{"id":478585,"date":"2026-05-11T04:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T04:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/478585\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T04:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T04:01:12","slug":"euphoria-season-3-episode-5-ending-explained-does-rue-die-in-euphoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/478585\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Euphoria\u2019 Season 3 Episode 5 Ending Explained: Does Rue Die in \u2018Euphoria\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Euphoria<\/a> Season 3 Episode 5 \u201cThis Little Piggy\u201d on HBO<\/a> ends with Rue Bennet (Zendaya<\/a>) once again at the twisted mercy of Alamo Brown (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje<\/a>). This time, it looks bad. Did Rue die in Euphoria?<\/p>\n

**Spoilers for Euphoria Season 3 Episode 5 \u201cThis Little Piggy,\u201d now streaming on HBO Max**<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s break it down: After Magick (Rosal\u00eda<\/a>) and Bishop (Darrell Britt-Gibson<\/a>) raise their concerns about Rue\u2019s loyalty, the HBO hit\u2019s narrator is driven to the middle of Alamo\u2019s ranch and told to dig a hole, only for her to be buried up to her head in it. The episode ends with Alamo riding in on his horse with a polo club, ready to pulverize Rue\u2019s skull. But does he?<\/p>\n

When DECIDER spoke with Euphoria star Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje back at the Season 3 junket, we\u2019d only seen the first three episodes, but the actor teased an important twist we saw tonight. <\/p>\n

\u201cNow what\u2019s interesting is when he meets Rue and her, let\u2019s say, entourage, they are into this social media kind of new digital era,\u201d Akinnuoye-Agbaje said. \u201cAlways being ahead of the curve, Alamo is trying to see how we can utilize that to broaden his empire. So, you know, as opposed to just selling sex in a strip club, he\u2019s now been introduced to OnlyFans and this and that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alamo only learns about this lucrative career opportunity because when he corners Rue at a diner, she is catching up with friend and OnlyFans manager Maddy Perez (Alexa Demie<\/a>). Much of this week\u2019s episode details how Maddy is successful in propelling Cassie (Sydney Sweeney<\/a>) to major heights. After Rue leaves with G (Marshawn Lynch<\/a>) and Bishop, Alamo keeps Maddy company. The two find common ground in their parallel businesses, brokering sex. <\/p>\n

Maddy agrees to go into business with Alamo, choosing Magick and Kitty (Anna Van Patten<\/a>) as her two new girls. So why could this latest development be what saves Rue? Here\u2019s what you need to know about the end of Euphoria Season 3 Episode 5 \u201cThis Little Piggy\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n

\"Alamo Photos: HBO<\/p>\n

Euphoria Season 3 Episode 5 Ending Explained: Does Rue Die? Does Maddy Save Rue From Alamo\u2019s Wrath?<\/p>\n

Euphoria Season 3 Episode 5 \u201cThis Little Piggy\u201d ends with Alamo swinging his polo stick, Rue flinching in fear, and the screen cutting to black. Rue is not in the teaser for next week\u2019s episode, but we\u2019re fairly certain that she\u2019ll pull through. Part of it is because Zendaya is the star and executive producer of the show, so it stands to reason she\u2019s safe until at least the series finale, and part of it is what Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje told us back at the junket. <\/p>\n

We can tell from scenes in this week\u2019s episode that Alamo is impressed with Maddy. \u201cIt\u2019s a new era for him as someone from the older generation. So they\u2019re both teaching each other, you know, traits from their generation,\u201d Akinnuoye-Agbaje said. \u201cHe\u2019s teaching her traditions and the old school and they\u2019re teaching him this new frontier through social media and how that can really propel his empire.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo he\u2019s really intrigued by that, and to be quite honest, is probably the main reason Rue survives,\u201d he said, with a chuckle. \u201cYeah, because she\u2019s useful.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo he\u2019s really intrigued by that, and to be quite honest, is probably the main reason Rue survives\u2026 Yeah, because she\u2019s useful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Euphoria star Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s also worth noting that during their drive to the Silver Slipper, Alamo asks Maddy about Rue. When he point blank asks Maddy if she trusts Rue, she says she does. \u201cShe\u2019s a little crazy, but she\u2019s got a good heart,\u201d Maddy says. <\/p>\n

This alone could be the vote of confidence that Alamo needs in Rue \u2014 for now. Meaning, we can expect Alamo\u2019s chance meeting with Maddy to be the miracle that saves Rue this time, but not in the end.<\/p>\n

That said, maybe she does die this week! And all of the clips featuring Zendaya we saw in trailers, but haven\u2019t seen yet on the show, are a dream. Who knows? We\u2019ll have to tune in next week to find out.<\/p>\n

New episodes of Euphoria come out on Sunday nights at 9 PM ET on HBO and HBO Max.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Euphoria Season 3 Episode 5 \u201cThis Little Piggy\u201d on HBO ends with Rue Bennet (Zendaya) once again at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[265],"tags":[192508,185671,18,117,19,17,128,18238],"class_list":{"0":"post-478585","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-adewale-akinnuoye-agbaje","9":"tag-alexa-demie","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-tv","15":"tag-zendaya"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116553953272215457","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}