As the first episode of End of the F***ing World reveals, James (Alex Lawther) had an introduction to feelings of emptiness at a devastatingly early age. 

Raised by a non-responsive, aloof mother and a quirky, puppy-eyed father, his formative memories include sitting on a river-side swing, receiving a beautifully carved, collectible hunting knife for his birthday and watching his mum drive into the water and never appear again. 

To combat the pain, James plunged his hand into a deep fryer. He survived the injury, with his left hand serving as a lifelong reminder of the incident. Marred by the exposure to extreme heat, the skin became purple, veiny and more sensitive than usual. 

James' hand isn't exactly for the faint-hearted – though neither are most of the shenanigans the two characters find themselves involved in. 

Season 1 saw him and Alyssa get caught up in all sorts of trouble – from accidentally destroying a car to breaking into someone's house and all the way to some crazy dancing. 

The modern-day iteration of Bonnie and Clyde, their romance played out against a sequence of petty crimes. That is, until the climax of the season finale – which brought about a police chase, a shooting, and the not-so-fleeing mention of a life sentence.