'I can't watch anything else'. The 27 best reactions to Stan's gut-wrenching series Normal People.

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Stan’s new TV show Normal People.

Watching Stan’s new love story Normal People goes one of two ways.

Either you devour all 12 episodes at once, unable to stop as you become absorbed in the honest, frustrating, raw relationship between Marianne and Connell, or you pace yourself; so invested in the characters you feel the need to ration the series, almost fearful of reaching the end.

The trailer for Normal People. Post continues below video.

No matter your approach, the show will leave you feeling all of the things.

The series is based on the beloved and bestselling novel of the same name by Sally Rooney, and has been almost universally applauded for its perfect portrayal of an imperfect relationship, along with things like consent and mental health.

Given how many feelings come from following Marianne and Connell's journey from high school through their university years, it's unsurprising that social media has been flooded with emotional, dramatic and touching reactions to the show and its complex, sensitive portrayal of love and all that comes with it.

For a deeper dive on Normal People, listen to this episode of The Spill.

Keep scrolling for the best reactions to Normal People on Stan.

Dilemma of the day: I can’t stop watching #NormalPeople, but don’t ever want it to end pic.twitter.com/FIDn2xP8XR

— Chloe (@lolasnape) April 29, 2020

Inhaled all 12 episodes of #NormalPeople in one sitting, and ugh my heart HURTS pic.twitter.com/B4vzuNRF1I

— Amber Ghei (@amberghei_) April 29, 2020

I’d like it if we started using ‘taking Rachel to the Debs’ as shorthand for a monumental romantic fuck-up.#NormalPeople

— Sarah Page (@SarahGPage) April 29, 2020

I just finished Normal People, no one speak to me, gonna go bawl my eyes out, Connell and Marianne forever. #NormalPeople pic.twitter.com/HrDIUDNdaZ

— Eammon Jacobs (@EammonJacobs) April 28, 2020

watching #normalpeople be like: pic.twitter.com/aMq1pm0IZe

— kara (@hiipstec) April 29, 2020

My type is now skinny boys from Sligo, play GAA, studies English in trinity and must wears a chain. The chain is essential. #NormalPeople pic.twitter.com/pZga8NXSaQ

— Grace O'Gorman (@GraceOGorman169) April 29, 2020

if every lads’ mam treated their sons the way Lorraine did instead of the usual mollycoddling that goes on maybe there would be more Connells in the world #NormalPeople

— elmer fudd (@MullinsSophie) April 29, 2020

I can’t stop thinking/crying about #normalpeople. So beautiful and I can’t even put into words how relatable. Off to go download the book and cry some more pic.twitter.com/F0UG3k9Qgh

— Catherine. (@CatherineChelsy) April 28, 2020

I am a ballin, weepin, smiling, heartbroken mess. I may never recover #NormalPeople pic.twitter.com/9PAmGpuCHo

— jessica (@JessicaaSamson) April 28, 2020

#NormalPeople is making me do weird shit like sit on the bed gazing into the abyss sipping white wine, imagining my life in detailed snapshots with melancholic music playing in the background

— Hannah Mac ???? (@hannahdondonX) April 29, 2020

Normal People is great just don't watch it with your Dad ... Coming from somebody with experience #NormalPeople pic.twitter.com/UPc1hteWHN

— Orlaith Ní Chearra (@OrlaithNiCheara) April 28, 2020

all these years they’ve been like two little plants sharing the same plot of soil, growing around one another, contorting to make room, taking certain unlikely positions. #normalpeople pic.twitter.com/3kGX5ZsMdB

— no context normal people (@oocnormalpeople) April 28, 2020

#NormalPeople Connell is such a boy. Picking a book up off of the bookshelf and putting it on the table when he leaves, not where it belongs. Love that realism pic.twitter.com/sFf0hepIeH

— joy (@wckdisaks) April 29, 2020

POV: What the FBI looking through my webcam have seen during the whole series of #NormalPeople pic.twitter.com/6Xvf3nJrfi

— Ciara Ní Shabhaois (@ciara_savage) April 29, 2020

#NormalPeople transports. It aches. It actually hurts. Exquisite. Everyone, everything. But especially @mescal_paul and @DaisyEdgarJones.

— Daniel Evans (@DanielGwynEvans) April 29, 2020

Me watching episode 10 of #NormalPeople like pic.twitter.com/2Bwl7pCPcn

— Kreidy Giantsbane (@kreidy_b) April 29, 2020

Put your hand up if you watched all of Normal People in one go and now are left feeling empty because nothing will be as good as what you just watched........................????????‍♀️????????‍♀️????????‍♀️????????‍♀️ #NormalPeople #BBC

— alena patel (@AlenaPatelActor) April 28, 2020

1. Watching it with my parents was a mistake and 2. I will now not settle for anything less than a Connell #NormalPeople

— Sunny Wallace (@SunnyWallace14) April 29, 2020

I think #NormalPeople has ruined my life. I couldn't sleep last night thinking, no-one will probably ever love me like Connell loves Marianne. I can't watch anything else. It's making me see everything differently. Is this real.

— Lilly Driscoll (@LillyDriscoll) April 29, 2020

Shouted, 'oh, fucking get on with it!' during a particularly long sexytime scene but other than that I'm loving it. #NormalPeople

— kath ????????❄️???????? (@KathyBurke) April 28, 2020

#NormalPeople Should be the benchmark of how adult themes should be approached! It’s depiction of bullying, consent, toxic relationships, mental health, domestic abuse, love, sex and everything in between is frighteningly beautiful!
Make it your job to watch this in quarantine! pic.twitter.com/lmvjEZnrk5

— Podge henry (@PadraigHenry) April 29, 2020

Furious at myself for not rationing #NormalPeople as now feel totally at a loss and like no television will quite compare for some time pic.twitter.com/1jpQWBXCnN

— Daisy Hayward (@DaisyHayward) April 29, 2020

I don’t know who needs to hear this but do not call your ex from sixth form college because you just watched the last episode of #NormalPeople

— Lisa Holdsworth (@WorksWithWords) April 29, 2020

me disguising myself as connell’s chain so I can smell his neck pic.twitter.com/lapg9rs6nA

— Sean Bernard (@seanbgoneill) April 27, 2020

me when Connell exists pic.twitter.com/VFDUiXW6ct

— Róisín Lanigan (@rosielanners) April 27, 2020

The chain around Connell’s neck is my religion #NormalPeople

— Chloe O'Toole (@chloe_ot) April 28, 2020

Connell’s mum in #Normalpeople is the kind of parent I aspire to be when my kids are older, kicking their arses if they treat people poorly, being a shelter when they need to come home,showing them love & acceptance for who they are. Loved the whole tv adaptation @normalpeople pic.twitter.com/fIjU67AXdv

— Laura Hough (@LTheHoff) April 29, 2020

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