The original post: /r/television by /u/jagmanamgaj on 2025-04-12 15:00:14.
I recently watched Normal People with my wife and we were both struck by how genuine and vulnerable the characters and their relationship was. It was just a fantastic story and acting, amazing all the way around.
I live in the US and I know it is not a super popular series in the states as I have never actually met anyone else who has even seen the show,
but for those have seen normal people:
Who else thought it was so completely relatable to your first serious relationship in late high school/early college years?
I was struck by the themes of the economic and social statuses of the two main characters and how different they were and how that dynamic was similar to my own high school and early college relationship. And of course the on and off again nature of the relationship, the toxic aspects… just really all of it.
Oh and that ending and how it left us all heartbroken because if really felt like the end of their relationship , but maybe their love might survive… but for me I saw it as the end of them. Heartbreaking.
Who else strongly related to this show?