Humans Season 1 Thoughts and Impressions

So the first season of Humans has just concluded and I for one really enjoyed the story so far!
Looking back some my favorite scenes involved Niska, when she leaves the brothel, her time with Dr. George Milican, her time with Sophie. Through Niska we've been able to witness the most interesting interactions between Humans and Synths, well there were other notable interactions isn't that right Joe?
I also found the scene where Max prays to God especially fascinating! In a society where technology is prevalent religion seems to be less of a priority and seeing a synthetic kneel and pray a very uniquely human thing to do.

Then there's Detective Sergeant Peter Drummond and his peculiar relationship with his "partner" Detective Inspector Karen Voss...awkward! Especially considering how his marriage ended!

Karen is an odd one...much like Leo, existing between the Human and Synth worlds. She see's the most probable conflict that will arise from rise of conscience synthetic's, but do the actions of the Hawkins family represent another possible outcome? Do the Hawkins have the only copy of the code? What's on the hard drive Niska has?

This was a well written and developed show, my wife enjoyed it as well which is a testament to the show's quality!

Humans S1 E 02

Last nights episode was full of suspense as Anita clearly lied to Laura about taking Sophie out during the night....but how does Anita not realize she's lying? Also is Anita purposely messing with Laura? There's definitely more to Anita than meets the eye!
Then we have Leo and Max on the run, trying to reunite with the other Synths we saw him with in last weeks episode, desperate times call for desperate measures and Leo decides to go to a shady "after market" dealer and things go south as Leo gets beat with in an inch of his life and MAx has to drag his critical condition human bro around as they evade their pursuers. And then there's that scene in the public bathroom....did max just make a DIY defibrillator???
The highlight for me was the scene with Niska and the sicko client, the scene totally reminded me of the scene in Blade Runner with Zhora. But Deckard wasn't there to put her down.
I get the impression the group of synths are gonna reunite and the show is gonna mimic TWD as the group travels around looking for sanctuary while avoiding walkers humans.
If you've failed to set your DVR's to stun record, fear not you can catch the first two episodes HERE.
And enjoy a preview of next Sunday's episode!

Humans S1 E01 My Impressions

In the future Men are still helpless dolts that can't handle a house with three children, and women still feel threatened by their younger (newer) counterparts...there are still hopeless romantics that believe in true love and perverts that will have no qualms screwing a synthetic humanoid blonde doggy style.
So the first episode did a fantastic job of laying the groundwork, I really appreciated the subtlety this show demonstrated compared to ohh I dunno.......Fox's Almost Human.
I've been married 11 years and I have a son and have 2 jobs, I can cook, I know how to operate a vacuum and know how to sort  clothes to clean and know how to fold.... personally I think the clueless/ helpless man stereotype is hilarious!
I do know without a shadow of a doubt my wife would absolutely react the exact same way as Laura Hawkins.
Gemma Chan (Mia/Anita) did wonderful job as a synth....towards the end of the episode I honestly felt very uneasy after the revelation was made.
William Hurt was also very good as a widower who refuses to upgrade to a newer model Synth for personal reasons, I found it funny when the social worker comes by for a visit with the latest model saying he will be forced to upgrade his synth because they no longer "support such an outdated model.....reminds me of my I phone 3GS!
This isn't a new story, it's been told many times, The Second Renaissance in the Animatrix  was in my opinion the most similar to this show as far as I can tell from one episode.
I enjoyed Human's first episode and look forward seeing where the show goes from here? Will we see a Synth revolution or will the show explore the questions can a synth gain emotions via unique memories, can a synth prove it is self aware, and if it can be proven they are self aware would synths automatically gain "human rights", how would synths view religion, would a self aware synth invalidate the soul?
There is alot of fascinating/ terrifying theories that this show can explore, this show is in a way reminiscent to Gattica, they are both science fiction that is on the cusp of reality.

B1663R is out there......

Humans Series Premiere Preview

After seeing the excellent Ex Machina, AMC's new show looks intriguing! This one's going in my DVR.
Maybe AMC will give this show time to find it's stride unlike Fox's Almost Human....
Human's Premier is tonight 6/28/15 @ 9 pm EST on AMC.
For more info about the show head over to amc.com