Euphoria
Pilot
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 2019-06-16
Synopsis
Seventeen-year-old Rue returns home from rehab with no plans to stay clean. She meets Jules, who's new in town, at a party at McKay's house. Nate gets in McKay's head when McKay takes an interest in Cassie. Nate and Maddy, who have broken up once again, attempt to make each other jealous. Meanwhile, Kat is pressured to lose something.
Pilot desk note
From the desk: Euphoria opens its catalog run with “Pilot” (2019-06-16). Fashion, soundtrack, and Gen-Z angst as prestige event TV. Season gaps, on-set intensity lore, and every red carpet becoming a Euphoria afterparty.
In the series
This episode is part of Euphoria (2019–present) on HBO.
Teen melodrama on designer drugs and iPhone lighting — Zendaya as gravity well.
Key cast
- Zendaya as Rue Bennett
- Hunter Schafer as Jules Vaughn
- Sydney Sweeney as Cassie Howard
- Jacob Elordi as Nate Jacobs
- Alexa Demie as Maddy Perez
- Barbie Ferreira as Kat Hernandez