If you’ve ever watched Euphoria and thought, “where is this insane show actually filmed?” — I took some time to find out!

My husband and I spent the day in Los Angeles visiting real Euphoria filming locations, from El Matador State Beach where Jules had one of her most visually iconic scenes, to the diner where Rue and Ali had some of the deepest conversations in the entire series, to the train station where Rue and Jules had one of the most heartbreaking goodbyes on TV.

And honestly, seeing these places in real life makes the show feel a little different.

Because Euphoria has always been one of those shows that feels bigger than the plot. It’s not really just about high school drama. It’s about addiction, identity, obsession, loneliness, fantasy, and the way people romanticize pain. Euphoria somehow made chaos look beautiful, which is probably why so many people feel so connected to it.

So today isn’t just a filming location tour — I also want to talk about what these scenes actually meant, what still holds up, and whether season 3 can even live up to the impact this show had.

Our first stop is Los Angeles Union Station — the train station that instantly takes every Euphoria fan back to Rue and Jules.

If you know, you know.

This was the emotional breaking point. Jules was leaving, Rue was supposed to go with her, and instead… she stayed. That scene was so much bigger than just a missed train.

It was really about fear. Fear of change, fear of abandonment, fear of choosing yourself when your old life is still pulling you back.

Rue wanted escape, but she also wanted familiarity, even if that familiarity was destroying her. (Addiction.)

That’s why that scene hit so hard. It wasn’t really about Jules leaving — it was about Rue not being ready to leave the version of herself that was still trapped.

And standing there in real life was weird because it looks so normal.

That’s the thing about filming locations — in your head they feel mythical, and then you get there and it’s just… a train station.

But somehow that makes it more powerful, because it reminds you that life-changing moments usually happen in ordinary places.

Not glamorous places. Just ordinary ones. And honestly, that’s very Euphoria.

Next stop: the diner. This is the place that always felt like emotional rehab for Rue.

While everyone else in the show was chaos, performance, drama, and destruction, Ali brought honesty.

Their scenes together were some of the best writing in the entire series because they slowed everything down.

Ali never let Rue perform. He didn’t let her hide behind sarcasm, victimhood, or manipulation. He forced her to confront herself.

That’s rare, especially in a show where so many characters were constantly running from themselves.

And I think that’s why people loved Ali so much — he represented accountability without cruelty.

He wasn’t there to save Rue. He was there to tell her the truth.And that’s harder.

Being there made me realize how simple those scenes really were. No giant production. No glitter makeup. No dramatic party lighting.

Just two people talking. And somehow those scenes were more intense than half the explosive moments in the show.

That says a lot. Sometimes the most powerful scenes are the quiet ones. Not the breakdowns — the conversations. Especially when someone finally says the thing nobody wants to hear.

Then we headed toward Fezco’s convenience store. And honestly, Fez became one of the most unexpectedly loved characters in the entire show.

At first, people could’ve easily reduced him to the stereotypical “drug dealer” role, but he ended up being one of the most emotionally grounded people in the series.

Which is ironic. Because in a world full of polished lies, Fez felt honest. Protective. Loyal. Quiet, but aware. His scenes with Lexi gave the show some of its only genuine softness. No performance. No games. Just actual connection.

And I think that’s why people were so attached to him. He felt like one of the only people who actually saw others clearly.

Also, after season 2 and everything surrounding Angus Cloud in real life, visiting anything connected to Fez hits differently now. There’s a sadness there that wasn’t there before. It reminds you how much art and real life can blur together, especially with a show like this.

Fez wasn’t just a fan favorite character. He became symbolic of the kind of emotional safety that almost nobody in Euphoria had.

And losing that, on-screen and off, changes how people remember the show.

I do find it super interesting that Sam Levinson has chosen the role of keeping Fez alive in Euphoria season 3, even though he’s locked up in prison. We may never lay eyes on him as a character, but Sam decided to keep him alive in the Euphoria universe, despite his unfortunate and untimely passing in 2023 when he was only 25 years old.

Now for one of the most visually iconic stops: El Matador State Beach.

This place is stunning. Even if you’ve never watched Euphoria, it feels cinematic the second you get here.

This is where Jules had one of those scenes that perfectly captured who she was — freedom, danger, reinvention, escape.

Jules was always one of the most visually symbolic characters in the show.

She represented fantasy. Not because she wasn’t real, but because Rue often experienced her like a dream instead of a person.

That’s what made their relationship so complicated. Rue loved the idea of Jules as much as she loved Jules herself.

And a lot of people do that in relationships. They fall in love with what someone represents. Escape. Validation. Hope. Reinvention. Not the actual human being standing in front of them.

That’s why their relationship was always doomed unless both of them changed. Being there, you can kind of understand why the scene of Jules in the ocean felt so emotionally oversized.

The cliffs, the ocean, the isolation — it all looks like a memory, not a place.

It feels like the kind of location where people go to become a different version of themselves. Which, again, is basically the emotional DNA of Euphoria.

Now let’s talk about season 3. Because this is where opinions get complicated. Euphoria changed pop culture. It changed makeup trends, fashion, internet aesthetics, music conversations, and honestly the way people talked about trauma on TV.

But season 2 also created a lot of frustration. Some people felt like it became more style than substance. Certain storylines felt abandoned. Some characters felt emotionally sacrificed for shock value.

And when a show becomes that culturally huge, expectations become almost impossible to meet.

A massive loss to consider here is Barbie Ferriera, who played Kat Hernandez. I really liked watching her on the show because she faced some of the same real world things I’ve gone through and felt when it comes to body image issues and insecurity over the way I look. And that’s just one example.

There are other storylines on Euphoria that I feel have been abandoned unfairly. Like the third brother in the Jacobs’ family portrait and the hidden camera in the closet when Maddy was changing while working at her babysitting job. 

So now with season 3, there’s even more pressure. Especially if this is really officially going to be the end. And by the way, I personally hope it isn’t the end. I think a fourth season would be worthwhile.

People want it to feel like the original emotional impact of season 1, but they also want growth, closure, and something new if the third season is going to wrap all of this up.

And that’s hard. Especially after time has passed, real life has changed, and audiences have changed too. Season 1 dropped in 2019, followed by season 2 years later in 2022, and now it’s 2026.

The biggest question is this: Can Euphoria still say something meaningful, or is it now just trying to survive its own legacy? Because those are two very different things. Personally, I think if season 3 works, it has to stop trying to out-shock itself.

It has to come back to emotional truth. Not bigger parties. Not darker drama. Truth. That’s what made people care in the first place. Not just aesthetics, although aesthetics are a massive part of this. But, recognition is really what matters.

People saw themselves in the loneliness, the self-destruction, the wanting to be loved while also pushing love away. That’s what makes Euphoria unforgettable.

Visiting these filming locations made me realize something: The show feels so huge because the emotions are huge. But the places themselves are ordinary. A diner. A beach. A train station. And I guess that’s kind of the point.

Most of life-changing moments happen in places that look completely normal. You just don’t realize it until later. That’s probably why people are still obsessed with Euphoria.

Not because it was glamorous. Because underneath all the glitter and neon and chaos, it was honest. Messy, uncomfortable, dramatic — but honest.

And maybe that’s why we keep going back to it. Because sometimes people don’t want perfect stories. They want stories that feel like surviving.

Anyway, that was our Euphoria filming location day in Los Angeles.

Let me know in the comments which location you’d want to visit most, and tell me honestly — do you think season 3 lives up to the hype of the first two seasons? And do you think season 4 should be a thing? Because tbh, I do.