tyla homepage
  • News
  • Life
  • TV & Film
  • Beauty
  • Style
  • Home
  • News
    • Celebrity
    • Entertainment
    • Politics
    • Royal Family
  • Life
    • Animals
    • Food & Drink
    • Women's Health
    • Mental Health
    • Sex & Relationships
    • Travel
    • Real Life
  • TV & Film
    • True Crime
    • Documentaries
    • Netflix
    • BBC
    • ITV
    • Tyla Recommends
  • Beauty
    • Hair
    • Make-up
    • Skincare
  • Style
    • Home
    • Fashion
    • Shopping
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
Submit Your Content
'Underrated’ show on Netflix with ‘epic’ season 2 has viewers still raving about years after release

Home> Entertainment> Netflix

Published 15:40 21 Jun 2024 GMT+1

'Underrated’ show on Netflix with ‘epic’ season 2 has viewers still raving about years after release

The series originally debuted in 2017 but viewers are still raving over how brilliant it is

Kya Buller

Kya Buller

google discoverFollow us on Google Discover

Viewers are still absolutely raving over a Channel 4 black comedy-drama that launched in 2017.

Despite years having passed since the gripping show was on our screens, fans still proclaim their love for it and people who watch it for the first time are instantly hooked.

The show is still picking up new fans. (Channel 4)
The show is still picking up new fans. (Channel 4)

Netflix clearly saw the appeal as they scooped up the chance to make it available for subscribers to stream.

Advert

It received widespread critical acclaim, and went on to win six awards.

The show was called The End of the F***ing World and it ran for two seasons.

Watch the trailer here:

The End of the F***ing World follows the story of 17-year-old James (Alex Lawther) who thinks he could be a psychopath, and Alyssa (Jessica Barden), who has a disruptive home life that she wants to flee from.

Alyssa suggests that the two misfits run away together, seeking adventure and something completely different to what she currently knows.

James agrees, hoping he will get an opportunity to kill her as he's grown weary of killing animals.

The two set off on a trip that takes them all over England.

The two form an unlikely alliance, and what follows is murderous and romantic in equal measure.

It received widespread critical acclaim. (Netflix)
It received widespread critical acclaim. (Netflix)

Throughout the two series', Gemma Whelan, Wunmi Mosaku, Steve Oram, Christine Bottomley, Navin Chowdhry, Barry Ward and Naomi Ackie also make appearances.

The series is adapted from the mini-comics of the same name by Charles Forsman.

Much to the chagrin of viewers, screenwriter Charlie Covell has declared she doesn't intend to bring us a third series.

It was a huge success upon the premiere.

The series has a near perfect score of 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, with Sonya Saraiya noting for Variety: "The End of the F***ing World gets under the viewer's skin with sharp, bloody intensity."

Jessica Barden and Alex Lawther co-star. (Channel 4)
Jessica Barden and Alex Lawther co-star. (Channel 4)

Pilot Viruet added for The Verge: "It's a show that makes viewers care about its screwed-up, unlikable leads, and it depicts teenage misanthropy and being on the cusp of adulthood in a thought-provoking way."

Despite no third season on the cards, viewers have been gifted two perfect series to binge and look back on.

Viewers still rave about it to this day.

One person wrote: "One of the greatest!"

Another said: "End of the F'ing World was an amazingly brutal, funny, and heartfelt look at being a messed-up teenager."

While a third chimed: "I’m re-watching The End of the F***ing World & omfg it’s so so good Alyssa is everything i wished I could’ve been when I was 15."

The End of the F***ing World is available to stream on Netflix.

Featured Image Credit: Channel 4

Topics: Netflix, Channel 4, TV And Film, Tyla Recommends

Kya Buller
Kya Buller

Kya is a Journalist at Tyla. She loves covering issues surrounding identity, gender, sex and relationships, and mental health. Contact: [email protected]

X

@kyajbuller

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

9 hours ago
10 hours ago
12 hours ago
14 hours ago
  • Jesse Grant/Variety via Getty Images
    9 hours ago

    Brenda Song defended over ‘entitled’ remarks after airline moved her family’s first-class seats without warning

    Brenda Song and Macaulay Culkin have faced criticism after their complaints

    Entertainment
  • Andrew Chin/Getty Images
    10 hours ago

    Early signs of breast cancer as Supernatural star Carrie Anne Fleming died at 51 after diagnosis

    The Canadian actress died late last month (26 February) following a private battle with cancer

    Entertainment
  • Santiago Felipe/Getty Images
    12 hours ago

    Taylor Frankie Paul fires back at advice to stay away from social media following The Bachelorette controversy

    The reality TV star took to TikTok to respond to the fan's suggestion

    Entertainment
  • Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty Images
    14 hours ago

    Sarah Michelle Gellar shares emotional tribute to Buffy co-star Nicholas Brendon after death at 54

    Nicholas Brendon played Xander Harris in the supernatural series, the beloved sidekick to Gellar's titular lead, Buffy Summers

    Entertainment
  • Controversial influencer's bizarre claims about women in Louis Theroux doc proved wrong by viewers
  • Adolescence creators give major update after viewers beg for season 2
  • Netflix viewers urge Adolescence fans to watch underrated film after finishing ‘disturbing’ series
  • You ending explained as Netflix viewers ‘miss the point’ of chilling final line