There may be other 'series' out there in this genre but this is something really special to watch because, to my mind, it is so realistic and with none of the tropes you'll find in other offering of this kind. You can't imagine how emotional both the story and the acting is until you watch it. The acting and story are an order of magnitude greater than anything I have watched in the last five years. I find myself longing to find and watch something one half as good as this series was for me. Everything about 'Normal People' is first rate and definitely a cut above most anything you might care to compare it to.