The End of the F***ing World both premiered and wrapped up its second series this week and by all accounts it was a triumph.
The show is based on Charles Forsman's graphic novel of the same name, and speaking exclusively to Digital Spy, director Lucy Forbes explained what she thinks works well about the new series, revealing it was important to her to maintain the "other-worldly feel" of the source material.
"It's based on a graphic novel so it's that other-worldly feel," Lucy, who directed season 2's first four episodes, told us.
"It's important because there's something quite romantic about not really knowing where they are. Not being quite able to place them."
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She continued: "It makes it feel more fantastical even though the performances are so grounded in naturalism.
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"It takes you off into another world and I think it suited the writing style, the origins of the graphic novel, and that slightly off, Americana, suburban noir feel, which I think works really well with the characters and the story. And it also looks cool."
Forbes also reflected on the challenges of working on the second season while also staying faithful to the show that proved such a hit in its first outing.
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"It still really needed to feel like the show, but I wanted to mature it and evolve it; take it on and make it feel the same but different. An easy challenge [laughs]," she said.
"I unpacked it all, the references that inspired the first season, spent a lot of time working them out, what they were and where they came from... [so] I could pick up what I wanted in the way to take it forward into season two."
The entire second season of The End of the F***ing World is now available to stream on All4. In the US, it's available on Netflix.
Channel 4/Clerkenwell Films/Dominic Buchanan Productions The End of the F***ing World - Series 1
Faber & Faber The End of the F***ing World by Charles Forsman
Graham Coxon The End of the F***ing World (Original Songs and Score) by Graham Coxon
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