More Euphoria outrage as episode pulled from screens without explanation in the UK - as livid fans rage 'this is so annoying!'
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Euphoria fans have been left up in arms after one episode was pulled from streaming services - leaving viewers raging: 'This is so annoying!'.
The popular series returned earlier this month with its highly-anticipated third season, which features the likes of Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney and Jacob Elordi.
It's sparked fans both old and new to re-watch the original episodes, which launched in 2019, in order to keep up to speed with the shocking new storylines and the characters involved.
However, viewers were left baffled when trying to tune in to the first season's second episode, titled Stuntin' Like My Daddy, through Amazon's Prime Video, noting that the HBO show was labelled as 'currently unavailable'.
The episode, which first hit screens in June 2019, looks into Jacob's character Nate, who, at 11 years old, discovers his father's collection of pornography, showing hm having sex with young gay men and transgender women.
While the modern-day Nate is becoming a successful American football player, he is seen struggling with his anger issues and sexual insecurities after the shock of the childhood discovery.
Euphoria fans have been left up in arms after one of the episodes was pulled from streaming services - leaving viewers raging: 'This is so annoying!'
Viewers were left baffled when trying to tune in to the first season's second episode, titled Stuntin' Like My Daddy, through Amazon's Prime Video, noting that the HBO show was labelled as 'currently unavailable'
In prompts Nate to break into Lukas Gage's Tyler's home, leaving him severely beaten and accusing him of sexually assaulting his girlfriend Maddy, played by Alexa Demie.
Meanwhile, on the first day of school term, Zendaya's Rue is seeing having a breakdown as she reminisces about turning to drugs at the age of 13 as she stole her dying father's prescription drugs, before she is coerced into trying fentanyl.
And Hunter Schafer's Jules, a transgender student, starts messaging on a dating app with Nate, who catfishes her using a fake name and username to gain her trust.
On its release, the episode was rated TV-MA, which is a content rating designated for 'mature' audiences over the age of 18 due to its intense, graphic or explicit content that can include indecent language, sexual activity and violence.
Fans of the show first noticed that the episode was unavailable to watch on HBO Max through their Prime Video subscription on Monday, taking to social media in confusion.
One penned on forum site Reddit: 'I was watching season 1 episode 2 earlier today perfectly fine, but it’s now randomly not letting me play the episode without popping up with ways of purchasing the episode.
'I don’t know why this is happening. I have tried on both Amazon Prime and HBO Max apps on my phone and TV and neither are working.'
They shared an image taken of their TV screen on Prime Video, showing the episode was detailed as: 'This title is unavailable due to expired rights.'
The missing episode looked into the backstory of Jacob Elordi's Nate
Another chimed in: 'After I watched the first episode, number 2 was available but when I click on it it just takes me to the home page... very strange.'
A third added: 'Just sat down to re watch Euphoria, And season one episode two is missing? Seems such a weird episode to misplace? Am I missing something obvious?'
Viewers attempting to stream using the HBO Max app, Sky and NOW also reported issues, taking to another forum site to complain: 'Strange. I've just checked and you are correct - it's not there.'
Another added: 'It's HBO Max via any means,' before suggesting it was due to 'cuts made due to the age rating',' as a third chimed in: 'Reading the synopsis online, I'm not surprised that it needs some editing.'
Back in 2019, it was revealed by StudentEdge that episodes had been 'edited' when put out in Austrlia from what had shown in America.
The Australian site detailed how some elements of the show had been 'cut' due to the 'explicit' nature of the scenes that were removed.
On Reddit, fans noticed they had seen scenes previously be 'cut' from the original release of the series - noting that a 'rape scene' was missing when they went to re-watch the first series in another Reddit thread.
Prime Video, Sky and HBO Max have been contacted for comment by Mail Online.
It comes after Euphoria star Chloe Cherry has revealed that her tense drug-smuggling scene was so disgusting to shoot that the crew filming her gave her a standing ovation for her performance.
The first episode of the HBO Max show, which was created by Sam Levinson, dropped on the streaming site last Sunday, four years after the second season.
The timeline takes place five years after the events of season two and viewers got a closer look at where the characters are following their high school graduation.
A new drug-smuggling storyline doesn't shy away from the nitty-gritty, as Zendaya's character Rue is seen smuggling a white powder substance packed into small bags, which she had to swallow to get them across the American border.
A shocking montage played out in the first episode of her struggling to swallow the multiple bags, before bringing in Chloe's character Faye to help.
Euphoria star Chloe Cherry has revealed that her tense drug-smuggling scene was so disgusting to shoot that the crew filming her gave her a standing ovation for her performance
Chloe's character Faye was seen attempting to swallow bags of drugs in a smuggling plot
The tense scene saw them both gagging and sometimes vomiting during the process as they both tried to swallow all of the bags left to them by the gang.
Now, Chloe has revealed that filming the scene was so disgusting that the crew applauded them for how disgusting they managed to make the scene, which saw them pretending to swallow the golf-ball-sized bags.
Chloe told Metro: 'Sam came up to me, and he said, "I need this scene to really show how disgusting it would actually be if you were to swallow balloons filled with fentanyl and how disgusted you would actually be".
‘He was like, “I really, really, really, really, really need you to turn the disgust up in this scene,” and I was like, all right, I’m gonna give it a go.
'I just managed to pull it off… and when we stopped shooting, everybody clapped. I’m not even kidding, the whole crew clapped for me. They were so amazed at how disgusting I made that scene.’
The shocking scenes have been met with mixed reviews from fans, with many slamming the season as a 'humiliation ritual' for its stars.
Later in the episode, Sweeney's character Cassie was introduced, as she lives inside a large suburban home with fiance Nate (Elordi).
She could be seen wearing a brown corset and skimpy bottoms as she posed for photos taken by a housekeeper as part of her new money-making scheme.
Later in the episode, Sweeney's character Cassie was introduced, posing as she pretended to be a dog - planing to upload the saucy images to social media
The star also wore doggy ears on top of her head as well as a collar and leash as she posed for the racy photos, at one point licking water out of a bowl and biting down on a shoe while pretending to be a dog.
Nate eventually walked in on Cassie as she took more pictures on their bed which she planned to upload onto social media.
Fans soon jumped to social media to share their thoughts on the premiere, with one penning: 'This is basically a humiliation ritual for everyone involved...'
'EWWWWW????? THE DOG WHAT,' another fan added, as a third commented of the shocking scenes: 'This is so gross.'
Another wrote, 'At what point did Euphoria go from Euphoria to Breaking Bad?' while an X user typed: 'I don't know if I'm watching an episode of Euphoria or of Narcos.'
Another shared: 'This nasty as hell omg,' as a final viewer penned: 'They threw in every possible fetish all at once, Euphoria you died.'
After both Rue and Faye swallowed the bags of drugs, the pair headed back to United States but had to get past the border - where they were seen being stopped by an officer.
Rue and Faye could be seen not feeling well after swallowing the drugs, but did their best to act normal and were able to drive through the border.
The tense scene saw Chloe's character Faye gagging and sometimes vomiting during the process as she tried to swallow all of the bags left to her by the gang
After both Rue and Faye swallowed the bags of drugs, the pair headed back to United States but had to get past the border - where they were seen being stopped by an officer
Meanwhile, when Nate walked in on Cassie posing as a dog, the pair had a serious conversation about what she was doing.
'How many times do we have to talk about this? I am in the real world making deals. If an investor comes across a video like this online, I'm a joke,' he said.
'People make money doing this,' she replied, adding that she was making 'a funny video.'
But Nate hit back: 'You are not a doggy. You are a grown woman. So that makes you a what? A prostitute.'
Cassie shockingly denied she was acting like one and said that she was simply 'growing her following' on social media.
He assured her that they have money before pulling her closer by the leash and said, 'You've been a bad dog.' She replied, 'Woof woof.'
The episode kicked off with Zendaya's character Rue driving through the desert in Chihuahua, Mexico with a large duffle bag in the trunk.
She faced an obstacle as she needed to drive over a fence with the aid of boards but was having trouble doing so. At one point, her car got stuck at the very top and she needed to climb down with the bag.
Zendaya's Rue was seen as part of the drug-smuggling plot in the first episode
After walking into the state of Texas, Rue crashed inside a barn that belonged to a Christian family.
One of the daughters gave her a ride to a bus stop nearby as she prepared to head back to California.
She eventually arrived to Laurie's house to deliver the duffle bug which was filled with drugs. The backstory of how she became a drug mule for Laurie was then revealed.
After high school, Rue worked at a smoke shop when Laurie suddenly approached her and reminded that she was owed $10,000.
However, due to interest over the years, that now amounted to $43 million. Laurie said she would drop it down to $100,000 - but the deal was that Rue would essentially became a drug mule.
Another scene showed Rue visiting Lexi (Maude Apatow) who was living in an apartment in Los Angeles.
It was revealed that Lexi was working on a studio for a nighttime soap opera.
The pair were catching up in Lexi's living room when Rue mentioned Fez, the character played by the late Angus Cloud, who died in 2023.
It was explained that Fez was serving 30 years in prison and Lexi had yet to reach out to him.
The episode kicked off with Zendaya's character Rue driving through the desert in Chihuahua, Mexico with a large duffle bag in the trunk
The episode continued with Nate now running his father Cal's business. Cal Jacobs had been played by the late Eric Dane - who passed away in February following a battle with ALS.
Zendaya's character was then tasked to deliver drugs to 'a real piece of s***.' She then drove to a mansion that was on a hill that overlooked the desert and a small city.
She delivered the drugs but asked to use the bathroom and was told where to go by a man that met her inside a secured garage.
However, Rue came across strippers inside and began dancing with some of them - and the man frustratingly started to escort her out.
But they were stopped by another man who went by Alamo - a strip club owner.
He confronted her for not introducing herself but the pair began to get along as she asked him for a job in management at one of his strip clubs.
One of the girls inside his house then overdosed on the drugs that Rue had just delivered, and it was revealed that the drugs were laced with fentanyl.
Rue explained to Alamo during a confrontation that she had no idea about the fentanyl and then also told him a bit of her backstory.
After an emotional moment, Rue simply added that she was hoping to someday find her own 'slice of heaven' and said that she believed in God.
Cal Jacobs had been played by the late Eric Dane - who passed away in February following a battle with ALS
Alamo then decided to test if God believes in her and took her outside at night. He placed an apple on her head and was going to shoot the apple as a test.
After he loaded a gold gun, he pointed the weapon at Rue and pulled the trigger - hitting the apple and not injuring her. The episode ended with Alamo seemingly in disbelief as Rue fell to the ground in relieved laughter.
The first teaser for the third season of the HBO Max series was dropped late last year in December, with additional trailer following showing what viewers could expect.
Most recently, Sweeney shocked fans as her character Cassie was dressed as a baby with a pacifier in her mouth while seemingly posing for racy photos for OnlyFans in a nearly two-minute trailer that released on Saturday.
Social media users had jumped to both Reddit and X to share their thoughts on the moment, with one penning: 'Had to rewind the baby outfit scene because surely I wasn't seeing what I thought I'd just seen?'
Another typed: 'Sydney girl, you can say no to scenes,' as a third chimed in to react: 'Wtf the baby scene??'
One also questioned: 'Why was she sitting like that and why was she dressed like that..', as someone else hit out: 'I wanna go back to 10 seconds ago where i hadn't seen this wtf.'
Ahead of its premiere on Sunday, the third season was also torched with early reviews, with the show being labeled as an 'unhinged disaster' yet 'pretty uneventful.'
It also held a 46% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes before the first episode became available on the streaming site.
Fans have been shocked by Sydney's character Cassie's behaviour
Lauren Samer from the New York Post labeled the third season - which has a five-year time jump - as 'Breaking Bad meets Looney Tunes.'
'In the first two seasons, the show's strength was how it dug into these characters' lives. The plot got wild, but it was anchored by human drama.'
Samer added, 'Now, as we find them as adults, it would be more compelling to see them struggle because of their flaws. Instead, many of them struggle because random criminal henchmen are after them.'
The BBC's Caryn James gave the first three episodes two out of five stars.
James also wrote that 'Euphoria has become a series with very little to say, none of it very audacious or compelling.
'Based on the three episodes, of eight, that HBO made available in advance, it is a strained attempt to make the closed circle of friends it follows, now in their early 20s, somehow the same only different.'
Alison Herman of Variety discussed the oversexualisation of the characters in the series because 'all of them are involved in sex work, crime or work that's adjacent to both.'
During a recent appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show, Zendaya hinted how there will possibly not be another season of Euphoria.
When asked by the talk show host if the third season is the final one, the actress replied, 'I think so, yeah.'
Season one of Euphoria - which was created by Sam Levinson - initially premiered back in 2019, with the second season following three years later.
And following an additional four years, season three has now become available to fans - and contains eight episodes which will air weekly until May 31.
Euphoria is available to stream on HBO Max and NOW in the UK.
