Conversations With Friends review: Not good when even the sex scenes are yawn-inducing

Croatia looked great, but episodes three and four of Conversations With Friends had Esther McCarthy yearning for the glories of Normal People 
Alison Oliver and Joe Alwyn in episode four of Conversations With Friends. 

Alison Oliver and Joe Alwyn in episode four of Conversations With Friends. 

It might seem shallow and slightly pervy to admit this, but I was hoping for some Normal People-type raucous raunch between Frances and Nick.

Come, reminisce with me for a moment. Remember Marianne and Connell? One episode used a third of its time to depict a wonderous sex scene. It lasted nine minutes and 24 seconds, with the two lovers expressing so much without saying a word. The sexy show-offs.

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