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Normal People(TV show/series, 2020)

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| 30min per episode | Genre: Drama

Mini series in 1 season with 12 episodes

Normal PeopleRating: 4.0/5 (with 476 votes)
Normal People is an Irish romantic psychological drama television miniseries produced by Element Pictures for BBC Three and Hulu in association with Screen Ireland. It is based on the 2018 novel of the same name by Sally Rooney. The series follows the relationship between Marianne Sheridan (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and Connell Waldron (Paul Mescal), as they navigate adulthood from their final days in secondary school to their undergraduate years in Trinity College. The series was primarily written by Rooney and Alice Birch and directed by Lenny Abrahamson and Hettie Macdonald. The series was released on BBC Three in the United Kingdom on 26 April 2020, followed by weekly airings on BBC One. It premiered on RTÉ One in Ireland on 28 April 2020. In the United States, the series was released in its entirety on Hulu on 29 April 2020. The series has received critical acclaim, with praise for the performances, directing, writing, aesthetics, and its portrayal of mature content. At the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, the series was nominated for four awards, including Outstanding Lead Act... ()
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About Normal People

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.

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Normal People Seasons and Episodes

04/26/2020Miniseries - 12 episodes
#1 | 04/26/2020Episode 1
4.4/5 (with 154 votes)
In a school in small-town west of Ireland, Connell is a well-liked, good looking and athletic student. Marianne is a proud, intimidating and unpopular loner who actively avoids her classmates and questions her teachers’ authority.
#2 | 04/26/2020Episode 2
4.4/5 (with 30 votes)
Connell and Marianne’s relationship continues in secret and they sleep together for the first time. At school, Connell makes excuses for why he didn’t see his friends at the weekend and evades questions on his mother’s job at Marianne’s house. A girl in his friendship group, Rachel, gets impatient with Connell’s lack of interest and tensions build for Connell.
#3 | 04/26/2020Episode 3
4.2/5 (with 28 votes)
The night of the Debs is approaching and the girls at school have organised a fundraising event. Marianne has been asked to help and is out of her comfort zone. At the club, one of Connell’s friends Karen does her best to show Marianne some kindness but Rachel behaves coldly towards her.
#4 | 04/26/2020Episode 4
3.9/5 (with 22 votes)
Months later, school has finished and Connell arrives at Trinity College, Dublin. He has found a room in a house-share and meets his new housemate Niall. Despite his efforts, he feels out of place and struggles to articulate himself when surrounded by his eloquent and wealthy peers.
#5 | 04/26/2020Episode 5
4.5/5 (with 20 votes)
Connell and Marianne start socializing as friends in Dublin. She introduces Connell to her group and one of her friends, Teresa is interested in him. Marianne is still dating Gareth. but her interest in the relationship is starting to fade. Marianne eventually finishes things with Gareth and makes a drunken pass at Connell.
#6 | 04/26/2020Episode 6
4.1/5 (with 16 votes)
Connell and Marianne are back together. Connell has gained confidence in college; giving presentations in class and getting good grades but is reluctant to show Marianne affection in front of her friends. Will the two be able to admit that they are together?
#7 | 04/26/2020Episode 7
4.2/5 (with 16 votes)
Connell bumps into Marianne back in Sligo. It’s the first time they have seen each other since they broke up. Connell asks Marianne how she is and tells her he has heard that she’s now seeing Jamie. Despite the awkwardness between them, Connell offers to attend Marianne’s father’s anniversary mass the next day and they agree to stay friends.
#8 | 04/26/2020Episode 8
4.3/5 (with 16 votes)
It’s the summer holidays and Connell and Niall arrive at Marianne’s family house in Italy. The obvious chemistry between Connell and Marianne causes friction with Jamie, despite Connell’s evident happiness with his girlfriend Helen, who he clearly misses.
#9 | 04/26/2020Episode 9
4.0/5 (with 15 votes)
Marianne is on a student exchange program in Sweden for a year. Her breakup with Jamie has cost her some of her friends, but she is still in touch with Connell and Joanna. She is in a relationship with Lukas, a photographer who she meets at a college party.
#10 | 04/26/2020Episode 10
4.4/5 (with 16 votes)
Connell and Helen are out celebrating New Year’s Eve in Dublin. Late that night, Connell receives a group text questioning the whereabouts of Rob. The next morning news comes through that Rob has died. Connell struggles with the emotional fallout of Rob’s death.
#11 | 04/26/2020Episode 11
4.3/5 (with 14 votes)
Marianne has returned to Carricklea for the summer. She and Connell spend their weekends together, even though he is still living in Dublin. After a night out together, they start to discuss their friendship and inevitably their attraction.
#12 | 04/26/2020Episode 12
4.5/5 (with 17 votes)
Marianne and Connell are back in Dublin and together as a couple. Life is calm and they are at ease with each other. Then Connell receives news that he has been offered a place to study in New York. Neither of them know how to process the news and so they decide to let it sit.

Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Based on: "Normal People" (find it on Amazon)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 28 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Latvian (LV), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 04/26/2020
Cast: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Paul Mescal, Sarah Greene, Aislín McGuckin, Éanna Hardwicke, Eliot Salt, India Mullen, Sebastian de Souza, Fionn O'Shea, Leah McNamara, Kwaku Fortune, Lancelot Ncube
Creator: Sally Rooney
Screenwriter: Sally Rooney, Alice Birch, Mark O'Rowe
Executive Producer: Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Sally Rooney, Lenny Abrahamson
Film Editor: Nathan Nugent
Director of Photography: Kate McCullough
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Normal İnsanlar"
"Normaaleja ihmisiä"
"常人"
"노말 피플"
"노멀 피플"
"正常人"
"‎Normal İnsanlar‎"
"正常人"

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