Is Sam Levinson trying to torpedo one of TV’s most captivating actors, or did he just completely lose the plot with Jacob Elordi’s Nate Jacobs?
Honey, we need to talk about the elephant in the room—or should we say, the criminally underutilized heartthrob on our screens. Jacob Elordi has been serving LOOKS and LAYERS as Nate Jacobs since day one, but Season 3 of “Euphoria” threw his character into a storyline so ridiculous it makes us question whether Sam Levinson was working with his eyes closed. The complexity, the moral ambiguity, the toxic charm that made us all simultaneously hate-watch Nate’s despicable actions? GONE. Replaced with what feels like fan fiction written by someone who skipped Seasons 1 and 2 entirely.
Let’s be real: Nate Jacobs was controversial, sure. But he was INTERESTING. He was a character study in toxic masculinity wrapped in a pretty package, and Elordi nailed every twisted moment. The man carried entire scenes with just a look. But then Season 3 decided to take this nuanced villain and turn him into… what exactly? A shell of himself? A plot device that exists solely to move other characters’ stories forward? It’s giving lazy writing, and honestly, it’s giving disrespect to Elordi’s actual talent.
The fanbase is LIVID. Loyal “Euphoria” devotees have been flooding Twitter—excuse us, X—with their disappointment. Comments like “They did Jacob dirty,” “Nate deserved better,” and “Sam Levinson fumbled the bag” are flooding our feeds faster than you can say “problematic love interest.” Viewers who watched Nate’s descent into chaos with morbid fascination felt genuinely cheated by how his arc was handled in the latest season. This wasn’t just a character development—it was character assassination.
What’s truly tragic is that Elordi himself is clearly capable of so much more. The man can ACT-act. He’s proven it time and time again, both on “Euphoria” and in his film roles. To waste his talents on a watered-down version of one of his most iconic characters is genuinely criminal. Levinson had lightning in a bottle and somehow managed to extinguish it.
The question now is whether “Euphoria” can recover from this massive misstep, or if Jacob Elordi’s departure would actually be a blessing in disguise for everyone involved.
What do you think? A) Jacob Elordi deserved a better Nate storyline and Sam Levinson dropped the ball B) The season was fine and fans are overreacting about a fictional character