Gregg Araki's lost teen apocalypse pilot that MTV was too cowardly to greenlight.
Season 1 • Episode 1
LatestCasper and friends showcase their hectic teenage lives.
This Is How The World Ends was a TV Pilot episode for a series that revolved around a group of sexually active teenagers in Los Angeles.
Direction
Araki's hyper-stylized neon-drenched LA apocalypse vision.
Writing
Dialogue that bites harder than it has any right to.
Creator
Gregg Araki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
MTV commissioned this as a series but never aired it, burying the only episode until fan leaks surfaced years later. Araki later cannibalized elements for Kaboom.
This pilot exists in a liminal space between The Doom Generation's nihilism and Mysterious Skin's empathy—Araki's turning point that nobody saw.
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