Info for those who don't know what it is (copied from a post I made elsewhere):
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/humans
http://www.amc.com/shows/humans
Started last Sunday 14 June at 9pm on Channel 4, and comes to AMC (US) on Sunday 28 June.
Last Sunday's season premier is available
on demand.
The Guardian - Humans review: ‘a clever, high-energy thriller, it’s sci-fi for the non sci-fi fan’
Wikipedia - Humans (TV series)
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Humans is a British-American science fiction television series, debuted in June 2015 on Channel 4 and AMC. Written by the British team Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley, based on the award-winning Swedish sci-fi drama Real Humans, the series explores the emotional impact of the blurring of the lines between humans and machines. The series is produced in conjunction with the UK’s Channel 4 and Kudos. The series will consist of eight episodes. |
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Premise
Set in suburban London, the story takes place in a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a Synth – a highly developed, artificially intelligent servant eerily similar to its living counterpart.
Cast
Colin Morgan as Leo, a mysterious fugitive on the run who is trying to track down someone from his past.
Gemma Chan as Anita, the servile synth who every now and then does something "almost human."
Katherine Parkinson as Laura Hawkins, a troubled woman whose husband Joe buys a synth in a desperate bid to solve their problems.
Tom Goodman-Hill as Joe Hawkins, Laura's husband and buyer of Anita the synth.
William Hurt as Dr. George Millican, once a brilliant scientist - a mechanical engineer on the original Synth project, now a widower who forms a father-like bond with his outdated synth Odi.[4]
Will Tudor as Odi, Dr. George Millican's outdated synth.
Rebecca Front as Vera, a domineering elder-care model synth from the NHS who is supposed to replace Odi as George Millican's caretaker.
Neil Maskell as D.S. Peter Drummond, a Special Technologies Task Force police officer.
Danny Webb as Hobb, a mysterious man who is determined to uncover a secret before it can destroy humanity as we know it.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU4mwlTUXnc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_94sQiXlPtE