Good Bye to All That: Normal People

Welcome to the second episode of Good Bye to All That – Pop Break’s television podcast series that focuses on season (and sometimes series) finales of shows you absolutely need to be watching. Pop Break’s Television Editor Alex Marcus is joined by former Television Editor and current senior writer/podcast Matt Taylor – who you’ve heard on And The Winner Still is Like, and The Way Too Early Oscar Prediction Podcast. This episode they talk about Hulu’s smash sensation, Normal People. Normal People is an Irish series based on the novel (of the same name) by author Sally Rooney — her second novel. The series examines the relationship of Marianne Sheriden (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and Connell Waldron (Paul Mescal) from the final days of “secondary school” (high school) and their years as students at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. The series was adapted by Rooney, and Alice Birch (Lady Macbeth), and Mark O’Rowe (Intermission, Perrier’s Bounty). The series was directed by Lenny Abrahamson (Room) and Hettie Macdonald (Doctor Who – ‘Blink‘).