Normal Peopleis so much more than a normal TV show.
It’s an epic romance told quietly.
In short: it’s great and you should definitely go and watch it right now.

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It’ll make you hurt in the best possible ways.
(Warning: Some minor spoilers from this point forward.)
Instead, a lot of how they’re feeling is communicated through touches or glances.

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Even the slightest side-eye can say so much.
(She’s probably discovered contacts and grown out her bangs by this point too.
)Normal Peopledoesn’t go that route.

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Through it all, their feelings for one another remain consistent.
Maybe love can’t conquer all after all?
Also, mood lighting and music?

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But, yeah, watch it anyway?
Tasks which would normally be easy become impossible.
Relationships dissolve around him and he spends a lot of time lying around languidly.

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“I was really excited by how Sally wrote it,” Mescal told EW.
“She shows the effects of his depression and anxiety, rather than over explain it.
…or real resolution for Marianne and her family
Marianne’s family pretty much sucks.

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Her older brother is abusive, her mother distant and cold, and her father deceased.
Have we mentioned the sex scenes?
Need we explain this one?

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