In Euphoria‘s third season, Sydney Sweeney‘s Cassie seems to be taking nude scenes as far as HBO might allow, and she isn’t showing signs of stopping.
From a sexualized baby costume to an almost full-frontal shot to a scene wearing only a skin-coloured thong and a python around her neck, Cassie is bearing it all, and for many who once loved Sam Levinson’s show, the only question remaining is: have we seen enough yet?
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For those who once resonated with Euphoria’s stripped bare portrayal of drug abuse and the often traumatizing realities of navigating sex and partying as a teen, it is widely accepted that the show has descended into a parody of itself in its third season. No character exemplifies that quite like Cassie.
The Cassie we knew in seasons past was often nude. Her storyline in early seasons was primarily centered on being used for her body and discarded by men in her life. This involved many a sex scene, but in season three, things have progressed (or regressed, depending on how you look at it.) Now a neo-tradwife to Jacob Elordi’s Nate, Cassie is trying to make it as an OnlyFans star.
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Rather than interrogate why Cassie has turned towards this career path, the show reduces her to a vapid, fame-chasing housewife to a man who, despite him perpetrating physical and sexual abuse in early seasons of the show, is now framed as a hard-working man trying to wrangle an unruly, ungrateful wife.
As the episode roll on, so do Cassie’s provocative scenes. While many women who’ve come of age watching Euphoria might agree that the girls on the show haven’t been allowed to grow up, Sweeney is the first to credit the show for allowing her self-confidence to grow. “I don’t get nervous. [I] gained so much confidence and self-awareness on Euphoria. I think that the female body is a very powerful thing,” she told W Magazine in June 2025. “And I’m telling my character’s story, so I owe it to them to tell it well and to do what needs to be done.”