The End of the F***ing World
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Everything I said inmy first recapabout this show having the potential to be cloying?
I take it all back.
I am officially, unreservedly onboard withThe End of the F***ing World.
(Hes the one who taught her the rule, If its a chain, its free reign.)
Later, James accidentally crashes the car after Alyssa tries to initiate what Dionne fromCluelessiconically called vehicular sex.
James gets pretty nervous about the accident, which is understandable enough, since his dad loves that car.
But I do not think a psychopath would care if his dad loved a car.
The pair decide to hitchhike, and flag down an Army veteran driving a minivan.
Alyssa gets angry, as James had previously told her that his mom was currently living in Japan.
When the trio stop off at another diner, Alyssa asks about the drivers family.
He complies, and then Alyssa and James talk outside the diner.
Alyssa asks if something like that has happened before.
James hesitates just a moment too long before saying no.
Once shes done, Alyssa steps out and uses a payphone to call her moms house.
Heartbroken, Alyssa hangs up.
Alyssa pulls out an old birthday card from her pocket.
Its from her dad, and includes a picture of herself as a baby.
Back in the room, Alyssa informs James that she is never going home.
She asks James if he wants her or if he is just going along with her.
James reassures her that he wants her.
Alyssa tells him that theyre going to stay with her dad.
Then, in a rare moment of vulnerability, Alyssa asks James to cuddle her.
She looks content, but his face registers something less certain.
His mind flashes to puddles of blood.
Meanwhile, Jamess father calls the police.
Its compelling and its sad.
It sure seems like if James actually wanted to kill her, he would have done it already.
So maybe thats exactly what I should expect.
