Normal People: Season 1

18
2020
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The romantic lives of two very different young women in a small Irish town constantly intertwine in this series adaptaion... More

Where to watch Normal People: Season 1

Normal People: Season 1 is available to stream in New... More Zealand now on TVNZ+.

Normal People: Season 1 episodes

Episode 1.1

Episode 1

An attraction sparks between Connell and Marianne when he comes... More to collect his mother who works at Marianne's house; a deep connection grows between the two teenagers, one they cannot stop but are determined to conceal from their peers.

Episode 1.2

Episode 2

Connell and Marianne's relationship continues in secret; Connell makes excuses... More to his friends, while Marianne must find a way to explain her absences to her brother, Alan.

Episode 1.3

Episode 3

Connell offers Marianne a lift home from an event; Connell... More becomes anxious when his friends tease him about Marianne.

Episode 1.4

Episode 4

At Trinity College, Connell goes to a party, where he... More feels intimidated by the fashionable crowd; Connell's classmate, Gareth, offers to introduce him to someone else he knows from Sligo, and he comes face to face with an unexpected guest.

EPISODE 1.5

Episode 5

Connell and Marianne start socialising as friends in Dublin; Marianne... More is still dating Gareth, but her interest in him starts to fade.

EPISODE 1.6

Episode 6

Connell and Marianne are back together; Connell is reluctant to... More show Marianne affection in front of her friends.

EPISODE 1.7

Episode 7

Connell is mugged and goes to Marianne's house, where he... More sees he has interrupted a party; Connell reveals he's seeing someone new.

EPISODE 1.8

Episode 8

Connell and Niall arrive at Marianne's family house in Italy;... More the chemistry between Connell and Marianne causes friction with Jamie.

EPISODE 1.9

Episode 9

Marianne is on a student exchange program in Sweden; she... More is in a relationship with a photographer; word of Marianne's sex life makes its way back to Dublin; Connell is upset by the gossip.

EPISODE 1.10

Episode 10

Struggling with the emotional fallout of Rob's death, Connell's mental... More health deteriorates; through counselling and Marianne's friendship, Connell begins to see a way forward.

EPISODE 1.11

Episode 11

Marianne returns to Carricklea for the summer; she and Connell... More spend their weekends together.

EPISODE 1.12

Episode 12

Marianne and Connell are back in Dublin; Connell receives news... More that he has been offered a place to study in New York; neither of them know how to process the news.

Normal People: Season 1 | Ratings & Reviews

"The show is at its best when it allows Marianne to be sexual in these early high school scenes. When she and Connell are alone, there’s a hint of a better show trying to make its way out of a dour shell."

A.V. ClubA.V. Club

"The first six episodes of the series, which feature the end of school and the first year of college, are easily the strongest part of the show — which is hardly a surprise as that was also the strongest part of Rooney's novel as well..."

TV GuideTV Guide

"Again and again throughout Normal People — an excellent Hulu miniseries adapted by Sally Rooney and Alice Birch from Rooney’s bestselling novel — director Lenny Abrahamson (Room) simply lingers on those faces. He trusts his actors’ expressions to tell us what we need to know about why Marianne and Connell fall in love — and, almost just as often, out of it."

Rolling StoneRolling Stone

"Neither Marianne nor Connell are particularly verbose, but their shorthand with each other becomes a language all its own. With every episode, you learn to read their moods and micro-expressions alongside them."

VarietyVariety

"The BBC’s 12-part adaptation of Normal People, widely dubbed the first great millennial novel, is a poignant coming-of-age drama masquerading as teen romance."

The TelegraphThe Telegraph

"To judge by the first four episodes, it’s a beautiful, pitch-perfect adaptation that captures all the intensity and longing of the novel and will bring Rooney’s work to the attention of those who don’t know it, all five of them."

IndependentIndependent

"“Normal People” engineers an uncanny dependency — compelling you to keep watching even when you want to savor what’s come before — while its hefty episode count provides an apt sense of significance."

IndieWireIndieWire

Normal People: Season 1 | Details

Rating
18, LSC
Genre
Drama, Romance
Country of origin
UK

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