By Deepa Lakshmin
On the crimson carpet forward of the 2022 MTV Film & TV Awards Sunday (June 5), Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney hoped the sequence “will get a bunch of affection,” and she or he received her want. The HBO drama took house Greatest Present, one of many night time’s most coveted awards — beating out Netflix’s Inventing Anna and Squid Sport, Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso, Disney+’s Loki, and Paramount Community’s Yellowstone.
Created by Sam Levinson, Euphoria primarily follows Rue Bennett — performed by Zendaya, who took house Greatest Efficiency in a Present — and her difficult journey as a recovering addict. After season 1 premiered to vital acclaim in 2019, season 2 arrived in January 2022 and squeezed an unsettling quantity of emotional baggage and internal turmoil into eight episodes. (Revisit Cassie vs. Maddy — the hair-pulling, face-slapping drama that received Greatest Struggle — right here.)
“With out you, this may not be attainable,” Sweeney, who performs Cassie Howard, mentioned whereas accepting the Golden Popcorn on behalf of the present’s solid at Los Angeles’ Barker Hangar. “Thanks for loving characters that is likely to be arduous to like typically… We do that for you and we love you and thanks.”
Although Rue is centered as Euphoria’s protagonist, followers have discovered one thing to like about almost each messy, deeply flawed character within the sequence. From Cassie’s want for validation to Maddy Perez’s sass to Nate Jacob’s daddy points to Jules’ impulsivity to Lexi’s introversion to Fez’s authorized issues to Kat’s relationship issues and lots of extra — critically, I can’t start to sum up the quantity of collective trauma these teenagers have skilled right into a neat little sentence — every character is completely imperfect.
However that’s what makes them human! These lovely, scorching messes are on difficult journeys to determine who they’re and what they need out of life — and all of us watching at house simply can’t look away.
The 2022 MTV Film & TV Awards are airing dwell from the Barker Hangar in L.A. proper now on MTV, with the Film & TV Awards: UNSCRIPTED to comply with. Discover all of the winners here.
