The third season of ”Euphoria” is finishing with a proper flex: its final episode, ”In God We Trust,” is reportedly set to run 93 minutes. That would put the Euphoria season 3 finale level with ”The Wire” for the longest series finale in HBO history, a neat little tie for a network that likes to pretend it never chases records.
The number is doing a lot of work here. Ninety-three minutes is feature-film territory, and HBO has used that format before for finales it wanted to feel larger than life. ”Succession” ended at 90 minutes, ”Westworld” also got 90, while ”Game of Thrones” wrapped at 82 and ”The Sopranos” at 75.
What the finale length suggests
Long finales usually mean one of two things: a creator wants room to land every thread, or a broadcaster wants the goodbye to feel like an event. In ”Euphoria,” both motivations fit. The show has always treated emotional chaos like a prestige sport, and after the long gap between seasons, HBO has every reason to make the ending feel like appointment television.
The series returns Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney, and Jacob Elordi to the screen, with Sam Levinson still in charge. The story moves beyond high school, which gives the finale an easier excuse to stretch out: fewer classroom callbacks, more fallout, more adult mess, which is basically the franchise’s native language.
How HBO’s biggest finales compare
- ”Euphoria” season 3 finale: 93 minutes
- ”The Wire” finale: 93 minutes
- ”Succession” finale: 90 minutes
- ”Westworld” finale: 90 minutes
- ”Game of Thrones” finale: 82 minutes
- ”The Sopranos” finale: 75 minutes
That list says as much about HBO’s branding as it does about running time. The network has long used long-form endings to signal importance, and ”Euphoria” now gets the same treatment as its heavyweight predecessors. Whether the episode earns that scale is the real question, because a long finale can look bold in a press release and bloated on a couch.
When the Euphoria season 3 finale airs
The final episode is scheduled for 31 May. If the runtime report is right, viewers should prepare for something closer to an event movie than a standard TV hour. And if ”Euphoria” sticks the landing, HBO gets to add another very loud line to its history books.