The new “Euphoria” episode is coming after the show’s strong showing at the 2020 Primetime Emmy Awards, where the Sam Levinson-created high school drama took home three of the night’s prizes. The series’ biggest Emmy win was for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, which made Zendaya the category’s youngest winner in history. “Euphoria” also won Emmys for Outstanding Contemporary Makeup and Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics.
The bonafide second season of the HBO hit hasn’t begun filming yet, as surging COVID-19 continues to keep productions on hold. Levinson and the cast were originally getting ready to begin filming Season 2 back in March just before the Hollywood shutdown. The show’s eight-episode first season wrapped its run over a year ago on August 4, 2019. “F–k Anyone Who’s Not a Sea Blob,” like last month’s widely acclaimed installment, serves as a bridge between the two seasons to hold fans over. IndieWire’s Ben Travers had high praise for the first special, writing: Sam Levinson was also busy during quarantine putting together his new feature “Malcolm and Marie,” which he wrote and directed with Zendaya and John David Washington starring. The black-and-white chamber drama drops on Netflix February 5.
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