Synth is the newest obsession of people inhabiting London, as it is an extremely technical human like robot, which is bringing change to lifestyles quite rapidly.
It's an interesting concept -- as evidenced by the wealth of material already out there -- but for the most part the stories the writers choose to tell are expected.
Humans explores... issues with sensitivity and fresh insight, much of which comes from cleverly using an ordinary family as a stand-in for society at large.
It's all pretty gripping stuff -- a bit creepy, a bit spooky and rather smart, and as its storylines begin to overlap, Humans becomes an addictive drama that no intelligent viewer -- real or synthetic -- will want to miss.
Like most good sci-fi, Humans makes sure that the philosophizing doesn't get in the way of the suspense and chills. Anyone who doesn't enjoy those might be a Synth.
There was much good human acting and creepy robot acting. It was great fun seeing grand old ham William Hurt as a solitary codger desperate not to surrender the unreliable robot that stored all his fading memories.
On the basis of episode one, Humans isn't any old glass of water. It's a tall, iced glass with a lemon wedge and a curly straw. It's the sort of grown-up, thought-provoking, unsettling sci-fi that we've been craving.
