Normal People
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Maybe its a work thing?
Sorry, obviously its going to be a Connell thing.
But why rush to this dark, disconsolate future?
Not just any happy pop music, butCarly Rae Jepsonhappy pop music,the high priestess of e-mo-tion.
(The song choice?
An absolutely perfect anthem for this couple.)
Speaking of moms: Marianne has to go home for her mothers birthday.
Marianne flinches every time he talks.
Then again, when shes home she flinches every timeshetalks.
Before she goes home, Marianne and Connell get casually propositioned by their bleach-blonde cool girl friend, Peggy.
Why not have a little threesome among friends?
Marianne turns her down: Im much too self-conscious.
She calls herself unlovable.
As soon as Peggy leaves, Marianne walks over to Connell and puts her head on his lap.
Connell is relieved Marianne turned Peggy down for the threesome so he didnt have to.
But Marianne says she wouldve done it, if hed wanted her to.
I write in my notes, not for the first time:Everyone in this show needs therapy.
Have we ever heard her say I love you to him?
Marianne says sure but she wants one too, you know, for equality.
She wouldneverdelete it: Id look at it every single day and Id take it to my grave.
The problem is the restaurant is closing for two months.
Niall points out the obvious: Connell could just move in with Marianne for a few weeks.
Hes already practically living there!
Honestly these kids create so many problems for themselves.
The meal is extremely tense.
So of course after dinner Alan berates her for how she wouldnt shut up about herself.
Do you think youre smarter than me?
Mariannes mom just watches this all unfold in, like, a trance??
She is leaning against a wall like she hopes she can fade into it.
Anyway, she is crying so I have a feeling those photos are getting deleted.
Mariannes mom drives her to the bus and asks if Marianne will be back before the summer.
Same re: Alan.
They are rich and mean, just in case you werent sure that Connells family is working-class and kind.
Instead she says she is crying and doesnt want to have sex because she has her period.
I would watch a show entirely about Joanna and Lorraine, honestly.
This prompts Marianne to have a little outburst about how Connell never shows her physical affection in public.
And kissing her shoulder.
In front of their friends.
