Euphoria Season 3 Suffers Major Delay — When Will Zendaya's HBO Series Return?

It's a tough time right now for those of us who live to consume the neverending cavalcade of pop culture that we've been indulging in for over a decade. With the SAG-AFTRA strike looking like it could be ongoing for months, many of our favorite shows and movies are set to be delayed indefinitely, including critical darlings like HBO's "Euphoria."

While Sam Levinson's hard-hitting teen drama has wowed fans and critics alike over the course of its first two seasons, things are looking a little more bleak for "Euphoria" following the failure of "The Idol." Levinson took over the series from Amy Seimetz, and unfortunately, the results bordered on total unwatchability, with the show being trounced on all sides.

Now, the already delayed third season of "Euphoria" is set to take even longer to arrive, with a Variety report suggesting that there won't be new episodes until 2025. This leaves at least a three-year gap between Season 2 and Season 3, making it somewhat difficult to keep up the veneer that the show's stars are still in high school. Luckily, Levinson at least has a plan for that aspect of the series.

Reports suggest that Season 3 of "Euphoria" is set to take place after a five-year time jump. Though this will help to match things up with the actual ages of its stars, it will also change the nature of the show in a lot of ways.

Notably, Chris (Algee Smith) was more or less written out of the show in Season 2, being that his character was away at college and largely disconnected from the events of the rest of the "Euphoria" characters. How the series will keep the characters together and regularly interacting with one another will thus be the biggest challenge that Season 3 will likely face.

With other HBO series like "The Last of Us" and Max series like "The Penguin" and "Peacemaker" also set to be delayed by the SAG-AFTRA strike, it's going to be rough going for fans of prestige TV for the next little while. With that in mind, all we can do is cross our fingers that SAG-AFTRA gets a good deal sooner rather than later so that everyone can get back to enjoying some fresh, high-quality television.