The End of the F***ing World (2017)
Some love stories begin at the end.
James is 17 and is pretty sure he is a psychopath. Alyssa, also 17, is the cool and moody new girl at school. The pair make a connection and she persuades him to embark on a darkly comedic road trip in search of her real father.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 24 October 2017 |
| Status | Ended, last episode 7 November 2019 |
| Genre | Comedy, Drama, Crime |
| Created by | Jonathan Entwistle |
| Starring | Alex Lawther, Jessica Barden and Naomi Ackie |
| Seasons | 2 seasons, 16 episodes |
| Episode length | about 21 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 6 hours |
| Rated | TV-MA |
| Scores | TMDB users 8.0/10 |
Where to watch The End of the F***ing World
The End of the F***ing World is streaming on Netflix ($17.99 a month) in the US. At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 1 month of Netflix, or $17.99 at list price.
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What kind of watch this is
Jonathan Entwistle built a 2017 series that treats murder as a hobby and running away as a valid plan. It is 6 hours of dark comedy and crime drama, split across 2 seasons. The humor isn't in the jokes; it is in the fact that a 17-year-old boy is genuinely confused about his own capacity for violence. It is a road trip that starts with a promise to kill and ends with something harder to define. The tagline says love stories begin at the end, which is fair, though the middle is mostly just two teenagers trying to survive each other.
What the critics said
Critics greeted the show with near-universal enthusiasm, which is rare for a show about a serial killer and a runaway. Rotten Tomatoes sits at 94% overall, with the first season hitting 96% across 52 reviews. Metacritic assigns an overall score of 77 out of 100, based on 21 critics. That is generally favorable territory, though the first season’s 81 earns the higher distinction of universal acclaim. The second season dips slightly to 92% on Rotten Tomatoes and 71 on Metacritic. Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter called it a "pitch-black, eight-episode comedy gem of a UK import." Kelly Lawler of USA Today found it "batty fun." Both singled out the lead performances.
How it did with audiences
No box office figures to parse here, which saves everyone the trouble of doing the math. Instead, there is a TMDB user score of 8. That number sits comfortably in the high range. It is a quiet signal that the internet’s collective mood was in on the joke.
What came next for the cast
Alex Lawther moved from early child roles to The Last Duel and The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun. Naomi Ackie jumped from indie dramas to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and Mickey 17. Steve Oram shifted from The World's End to Love Again. The timeline shows range, not causality. Credits list what followed, not why.
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Sources
- The End of the F***ing World on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q30636463 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
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