'Euphoria' Season 3 is getting messier. Here's when new episodes drop

Spoiler alert! This story includes details from Episodes 1 - 5 of HBO's "Euphoria."

"Euphoria" is pushing its characters and viewers to the edge, as everyone fights for their survival.

While Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) is finding fame and money, becoming an adult content creator with Maddy's (Alexa Demie) help, Rue (Zendaya) is in dangerous territory as she works as an informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), gathering intel on Laurie (Martha Kelly) and her gang with Alamo (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) also on her back.

Nate (Jacob Elordi), who is living off his wife's earnings, keeps losing toes and fingers as he struggles to get out from the mountain of debt he is currently buried under.

Season 3 of "Euphoria" is set five years after the events of Season 2, with the characters of Sam Levinson's HBO teen drama wrestling with the "virtue of faith, the possibility of redemption, and the problem of evil," according to the series synopsis.

The new season returned to mixed reviews. USA TODAY TV Critic Kelly Lawler gave the new season ★★ out of four, writing that in the "four years since its last season and seven years since it began, 'Euphoria' has come back to a completely different zeitgeist ‒ and not just because Sydney Sweeney, Zendaya and newly minted Oscar nominee Jacob Elordi are all bona fide A-listers bigger than the show. The world has changed, the stars have changed and 'Euphoria' has changed."

"There is less passion and vibrancy to the show, even at its most objectionable moments," she added. "The fire has gone out, the party drugs are all used up, and the lights have turned on at the club."

Here's what to know about when new episodes of "Euphoria" Season 3 will release, including the show's airtime and cast.

When do new 'Euphoria' Season 3 episodes release? Date, time

A new episode of "Euphoria" Season 3 will drop May 17 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max, with new episodes dropping weekly through May 31.

How to watch 'Euphoria' Season 3 on TV, streaming

New episodes of "Euphoria" Season 3 will air on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max at 9 p.m. ET / PT, with new episodes dropping weekly.

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'Euphoria' Season 3 episode schedule

"Euphoria" is listed to have 8 episodes. With five episodes out, here's what the rest of the season schedule looks like:

• Episode 6: May 17
• Episode 7: May 24
• Episode 8: May 31

Watch 'Euphoria' Season 3 trailer

'Euphoria' Season 3 cast

The cast for "Euphoria" Season 3, according to HBO Max, includes:

• Zendaya as Rue
• Hunter Schafer as Jules Vaughn
• Eric Dane as Cal Jacobs
• Jacob Elordi as Nate Jacobs
• Sydney Sweeney as Cassie Howard
• Alexa Demie as Maddy
• Maude Apatow as Lexi Howard
• Martha Kelly as Laurie
• Colman Domingo as Ali Muhammed
• Chloe Cherry as Faye
• Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Alamo Brown

Contributing: Kelly Lawler, Edward Segarra, USA TODAY

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