Normal People (2020)
Less overtly toxic than Tell Me Lies, this is nonetheless a show about a thoroughly complicated relationship over time, and no less compelling. This one comes from Sally Rooney's smart, bestselling novel about the steamy coming-of-age romance between Marianne (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and Connell (Paul Mescal), characters and actors with impressive chemistry. She's rich but lonely; he's popular but the son of a housekeeper. As time goes on and their roles start to shift, life and love only grow more