EUPHORIA Family Tree: Racy Teen Content That Walked So The HBO Hit Could Run
Euphoria is just the latest controversial teen series to capture our imaginations, but it wouldn't be here without the many controversial teen series and projects that paved the way for all of the current hit's illicit hijinks ...
In the world of Euphoria, high schoolers go fully naked in front of each other on the reg, take drugs, get dangerously entangled with dealers, binge-drink, experiment sexually (including illegally) with older men, et.
al. We can almost guarantee these kids are more hardcore than you were at 16, but they're not the only ones. Here are some of MrMan's fave teen series that came before Euphoria: Its closest relative might be the buzzy British series Skins, and we can't forget about recent shows like Riverdale and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, seemingly innocent, comic book-inspired series that awash in hypersexuality.
Importantly, the success of these two series proved that the world had an appetite for hot teens with problems. The darker emotional themes of Euphoria were explored in the headline-grabbing show 13 Reasons Why, while salacious sex once found a home on The CW's Gossip Girl.
