HBO’s Euphoria is basking in its record-breaking viewership, ranked as the number one most in-demand show in the U.S. last month. Though popular is an understatement with 13.1 million viewers, calling the show a “Sunday-night darling” is quite the misnomer.

At first glance, Euphoria is your typical coming-of-age drama series set in high school. IMDB describes the plot as a group of high school students that navigate love and friendships. But love couldn’t be harder to find in Euphoria. The show spends a bulk of its airtime on the darkest experiences teens could possibly encounter, such as severe drug addictions, sexual insecurities, depression and anxiety, revenge porn, and child rape, all the while showcasing full-frontal male and female nudity and graphic sex scenes. And there’s no powerful takeaway making it all worth it. As the AV Club dubbed the show’s first season, “HBO’s Euphoria is a gorgeous, empty spectacle.” I’d say, worse than empty, it’s filled with damaging content that could cause damaging effects offscreen.

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