make pornographic OnlyFans content was beyond troubling.”
Even Megyn Kelly spoke out against the show. She said, “The truth is, this is sexualizing infancy… I can’t believe she agreed to this.”
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Viewers Ask: Are Women Ever Safe on Euphoria?
The main question fans keep asking is simple. One user wrote, “This entire reason is just Cassie being humiliated and degraded in different ways.” Another person posted, “Does this show have one scene where women aren’t getting abused or humiliated?”
Some critics point out that Euphoria is based on an Israeli series. But most viewers are not focused on that. They just want to know why the show keeps hurting Cassie. In the first two seasons, Cassie was a sad but understandable character. She wanted love and made bad choices. Now, fans say she is just a punching bag.
The season has two episodes left. Episode 8, the finale, will air on May 31, 2026 on HBO and Max. It is not clear if the show will return for a fourth season. Sam Levinson has said this might be the natural ending for the series.
For now, the damage to the show’s reputation is clear. What once was a cultural hit is now facing serious questions about misogyny and shock value. Sydney Sweeney has not commented on the specific attack scene. But earlier in the season, she told The Hollywood Reporter that she was shocked when she read the script. “I remember I called Sam [Levinson] and went, ‘Oh my god.’ It was just a big, huge exhale,” she said.
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