The End of the F***ing World
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Next one, though, I may be a mess.
When last we left our heroes, they were standing outside Alyssas dads trailer.
In Alyssas eyes, though, he can do no wrong.
Her love for him is completely childlike, perhaps her last vestige of innocence.
Leslie offers to take James and Alyssa out on his boat, but is sidetracked by work a.k.a.
dealing drugs to teens who are younger than his daughter.
Gwen immediately blames James and storms out, followed shortly by Tony.
Phil tells the detective that tomorrow is his sons birthday, and that hell be 18 the next day.
He shows Eunice a childhood family photo of James, and then tells both cops about his wifes suicide.
Eunice suggests they go now, but Teri suggests they wait for James to turn 18.
Then he can have a proper sentence.
Hes just a kid, says Eunice.
No, hes not, says Teri.
The two argue over whether or not James and Alyssas motives matter.
Eunice thinks theyre just frightened kids and theres no need to scare them with an armed police ambush.
Teri wonders if this is about something else, and Eunice insists its not.
Shes clearly horrified by Teris indifference to these two kids, who very likely did something bad in self-defense.
(I no longer ship Eunice and Teri, by the way.
She swears she doesnt know where Leslie is, either.
Eunice gives her her phone number just in case.
Alyssa asks who said it and Leslie replies, Me.
Alyssa is in awe.
James looks like hes going to barf.
She cant stop beaming.
Shes with her dad … even if her dad is currently making out with the bartender.
James muses that Alyssa feels far away now, like theyve reverted to how they were before.
As they dance, Leslie starts crying and saying hes useless.
Alyssa assures him hes not after all, he sent her a card every year without fail.
The tenant of Leslies old apartment, whose name is Debbie, shows up at the pub.
In tow is her son … Leslies son.
Leslie isnt involved in his life, either.
Leslie runs out of the pub and gets in his truck.
He backs up, not noticing that a dog has been sleeping under his back tires.
The dog doesnt die, though, and Alyssa and James decide to mercy kill it with a rock.
James, who used to easily slaughter animals, starts crying, unable to do it.
Alyssa grabs the rock and hits the dog.
The dog whimpers and dies, and I yelled at my computer scream.
Clive Kochs murder didnt come close to upsetting me as much as this dogs death did.
Eunice and Teri check into a motel.
Teri asks if she wants to share a room.
You go, girl.
Later, a vengeful Debbie texts Eunice with Leslies home address.
Eunice doesnt tell Teri where shes going and leaves the motel room to stake out Leslies trailer.
There is no way this ends well.
I mean, I know how it ends, because like I said, I cheated and watched ahead.
