Is it just us, or has the wait for Euphoria season three been slow as a snail? Season two ended in February 2022, and that’s literally four years ago. Four years. The SAG-AFTRA strike hit, everyone’s schedules went crazy, Zendaya was busy being the most famous person on earth, and we were just sitting here refreshing the internet every six months. And then we lost Angus Cloud in July 2023, which was the most painful thing to witness because Fez deserved the world, and so did he. It’s been a lot. The whole fandom has been lowkey in its grief era for a minute.

But okay, season three is finally, actually happening. April 12th on HBO, and it is giving everything. The trailer has Rue in debt to Laurie, apparently in Mexico, being interrogated by detectives, and she is not okay, and we love her for it. There’s a time jump; everyone is out of high school now. Cassie and Nate are married and living in the suburbs, which is the most unhinged thing this show has ever done, and Maddy is in Hollywood doing side hustles. Lexi is someone’s assistant. Jules is in art school. The girlies grew up, and they are still a mess.

There is also some sadness baked into this season because Eric Dane, who played Cal Jacobs, passed away in February 2026 after battling ALS. He finished filming before he died, but it still hits different watching him on screen knowing that.

So while the countdown is on and everyone is losing it waiting for April 12th, one thing is clear: everyone wants something to watch now. Something that scratches that teen drama itch Euphoria left for four long years. These four shows are exactly that. Not Euphoria-level dark, but dark enough to keep it interesting. Let’s get into it.

Four teen comedies to binge ahead of ‘Euphoria’ Season 3

Sex Education (2019-2023)

If you went into a three-hour crying session at midnight after watching Euphoria, then Sex Education is the one that makes you do the same thing, but while laughing really hard and also learning something. It follows Otis Milburn, son of a sex therapist, who starts an underground sex advice clinic at his British high school with the baddest girl in school, Maeve Wiley. The show ran for four seasons and ended with everyone going their separate ways in genuinely heartbreaking fashion.

Apart from being a teen drama with the problems of teens discussed in depth, there is something else Euphoria shares with Sex Education: both shows are obsessed with teenagers being spectacularly bad at their emotions. Both shows deal with addiction, trauma, sexuality, and identity without flinching. But you see, everything is wrapped in a cinematic fashion in Euphoria, whereas Sex Education is doing the exact same emotional heavy lifting but with comedy. It’s like Euphoria went to therapy and came out funnier. Absolutely mandatory viewing before April 12th.

Ginny & Georgia (2021-)

Not even the makers of Ginny & Georgia expected it to be such a huge hit when it first came out, and people slept on it until they absolutely did not. Ginny Miller is a sixteen-year-old girl who is smarter than everyone around her and knows it. Her mom, Georgia, is charismatic and hides more secrets than any human being should legally be allowed to have. They move to a perfect little New England town, and everything goes sideways immediately. Three seasons in, and Georgia has done things that would make even Nate Jacobs be in awe of her.

The Euphoria energy is in the DNA here. We have messy families and teen girls dealing with stuff. There are adults who are somehow worse at life than the kids. Where Euphoria puts its darkness front and centre, Ginny & Georgia hides it under a small-town comedy surface. Georgia Miller and Maddy Perez would absolutely be best friends, and that should tell you everything.

On My Block (2018-2021)

On My Block is genuinely one of the most slept-on teen shows Netflix has ever made, and that is not up for debate. The show ran for four seasons and is set in a rough neighbourhood in South Central LA. It follows a friend group navigating high school, first love, gangs, money, and all of it. A lot more in common with Euphoria than you thought. But just like Sex Education, On My Block also leans heavily on the funny side, but not like Disney Channel funny.

Like Euphoria, this show also takes teen drama seriously in environments where the consequences are actually real. Rue’s world and Cesar’s world are not the same world, but they rhyme. The difference is that On My Block is way more fun to watch; the friend group chemistry is unmatched. It’s the version of this kind of story that you can actually recommend to your mom. There’s also a spin-off called Freeridge on Netflix if four seasons aren’t enough.

Everything Now (2023)

There you go, another underrated Netflix gem. This one is newer and smaller, though. It has just one season of eight episodes, and it follows Mia, a sixteen-year-old British girl returning to school after spending a year in an eating disorder treatment facility. She makes a bucket list of everything she missed while she was away and tries to cram it all into one year. It sounds heavy (and it is), but it’s also genuinely funny, and the friend group is so good it hurts.

Everything Now and Euphoria are basically cousins. Both are unflinching about mental health. Both refuse to make recovery look clean. The difference is that Everything Now is more hopeful. Rue’s addiction storyline and Mia’s recovery arc are the same conversation happening in two different accents. If the mental health and identity stuff in Euphoria is what keeps you watching, this show is going to hit the right spot.