Euphoria Kills Nate Jacobs With $1 Million Debt Plot as Rue's DEA Sting Unravels

4 articles · Updated · Deadline · May 25

Nate Jacobs dies in the penultimate Season 3 episode after Naz buries him beneath a construction site and a rattlesnake bites him before Cassie can raise the $1 million demanded for his release.
Cassie reaches Maddy for help, but Maddy's appeal to Alamo backfires: he kills Naz immediately and realizes Rue may be working with federal agents after hearing about her recent moves.
Rue, now acting as a double agent between Alamo, Laurie and the DEA, turns to Ali for guidance; he urges her to abandon the plan as both criminal sides appear to be catching on.
The episode ends on a new cliffhanger when Rue and Faye open Wayne's safe expecting cash and instead find dozens of IDs belonging to unidentified young women before Faye wakes Wayne.

Is Nate Jacobs' gruesome death karmic justice or just another example of the show's controversial 'trauma porn'?

Rue believes she received a divine message. Will this faith save her from a cartel, or lead to her downfall?

With a divisive reception, can the finale justify this season's shift to 'body horror' and 'modern Western' themes?