It's not particularly extraordinary but it's an absolutely quality production with lots of fun. An important retelling of the story to see the ridiculousness Thorne went to just to hide the fact that he was gay, and in some way, it's true that Norman was much braver because he was loud and proud. Though Thorne seems one-dimensional, just plain unlikeable and evil.
Hulu warns me about the extra sensitive content in episode 10 in advance. I was ignorantly thinking myself was ready for any inappropriate scenes, until I watched a wealthy and well-connected couple raped a pregnant woman with tears all over my face.