The explicit, nihilistic show “Euphoria” has come to an end and one of the show’s new faces for its final season is giving it her ringing endorsement. Sharon Stone joined the cast for the show’s third and final season, which aired its divisive last episode May 31. Speaking to Keke Palmer on Variety‘s “Actors on Actors” series, Stone called it “the greatest show on television.” “We’ve met these kids. We’ve seen them turn into young adults. We’ve seen them turn into full-on drug dealers. And I’ve gone through it in my family….” Stone went on to call the show “so relevant.” “I believe it should be shown in every high school, and I think all the parents should have to see it. As a mom, I love it.”

It’s a strange endorsement given the show’s explicit scenes of drug use and sex. The show began in 2019 when its main characters were still in high school. The final season focused on them as young adults, creating even more sexually bizarre situations for the characters. Palmer noted how parents might focus on the surface level use of “too much sex” on the show. Stone warned that too many parents are naïve about what their children are doing. “‘My kid wouldn’t do that.’ It’s like, really? Do you know? And does your kid tell you who’s next to them?”

The exploration of adult content while its main characters are still minors has been one of the many controversies of the show. The series showrunner, Sam Levinson, has stated he did not intend the show for people under 17 and the show’s lead actress, Zendaya, has called it a show “about teenagers and not necessarily for teenagers.” Both have stated it was intended to stir up conversation amongst parents and to make them more aware of the very adult situations their teenagers can find themselves in, when sex and drugs are just a click away. The final season sees Zendaya’s character, Rue, working as a drug mule for a strip club owner while another character, Cassie (played by Sydney Sweeney) starts an OnlyFans career that devolves into acting out weirder and weirder sexual fetishes for money.

The show ultimately ends with Rue’s death after taking pain pills laced with fentanyl. Levinson stated he had planned a more uplifting end for Zendaya’ character but the death of actor Angus Cloud, who played Fezco “Fez” O’Neill on the show, of an accidental overdose from painkillers in 2023 changed that trajectory. The show experienced a hiatus from the writer’s strike, which gave Levinson time to rethink the ending for Zendaya’s character. “I had written a different trajectory for Rue during the writers’ strike in 2023. But Angus’s death had a profound impact on my creative decisions. You can’t tell a story about addiction without addressing its very real consequences,” he said in an interview. “Many people don’t get a second chance. Fentanyl can kill you in an instant. It seemed like the responsible thing to do.”

Social media users pushed back on Stone’s suggestion of sharing the show with high schoolers. “This show is for Pedos…her advice shows where her head is,” wrote one user. “My advice to all parents is 100% the opposite.” “There’s nothing realistic about Euphoria,” wrote another. “How about we give kids in school a proper education? Liberal white women have gotten so nutty.”