YMMV / The Fades

• Ho Yay: Mac and Paul, particularly this conversation from Episode 3.
  Mac: I could have been naked!
  Paul: I've seen you naked.
  Mac: I could have been masturbating!
  Paul: I've seen you masturbate.
  Mac: [disturbed] When?
  Paul: On the school trip to Calais.
  Mac: [with horror] You... were awake.
• Moral Event Horizon: While Neil had been getting ever more unstable and radical as time went by, as exemplified by his torture of Natalie, he irrevocably jumps off the slippery slope when he kills Jay to motivate Paul to attack John, promising to do the same to the rest of his family if he refuses.
• Retroactive Recognition: The Fades is notable for featuring a lot of British actors who later became very well-known internationally, particularly in US TV and film, not long after the series was released:
  • Iain De Caestecker is now best known for playing Agent Fitz, one of the main characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., which ran from 2014-2020. He's also had some notable movie roles including Filth, Lost River, and Overlord.
  • Mat Fraser, who appears in a minor role as the owner of a corner shop near the main characters' school, is now much more well-known thanks to his recurring role as "Paul the Illustrated Seal Boy" in American Horror Story: Freak Show.
  • Tom Ellis plays Mark, and is now most famous for playing the title role in the urban fantasy series Lucifer, which ran from 2016-2021.
  • Daniel Kaluuya is now better known worldwide for his roles in Get Out (2017) and Black Panther (2018), and won an Oscar for his role in Judas and the Black Messiah.
  • Natalie Dormer is now hugely recognisable thanks to her role as Margaery Tyrell in Game of Thrones, and has also had major US movie roles in titles such as Captain America: The First Avenger, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, and The Forest.
  • Eleanor Matsuura is now better known for her roles in shows like Cuffs, Into the Badlands, and The Walking Dead.
  • Will Poulter played Mac in the pilot before Kaluuya took the role in the actual series. Poulter has since become known for his roles in We're the Millers, The Revenant, Midsommar, and The Maze Runner series.
• Tear Jerker: Jay.. oh Jay. In fact, the whole last episode was a mixture of a Moment of Awesome and Tear Jerker.

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