The final shot is a freeze-frame of their hands, intertwined, as the credits roll over a cover of “The End of the World” by Sharon Van Etten.
But here’s where the season gets brilliant: She’s so exhausted by her own trauma that she almost welcomes death. She tells Bonnie the truth: “I didn’t kill him. James did. But honestly? He deserved it. And I don’t care anymore.” James, meanwhile, tries to take the blame entirely. The End Of The F---ing World -2019- Season 2 S0...
Meanwhile, (Jessica Barden) is surviving—barely. She’s a shell of the snarling girl from Season 1. She’s working a dead-end diner job, has cut off her hair, and is engaged to a sweet but dimwitted gas station attendant named Todd (an excellent Seb de Souza). She’s trying to be normal. But she’s not. She’s numb. She never testified at her father’s trial (she killed him in self-defense at the end of Season 1), and she’s convinced James is dead. The final shot is a freeze-frame of their
We quickly learn Bonnie’s backstory via flashbacks: As a college student, she fell under the spell of a charismatic, manipulative professor— (a brilliant cameo by Tim Key). Koch is a pretentious, lecherous man who preys on vulnerable students. He sleeps with Bonnie, gives her a book on “control,” and then discards her. When Bonnie finds out that Koch was killed by two teenagers (James and Alyssa) at the end of Season 1, she doesn’t see a crime. She sees a mission. She believes Alyssa murdered the only man who ever “loved” her. James did