Humans - Tonight (Sun) @ 9pm on Ch 4

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OK, after freaking the bejaysus out of me with the weird trailer / advert I am intrigued and looking forward to giving this programme a viewing.

(I will have to record and watch later as I will be watching Messrs Strange and Norrell.)

Anyone else looking forward to it and hoping it lives up to the hype?

Yes it said at the beginning "5 weeks earlier".

I like the idea of having a synth to help me (single parent) but they're a bit spooky! Though Anita is stunningly beautiful.

Liked it a lot.

I've been reading spoilers too and I think it's going to be good.

marking my place,felt sorry for the old man.

Hmm think Vera is going to be a strict synth.

Felt a bit sorry for the old man's young man robot! And the sex worker. Sad thing is of course real sex workers are real people

It was really good, can't wait until next Sunday!

I thought it was pretty good. Not heard anything about it previously as I don't watch much telly, but it makes a change from all the boring period drama stuff they always put on the box.

So Leo is not a synth?

Who was Leo?

The dark haired one in the woods leading the group of synths. He had normal eyes.

agree, it was so heavily advertised I thought this must be a second series.
looks good.
have high hopes, like katherine parkinson and other known actors in it too

Leo is Merlin and (I think) not a robot. Loved it although as usual hated the excessive publicity breaks.

This show may not be far fetched...

Japanese robot hotel

Yes, he is not a robot because the sex worker robot needed him to open the door by pressing the button because it needed human heat to do it. I wonder if he had never visited her there before, which is why she told him or if that was for our benefit.

So did Anita burn the mum with the lasagne on purpose, because she called her a 'bloody tin can'!

I enjoyed it. The 'man can't cope while his wife works away' annoyed me too though, and the teenage daughter deserved a proper bollocking for her attitude. Bit depressing too that all the men see the female synths as domestic/sexual drudges so easily - perhaps realistic though.

Bit depressing too that all the men see the female synths as domestic/sexual drudges so easily

Not all. Didn't Old Bloke like his synth because it was his only link back to his wife who had passed away.

The teenage daughter definitely needs a talking to. She was complaining that synths were going to take all the jobs and leave her generation unemployed. Yet the whole reason why her dad got Anita was because the parents (older, working generation) were rushed off their feet whilst the younger generation sat on their backsides, playing with technology and not helping out round the house!

Yes, but his synth was male. I said female. Agree about the teenagers, their parents needed to put a rocket up their arses!

Oh, sorry. So you did.

matilda needs a good crack! horrible brat. yeah arent anita and merlin 'in love' i think the blonde one kills her punter could be wrong.

TendonQueen re Bit depressing too that all the men see the female synths as domestic/sexual drudges so easily - perhaps realistic though.

oh yes, I totally missed the implication of that! I did notice the sales man giving the dad a wink as if to say 'you'll be well in there' 9not the implication of that phrase just the slight innuendo of a wink!)

The sex work thing was all beyond creepy. Even the daughter saw the robot as a slave. But then maybe SOME teenagers see adult women as workers!

Only the smaller daughter seemed to relate to the robot as a person, which of course she/it is not anyway!

senua the old bloke's robot was not female.

Even the young boy has an eye for the robot, as this article rather blatantly states!

This article if beautifully written...

"“It’ll mess with their heads”

Uh-oh. Laura (Katherine Parkinson, with her face so unimpressed) is back from Leeds. She knows something’s not right when the shoes are all lined up in the hall and the house is spotless. The synth is waiting, cleaning products in hand. “It’s not right,” insists Laura, worried about the kids. “It’ll mess with their heads.” Not that she’s got a leg to stand on. She’s been away for five whole days – the place was bound to fall apart if her husband didn’t shell out 20 grand for some android-based help. They name their synth Anita."

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2015/jun/14/humans-recap-season-one-episode-one-humans-synths-everywhere-channel-4

It reminded me of a sedate (thus far only first episode) version of Blade Runner.
As for the house wife/sex worker sexism, totally realistic, not right but we can idiolise equal ops all we want but that is not a true reflection of the the world we actually live in is it?
I loved the lady with the male physiotherapist synth, 'Oh Simon,' giggle, giggle as he carries her off for a hot bath. Now that's my kinda synth!

Did anyone notice the dad pocketing the 18+ leaflet that came with the bumpf for Anita? I wonder if he'll use it! That's assuming Anita comes back with the young daughter!!
I think the wife will realise there is something off with Anita but no one will listen to her.
I'm not sure what to make of the "flashbacks" Anita has to water. Maybe the mother's parents died in a car that crashed into a lake. Or it might happen to the mum in the future!

I was really underwhelmed! Hope it picks up. No likeable or relatable characters so far. I strongly suspect the blonde sex-worker synth will be the first to kill someone.

Eeyore he glanced at his son before that, I think he was tying to prevent his son accessing "18+" options... Really hope he doesn't use it. Gross.

If Anita is sentient then I doubt she'll let the dad use the 18+ features on her without some payback.

Not sure how the series will play out yet; will it be like the film A.I. or something more chilling/disturbing?

As well as Bladerunner and I Robot, it reminds me a bit of the film Class of 1999 with the robot teachers, so maybe Anita, the sex worker and all, are ex-military grade killer machines!