Pure
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Feel Good
Netflix · 2020The show follows the development of George and Mae's romance in contemporary London. Mae, a Canadian comedian (a version of Mae Martin's own persona) meets George, a repressed middle-class English woman, at the comedy club where she performs. The pair begin dating, and George learns that Mae is a former drug addict. George encourages Mae to attend a Narcotics Anonymous meeting, where she meets fellow recovering addicts like Maggie, a quirky middle-aged woman who takes Mae under her wing. As the series progresses, George struggles to tell friends and family about her relationship with Mae, to Mae's frustration.
I May Destroy You
Hbo · 2020The question of sexual consent in contemporary life and how we make the distinction between liberation and exploitation in the new landscape of dating and relationships. After being sexually assaulted in a nightclub, Arabella's life changes irreversibly, and she is forced to reassess everything, including her career, friends, and family.
Normal People
Hulu · 2020Following Marianne and Connell, from different backgrounds but the same small town in Ireland, as they weave in and out of each other's romantic lives and start to grow up. Based on Sally Rooney’s best-selling novel, Normal People is an exquisite, modern love story about how one person can unexpectedly change another person's life and about how complicated intimacy can be. It follows Marianne and Connell over several years, as they embark on an on-again/off-again romance that starts at school and continues through college, both testing their relationship as they explore different versions of themselves. A co-production with the BBC, this 12-part adaptation of the hugely acclaimed best-selling novel by Sally Rooney comes from Lenny Abrahamson (Room, Frank). The story follows the relationship between two Irish teens (Daisy Edgar-Jones, Paul Mescal) as they leave their small town to head to college in Dublin. Abrahamson directs the first six half-hour episodes, and Hettie Macdonald handles the rest.
The Bisexual
Hulu · 2018After splitting with her long-term girlfriend, Leila is forced to move in with stranger and has-been novelist Gabe. Their worlds collide in deeply awkward and revealing ways as he becomes her unlikely wingman, helping her to navigate her new life dating men as well as women.
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Show Name | Pure |
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Network | Hbo Max |
Year | 2019 |
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