Overview
- The new season debuts Sunday, April 12, 2026 on HBO and Max with eight episodes rolling out weekly.
- Zendaya said on The Drew Barrymore Show that this run will likely end the series, a view HBO drama chief Francesca Orsi has also discussed.
- Storylines jump five years into early adulthood and take on a heavier mood that includes crime and questions of faith and recovery.
- Key cast return, Barbie Ferreira departs, Angus Cloud is honored in absence after his 2023 death, and Eric Dane appears posthumously after finishing scenes before his February 2026 passing.
- Creator Sam Levinson said the team accommodated Dane’s ALS by portraying his character as intoxicated to explain slurred speech, and production regrouped after a four-year hiatus as the cast’s profiles soared.