A Good, F***in' Show
End of the F***in World is a short and swiftly moving teenage road trip show created by Jonathan Entwistle. The show was adapted from the mini-comic series of the same name written by Charles Forman. The show follows the two outcast teenager who run away together and fall in love, in that order. Our male lead is your common seventeen year-old loner type who is “pretty sure” that he’s a psychopath, James (Alex Lawther). This seems to be a valid claim from the get go as well when his collection of animals he has killed is displayed and he explains that he wants to take down something bigger which leads us to our target, Alyssa (Jessica Barden). Alyssa is bratty, unreserved girl of the same age that attempts to break the status quo by smashing her phone, asking out another outcast (James), and running away with him, but not before at least one date, of course. The audience gets to become a bit more acquainted with both incredible disregard for basically anyone that’s an adult as in return for slightly annoying her she orders a “banana shit” from the waitress while James sits there mostly silent and apathetic aside from the slight smirk at her comments.
One of the show’s strong points is certainly the characters. Although Alyssa’s mouth and James’ habit of killing and his constant apathy may put many off to the characters, discovering their backgrounds brings the audience to a better understanding of their behaviors and their goals including most of the plot, getting to Alyssa’s Dad, whom she idolized perhaps in light of her disapproving step-father. These realistic backgrounds also provide a reason for James and Alyssa interacting with each other as they gain an understanding and appreciation for each other alongside the audience. The series only being a total of eight episodes long with each episode being around twenty minutes forces the pacing to nearly perfectly intermingles the tense scenes with the more laid back although still romantically realistic scenes that are in their own way realistic.
After running away from it is mostly downhill from there. The story illustrates life’s slippery slopes especially when exiting the realm of acceptable behavior especially within the adult world. Although at first, the story is reminiscent of an plain and simple teenagers rebelling against the world it becomes more a coming of age story when they’re forced to deal with the consequences of their actions, however “justified” those actions might seem.
If the idea of a dark humor, road trip romance with slightly nihilistic overtones sounds like something that would interest you this is definitely something you should check out. If not, maybe still check it out, since its well made with most scenes are chock full of meaning and its not much of a time commitment.
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