James

James
Relatives	Phil (father) Vanessa (mother)
Age	17 years old (season 1) 19 years old (season 2)
Status	Alive
Biographical Information
Marital Status	In Love With Alyssa
Date of Birth	October 29, 1999
Place of Birth	England
Physical Description
Gender	Male
Height	5'8" (173 cm)
Eye Color	Blue
Hair Color	Dark brown
Actor	Alex Lawther

“

Dread can start as a small thing. It's so quiet, you can pretend not to hear it. But it gets loud. Really loud. And you can't ignore it anymore.

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James is a 17 year old male and one of the main protagonists in The End of the F***ing World. He is the current boyfriend ofAlyssa and the son of the late Phil and Vanessa. He lives with his father, and he used to self identify as a psychopath. James has a lasting fantasy of punching his dad. One day, he meets Alyssa and they embark on an adventure that will change the rest of their lives.

James and Alyssa steal James's dad's car and venture around England with the ultimate goal of finding Alyssa's father. Along the way, they stop at an abandoned house and stay there for the night. The owner, Clive Koch, comes home and find Alyssa in his bed. Attempting to make Alyssa another one of his murder-rape victims, he is stabbed in the neck by James who was hiding under the bed.

This sets up an investigation by the police; more specifically, Eunice and Teri, two detectives with a complicated past. While on the run, James and Alyssa part ways for some time and while on their own they learn more about who they are and what they want. They join together on the final step of their journey, meeting Alyssa's father. Once they are found by the cops, James and Alyssa make an attempt at an escape, but James, wanting to protect Alyssa, strikes her with the butt of his gun and runs away from the armed forces. With a detained Alyssa screaming after him, he runs along the beach as two shots misses and a third one is fired and the season ends.

Biography

When James was young, he went to feed the ducks with his mother, who then proceeded to drive into the lake and commit suicide while he was out of the car. This presumably caused James' psychopathic tendencies, as by age nine, he couldn't feel anything. To tackle this, James put his hand in his father's deep fat fryer, causing permanent scarring and burn damage to his hand. He also says that he didn't have a sense of humor as a child, as he didn't laugh at any jokes his father told him and was able to keep a blank face. James then turns to killing animals a little later on in his life, beginning with his neighbors cat, and moving onto larger animals. He claims that he remembers every single one. However, he decides one day that he wanted to kill something larger; a person.

James meets Alyssa at school during lunch. Alyssa approaches him because he's 'different', in her eyes, and James plans on killing her. To do this, he pretends to fall in love with her to keep her close to him. He offers to take her out on a date to a cafe, which was promptly ruined when Alyssa began to swear at the waitress, getting them both kicked out. After this, she suggests that they both go to James' house. He accepts, seeing a possible murder opportunity. At James' house, he tells Alyssa that his mother was living in Japan. His father congratulates James on getting a girlfriend, claiming that he'd always thought his son may have been gay. Though he quickly amends that there's nothing wrong with being gay, he still annoys Alyssa. She eventually leaves, saying that she would return the next day at 11. James describes her as a nymphomaniac. The next day, he prepares to kill Alyssa, who shows up late and suggests they run away. James agrees, and fulfills his lifelong dream to punch his father in the face before stealing his car. At this, they travel England for a while until they crash the car, at which they hitchhike. An old army veteran picks them up and takes the two to a cafe. Though James says that he's alright, Alyssa dislikes him and he begins to feel that she is getting on his last nerves. In the bathroom of this cafe, the vet attempts to take advantage of James, who lets it happen for reasons unknown to him, even though he didn't want it to. Alyssa 'saves' him at this point and blackmails the vet, getting the two some money. They stay at an inn for a night, where James planned to kill Alyssa, but didn't after he heard her crying in the bathroom. Following this, they cuddle for a while until they leave the inn the next day. They eventually find a house they assume is uninhabited or abandoned, and break into it. They make a mess and dance for a while, where James thinks he may be falling in love with Alyssa for real. Then, when Alyssa goes to give James a blowjob, he tells her to stop, and she leaves. Returning with another man she eventually can't have sex with, James decides he will kill her, and, when she sends the man away, he waits outside her room for her to fall asleep. However, he says he didn't know whether he wanted to kill her or hold her hand.

He's about to take her hand when the owner of the house, Clive Koch, returns. He attempts to murder and rape Alyssa, so James, trying to protect and save Alyssa, stabs him in the neck and kills him. He decides, at this point, that he isn't a psychopath. Deciding to lay low, they remove all of the evidence yet still unknowingly left some evidence linking to the crime. James and Alyssa part ways for a while, Alyssa being scared of him, but they eventually return to each other again and James hot wires a car so they can go and find Alyssa's dad, Leslie. At this point, it is clear that they're both in love with each other and that they get along well. James says that he needs Alyssa, whether he likes it or not. After finding Alyssa's dad, James gets a bad vibe from him and appears to be suspicious of him. Following an event at a bar and Leslie trying to get the two arrested to get the police reward, James picks up the phone Leslie set up and confesses to murdering Clive to save Alyssa from any jail time. They deny Eunice's help upon realizing they would go to separate jails, and run to the beach to attempt to escape using Leslie's boat. Realizing he is out of time, due to the armed forces police sector arriving, James tells Alyssa to tell them that he did everything. She then refuses, trying to drag him along and claiming that there's still time.

James realizes that Alyssa won't budge and apologies before hitting her around the head with the butt of the gun they took so that she wouldn't follow him in an attempt to protect her as he ran further, unsure of where he would go. We see that James is presumably shot just a few seconds after.

Personality (Netflix Series)

Season 1

James describes himself as a psychopath, but later falls for Alyssa and has a shift in personality in a way. Before meeting Alyssa, James is apathetic and closed off from his peers, not wanting to form relationships or get to know anybody else. In the early stages of his and Alyssa's relationship, he even considered killing her. He doesn't invest in their relationship and doesn't seem to care about it either, rarely showing interest in Alyssa's advances. Surprisingly, he does want to make himself look cooler than he is however, as seen in when he lies about doing tons of oral sex.

After running away with Alyssa, James has a change in personality. He becomes more free spirited and starts to become more comfortable with being vulnerable around Alyssa. He comes to terms with his feelings for her, and starts to care about her. He also displays moments of great bravery, like when they're stealing gas and pretends to have a gun in his jacket to save Alyssa.

When Alyssa brings a stranger into the house they've broken into, James is distraught and deeply upset that he's made Alyssa mad. He turns to his past violent ways and plans on killing her, but doesn't go through with it, showing that he has grown into a more empathetic person.

By the end of the season, James has become much more compassionate while still retaining his aloof nature. He wants to protect Alyssa, and attempts to bring all the criminal charges onto himself.

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Season 2:

A new character is introduced on the first episode of Season 2. Bonnie goes to a gas station, when she see's an old friend of hers from university. ¨What have you been up to?" her old friend says. Bonnie replies with a rather strange answer. ¨Prison. I killed someone; on purpose ¨. Her old friend, Ray thinks its a joke, and laughs. Bonnie then asks for a pocket knife, pays and leaves. Bonnie then goes to her car, opening her glove box. She then takes out one of Clive Kochs books from season one, with a picture of Alyssa Foley. Behind it was a gun. Bonnie claims she learnt about punishment at a young age. Her mother, wanted her to go to university; only because she couldn't. If Bonnie missed a question, her mother would feel as if ´ she got punched in the face.´ Bonnie then goes to her room, to see her giraffe plush cut open. Bonnies mother would always put her first. She would serve cod every dinner, because she claims its ´ good for synapses ´. Bonnies father would spend quite a lot of time in their garden. When Bonnie was 17, her father lost his job. He didn't want them to know, so he would get in his car, every morning and drive around until it was time for him to come home. When Bonnies mother found out, she was quite upset. Really upset. So one day, Bonnies father packed his bags, and left saying he was ¨ going for milk¨. He never came back. Bonnies mother said they were better off without him, but Bonnie would hear her mother crying on some nights. Soon, her mother found out that Bonnie had lipstick. She referred people that wear lipstick as ´hookers´ and said they dont pass exams. So as a punishment, she made Bonnie eat it. Bonnie would also get bullied at school. So one day, she cut off a girls braid for calling her ¨ fu**ing weirdo¨ She got suspended. Then, her grades were mailed to her. She failed every single exam, but she told her mother that she had gotten all A´s. She then went to university; to work.