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Euphoria<\/em><\/a> creator Sam Levinson<\/strong> revealed how he was inspired to write the death scene for the most recent episode of the drama series.<\/p>\n

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Spoilers below for Euphoria season 3 episode 7.<\/em><\/p>\n

In the Sunday, May 24, penultimate episode, Euphoria<\/em> fans watched Jacob Elordi<\/strong>‘s character, Nate Jacobs, suffer a horrific death<\/a>. During the episode, Nate’s debt came back to bite him – literally – as he was locked underground in a coffin for 72 hours.<\/p>\n

His wife, Cassie (Sydney Sweeney<\/strong>), was forced to pay the loan sharks in an attempt to save Nate. Cassie and Maddy (Alexa Demie)<\/strong> were able to dig up Nate, only to see he was killed by several rattlesnake bites.<\/p>\n

Levinson, 41, shared that the idea to bury Nate alive was an homage to one of his favorite films.<\/p>\n

“I always loved the movie The Candy Snatchers<\/em> where the girl gets buried alive with a pipe as an air hole. So I had imagined that Nate would get buried alive,” the creator said in an interview with Esquire<\/em><\/a> published on Monday, May 25.<\/p>\n

Not only was Nate buried alive, but there were snakes involved and that idea came to Levinson while enjoying a sunny day in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

“It was one of those gorgeous L.A. days where it was perfect weather. We’re listening to Otis Redding<\/strong>. The windows are down and we’re driving to Warner Brothers and I’m looking out the window,” he reflected. “I just had this image of a rattlesnake coming towards this pipe. He’s banging and the snake can sense the movement in the ground. And I thought, \u2018What if the snake goes into the pipe and then he’s stuck inside the coffin with this rattlesnake?'”<\/p>\n

Levinson also revealed that they used “all real rattlesnakes” while filming and they got a serious warning from the animal wranglers before filming.<\/p>\n

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“When we were shooting with the rattlesnakes out in Lancaster, [California], they said, \u2018If you get bitten by a rattlesnake, you have about an hour before you die. And unfortunately, the nearest hospital’s an hour and a half away. \u2018So \u2026 don’t get bitten by our rattlesnake,'” Levison recalled.<\/p>\n

While writing the scene, Levinson knew fans wanted to see Nate get his “comeuppance” in the final season – and he was happy to oblige.<\/p>\n

“There’s this kind of funny thing where I know what the audience wants in terms of justice or karma,” he reflected. “And with that in mind, I always think, \u2018Well, how can I give it to them?’ How can I give them what they want, but make it so horrific and anxiety-inducing that by the time it happens, the audience isn’t so sure they wanted it?”<\/p>\n

Levinson added that by making Nate’s death so horrific, he hoped that viewers would question if the character truly deserved the outcome.<\/p>\n

“That feeling of complicity with the audience is always an interesting note to play inside of this sort of larger structure,” he explained. “You end up going, \u2018Oh God, I don’t know. Should he have had it better? Did he deserve it?’ Those kinds of questions are always exciting to pose to the audience.”<\/p>\n

Elordi, for his part, agreed with fans that his character got what he deserved<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“That was a cool way to go. Nate was someone who has made so many mistakes and made so many dark choices,” the actor said in a segment that aired after the episode. “It’s cool to see it all come to what it’s come to.”<\/p>\n

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Copyright 2026 Us Weekly. All rights reserved<\/i><\/p>\n

This story was originally published May 25, 2026 at 4:36 PM.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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