Questions tagged [humans]

Humans is a British-American science fiction television series based on the award-winning Swedish science fiction drama Real Humans. The series explores the emotional impact of the blurring of the lines between humans and machines.

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In the TV series Humans, what was the point of Anita/Mia taking Sophie outside in the Rain?

At the end of episode 1 the TV series Humans, we see the synth (robot) Anita carries a sleeping Sophie out in the rain at night. In episode 2, Sophie's mother, Laura, asks Sophie why her pyjamas are wet, and Sophie insists that it's not her fault.…
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Differences in appearance between synths and humans

In the TV series "Humans", you can get a feel for who is human and who is a synth, but it's very subtle. Also, I suspect that a given synth looks more human-like at a given time, such when Anita's adult mode is activated or she's hacked into. This…
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Why do synths have individual appearances?

I'm looking for an in-universe reason for the manufacturers of synths to make each one appear unique. (Out-of-universe reasons are easy to come by: actors rarely look identical to each other, camera trickery is more expensive than just filming…
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In Humans, what are the hybrids?

At the end of Humans, they discuss a new human-synth hybrid, but I don't really understand how it works. The season finale discussed the blood getting mixed, but that should have killed Leo. Also, why isn't Leo the first hybrid? They say that he and…
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