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The End of the F***ing World Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2017 - 2017
Episode 1
Episode #1.1
Tue, Oct 24, 201718 mins
Seventeen year old James is convinced that he is a psychopath, having killed animals since the age of nine and now seeking a human victim. At school he meets angry, foul-mouthed Alyssa, whom he marks as a potential victim and dates uneasily, sharing with her his disdain of his cheery single father Phil. After attending a party given by her mother Gwen and lustful step-father Tony Alyssa persuades James to steal Phil's car and run away with her.
Episode 2
Episode #1.2
22 mins
Alyssa's demand for sex in the car leads to James crashing it, leaving them stranded. They accept a lift from family man Martin but when Alyssa catches him touching James up she blackmails him into giving her his wallet. Using the money to book a room in a hotel she rings home but Tony refuses to let her speak to Gwen whilst Phil phones the police.
Episode 3
Episode #1.3
21 mins
Alyssa persuades James that they should hide out by squatting in a house whose owner is away. She wants sex but again he refuses so she picks up a total stranger called Topher but changes her mind and throws him out.
Episode 4
Episode #1.4
21 mins
Alyssa begins to see James in a new light as they scramble to cover their tracks and alter their appearance after a harrowing night.
Episode 5
Episode #1.5
20 mins
James goes to the police but, rather than reporting the murder, tells DC Onslow how, when he was six, his depressed mother Vanessa committed suicide, before running off and reuniting with Alyssa. Meanwhile the discovery of Phil's car leads policewomen Eunice and Teri to finding the link between Alyssa and James whilst the murder weapon is also located where James hid it.
Episode 6
Episode #1.6
22 mins
Stealing another car the fugitive couple set off to find Alyssa's father, almost getting caught at a service station, making a narrow escape thanks to the suspicious owner's rebellious son. Meanwhile Eunice and Teri establish that the knife belonged to James as well as discovering Clive's dark past which suggests that he may have been killed in self-defence.
Episode 7
Episode #1.7
21 mins
Whilst Gwen and Phil are shown CCTV footage of the garage robbery Alyssa and James reach her father Leslie's seaside trailer home. Alyssa is very happy when he makes them welcome but James is perturbed by his child-like eccentricity - and drug-dealing - and feels excluded from the family reunion. Then Leslie sees on TV that the couple are wanted by the police, who, tipped off by Leslie's angry ex-girlfriend Debbie, are closing in on them.
Episode 8
Episode #1.8
19 mins
After Leslie runs over and kills a dog and she discovers he has a son by Debbie, Alyssa becomes disenchanted with her father and suggests to James they escape in Leslie's boat but he is wise to them and, seeking the reward offered, rings the police. Teri and Eunice arrive shortly afterwards and James shocks Alyssa with his plan of action for their survival.
