'Euphoria' Series Finale with Creator Sam Levinson

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Sam Levinson discusses the final season of 'Euphoria' and its impact on his life and work.

"Euphoria" creator, writer, and director Sam Levinson joins IndieWire features writer Jim Hemphill to discuss the third and final season of his HBO hit. In a wide-ranging conversation, Levinson discusses how he integrates his collaborators' ideas, how his conception of the season changed during the pandemic, and how he's feeling now that he's done with the show that has consumed the last decade of his life. Read more about how Angus Cloud's death impacted Season 3 - https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/euphoria-angus-cloud-fentanyl-impacted-season-3-1235188504/ Check out IndieWire's ranking of every episode of "Euphoria" - https://www.indiewire.com/lists/euphoria-every-episode-ranking/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Host: Jim Hemphill

Guest: Sam Levinson

Topics covered

• Euphoria
• HBO
• television
• season finale
• collaboration
• pandemic impact

Keywords

• Euphoria
• Sam Levinson
• HBO
• season finale
• Angus Cloud
• pandemic
• collaboration

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Organizations: HBO

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