"Normal People" claims to be a representation of real-life relationships, but all it delivers is a snoozefest disguised as a profound exploration of love. It has everything BUT normal people - the characters are either too bland to be relatable or too overdramatic to be taken seriously.

The main characters must have set a world record for the number of times they break up and reconcile. It's as if the writers had a checklist, and every time they ran out of ideas, they just went, "Let's have them break up again, that'll keep the viewers on their toes!" Well, congratulations, it kept us on our toes alright, but more in a frustrated, eye-rolling kind of way.