The End of the F***ing World is a black comedy Netlflix original series. The show follows two misfit teenagers on a road trip to escape their crappy lives. This is absolutely one of those shows where you watching it, wanting things to have a good ending, but you're never really sure that's what's going to happen. Alyssa is brash and rebellious, and doesn't really fit in, mostly because she doesn't seem to want to. She is the one who comes up with the idea to run away. James believes he is a psychopath. He only agrees to running away with Alyssa because he thinks he wants to kill her. I love watching these characters, and the performances by Alex Lawther and Jessica Braden are excellent. Their interactions make up the heart of the show. You hear both of their inner thoughts throughout the show. Along the way, these characters find themselves increasingly involved in robbery, breaking and entering, and murder. For this reason, two detectives (played by Gemma Whelan and Winnie Mosaku) begin searching for them. The characters are all around excellent. They all fit into this show's setting and tone perfectly.Because the show carries a dark sense of humor, the genuinely heart-felt and darker moments never feel out of place or like a tonal shift. The show is excellently paced. There are only 8 20-minute episodes. This is about the length of a two and a half hour movie. Each episode flows into the next pretty perfectly. The final episode is fittingly pretty tense. The overall ending has me curious as to whether or not there is going to be a second season. If there is, what will they do? This is one of the rare shows I have seen where everything just seems to work. The writing is great. The directing is great. The performances are great. This is a show I highly recommend watching.
A+
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