Netflix’s I Am Not Okay With This has a few subtle connections to The End of the F***ing World. The seven-episode first season of I Am Not Okay With This recently debuted on the streaming service and gained the attention of many. With IT star Sophia Lillis in the lead role as Sydney Novak, her journey of discovering that she has superpowers makes the show a compelling watch amidst the teen angst drama.

What many viewers of I Am Not Okay With This might not realize is that the series is based on a graphic novel by Charles Forsman. The comic was initially released in 2017 and quickly acquired by Netflix to turn it into a TV series. However, I Am Not Okay With This is not the first comic Forsman created to be adapted by Netflix successfully. The company previously brought Forsman’s work to the small screen with their show The End of the F***ing World, which is based on Forsman’s 2011 graphic novel. Beyond the shows’ shared connection of being Forsman creations, Jonathan Entwistle helped bring both stories to Netflix. This begs the question, does I Am Not Okay With This connect to The End of the F***ing World in any way?

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I Am Not Okay With This season 1 confirms that it is set in the same universe as The End of the F***ing World. One quick Easter egg shows Syd previously wrote “TEOTFW” on a piece of paper, but there is a more significant way that the two shows collide. There is another blink and you’ll miss it Easter egg of a newspaper in the Novak household that features a photo of James (Alex Lawther) and Alyssa (Jessica Barden) from The End of the F***ing World. It’s difficult to spot, but Decider confirmed the presence of the Easter egg on set and with Entwistle.

With this connection, fans of either Netflix series now know that I Am Not Okay With This and The End of the F***ing World are tied together. However, that doesn’t mean that a crossover is coming soon. Entwistle says that while he’d be interested in seeing a crossover, they are not planning one at this time. Instead, James and Alyssa will continue their adventures in the UK while Syd learns more about her powers and past as I Am Not Okay With This continues. If plans for a crossover do materialize, it will have to come in a future season of I Am Not Okay With This, as The End of the F***ing World season 3 isn’t expected to happen.

There is one more small connection that the two shows share and comes through their music. Music plays a big role in the first season of I Am Not Okay With This through a series of needle drops and an all-around great soundtrack, but it also features the stylings of a fictional band named Bloodwitch, who Syd and Stanley (Wyatt Oleff) are obsessed with. This band was created for the show by Graham Coxon and Tatyana Richaud, and Coxon previously produced music for The End of the F***ing World. With I Am Not Okay With This confirming a connection to his other world, fans will now be left wondering if James and Alyssa were also Bloodwitch fans.

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Cooper Hood is a news and feature writer for Screen Rant. He joined Screen Rant in late 2016 following a year-long stint with MCU Exchange, which came after first developing an MCU blog of his own. He graduated college in 2016 with a Bachelor’s degree in Media & Public Communication, with a minor in Media Production. Cooper’s love for movies began by watching Toy Story and Lion King on repeat as a child, but it wasn’t until The Avengers that he took an invested interest in movies and the filmmaking process, leading him to discover the world of film journalism. Every year Cooper looks forward to seeing the latest blockbusters from the likes of Marvel, DC, and Star Wars, but also loves the rush to catch up on Oscar films near the end of the year. When he isn’t writing about or watching new releases, Cooper is a fantasy football obsessive and looking to expand his Blu-Ray collection – because physical media is still king! Follow Cooper on Twitter @MovieCooper.

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