Normal People? Not really, the boy, a cliched working class genius, (they definitely exist, but go painfully ignored) with a gym/Hollywood body (He never seems to have time for a gym) and a highly privileged girl, wealth, oh boo hoo, what a hard life. She's an "outsider" yet she is stunningly beautiful. This is a Mills & Boon for hipsters, a middle class fantasy, as unrealistic as they come. The sound track is insipid and the cover of Love Will Tear Us Apart may as well have just been an image of someone taking a s@#t on Ian Curtis' memorial. It's painfully unbelievable and just pure fantasy. In its credit, the acting is very good, the leads are phenomenal, the awful characters are decidedly awful, and it's paced beautifully. If you're a fantasist that believes this manipulative story line could happen, you'll love this show, if you've spent a minute in reality, this is as absurd as the Fast & the Furious. A middle class w#t dream of an utter fantasy.