Last week, the second season of the British show, "The End of the Fxxxing World" started streaming on Netflix. With eight episodes averaging about 19 minutes each, this was easy to digest in two evenings. The ending of the first season made it surprising that a second season would be likely, but giving credit to the creators, they pulled it off brilliantly.
This season picks up some time after the first, and James and Alyssa estranged, but still very much haunted by each other. Their reunion is complicated by the fact that Alyssa is engaged...oh, and there is a new character, the emotionally unbalanced felon Bonnie, who is hell bent on killing both James and Alyssa to punish them for the murder they committed in the first season.
While the first season dealt primarily with the existential angst that teenagers can succumb to, this season is about the healing process and explores whether or not it is even possible to heal. The dialog is spot-on and despite the darkness of the plot, this show always manages to leave me laughing.
I've read some reviews that lament the fact that Alyssa and James are not the rebellious teens they were in the first season, but I actually like the growing they've done. I don't relive the first season, I'd rather explore where they've gone since then. Excellent stuff.
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