TV series

Normal People

2020 · 1 season

An intimate, quietly devastating watch that lingers on glances and silences, making ordinary moments feel achingly significant.

Tagline: Drawn together. Driven apart.
Overview: Marianne and Connell weave in and out of each other's lives in this exploration of sex, power and the desire to love and be loved.
How it feels: Melancholic, romantic, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Love, identity, class, isolation
Content: Strong sexual content. Mild violence and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
romanticstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
identity
class
isolation
coming-of-age
Places: small town
big city
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong