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Conversations with Friends

★ 6.8 11K votes 2022–2022 1 season · 12 episodes Ended BBC Three
NaturalisticUnderstated, lifelike performances and look.This show: 8/10MelancholicA wistful sadness woven through the story, even in its lighter moments.This show: 8/10Romantic yearningThe will-they-won't-they ache as the main draw.This show: 8/10Character studyInterior life matters more than plot.This show: 8/10Contemporary lifeRecognizably the present day, ordinary life included.This show: 7/10Dialogue-drivenThe writing's voice is the main event.This show: 7/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 7/10Female perspectiveWomen's experience as the defining lens.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Alison OliverSasha LaneJoe AlwynJemima KirkeAlex MurphyTommy Tiernan
Starring
Alison OliverSasha LaneJoe AlwynJemima KirkeAlex MurphyTommy Tiernan
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"Repressed longing dressed up as literary small talk"

Adapted from Sally Rooney's novel by the Normal People team, this follows Frances, a introspective Dublin college student, and her ex-turned-best-friend Bobbi as they befriend an older married couple, Melissa and Nick. What starts as literary small talk drifts into an affair that tests every friendship in the group. The show is quiet, moody and slow-burning, all long silences, guarded glances and unspoken want. It trades plot momentum for emotional texture, asking you to sit with characters who rarely say what they mean.

Watch it for

the aching, understated chemistry and Rooney's knack for unspoken emotional tension.

Maybe skip if

you need clear plot momentum or characters who openly express what they feel.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Miniseries2022
7.03K125h 33m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Episode #1.16.9
30429 min
▶2Episode #1.27.0
27126 min
▶3Episode #1.37.1
25228 min
▶4Episode #1.47.1
25130 min
▶5Episode #1.57.1
23426 min
▶6Episode #1.66.9
22529 min
▶7Weitergehen7.0
21729 min
▶8Stillstand6.9
21825 min
▶9Kaltes Wasser7.1
21427 min
▶10Ausgleich7.1
21227 min
▶11Stillschweigen7.1
20528 min
▶12Zurück auf Anfang7.1
23629 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Alison Oliver Frances
Sasha Lane Bobbi
Joe Alwyn Nick
Jemima Kirke Melissa
Alex Murphy Philip
Tommy Tiernan Dennis
Justine Mitchell Paula
Tadhg Murphy Derek
Sallay Garnett Evelyn
Caoimhe Coburn-Gray Aideen

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