Pilot

Great cinematography, absolutely stunning. It has a lot of energy, and the cutaway sequences felt purposeful, and not like Family Guy. The script can use a little more work, but we'll see where it goes.

Euphoria takes a matter of fact approach to sex and drugs among teenagers. It brazenly sets out to shock its adult audience.

Squarely aimed at a Young Adult crowd it focuses initially on Rue Bennett (Zendaya) whose life got screwed up the moment she was born, a few days after 9/11. Now a 17 year old teenager she is already a drug addict who has previously overdosed.

Out of rehab, she still plans to get high without her watchful mother finding out.

Rue makes friends with Jules (Hunter Schafer) who is new in town and has already had a hook up for a much older man for sex. It looks to be a complicated companionship they are going to have.

Despite the frankness, it is still an America of beautiful but maybe damaged people. Girls send sextexts and post naked pictures online. In fact they easily disrobe to please horny teenage guys.

It looks like a wishlist of a middle aged guy's perverted view of teenagers but Euphoria is adapted from an Israeli series.

Zendaya and Schafer give affecting performances. It did have a bright opening and it maintained my interest in the drug storyline. Teenagers wanting to have sex however, that is old hat, it was nothing new and slowed the pace down of the opening episode.

Excited to see where the rest of the series goes - the standout factor here is clearly the cinematography and visuals. The plot follows a generally cliched path in most high school young adult TV shows, but the elevated visuals and (for the most part) tight and dynamic acting prove this episode to be a cut above the rest.

Hoping the plot and characters develop a bit more in later episodes! Currently, the show is succeeding off of "Style over Substance".

The plot of the the first episode was very interesting. The storyline was well-written. The characters were very interesting and they seem to be developed very well. Rue, she doesn't seem a very likeable character and it's kinda sad that she didn't quit drugs. Jules, she's so beautiful, however she's taking some bad decisions. Nate, he's an asshole, that he doesn't deserve love and happiness. Maddy, she's so annoying and she's such a toxic person. Kat, she's very likeable and she doesn't deserve to be Maddy's friend. Cassie, she's so sweet and none of the boys deserve her! Overall, it was a nice start, it's a promising show!

It was the most interesting and depressing pilot episode i've ever seen.

The characters are amazing and Zendaya gives a dynamic performance. The cinematography was stunning, too, and the twist was insane.