Season

Series 1

by Gemma Chan, Emily Berrington, Colin Morgan, Ivanno Jeremiah, Katherine Parkinson and 24 others

Life in a parallel present, where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a Synth, a highly-developed robotic servant that's so similar to a real human it's transforming the way we live.

(11 total)

Characters

Sam Vincent (7)Jonathan Brackley (7)Emily Ballou (4)William Hurt (3)Dr. George Millican (3)Danny Webb (2)Colin Morgan (2)Leo Elster (2)Joe Barton (2)Hobb (2)

“Hobb: Robert, these machines are conscious! Robert: How do you know they don't just simulate it? Hobb: How do I know you don't?”

— Jonathan Brackley, Sam Vincent, Hobb, Danny Webb, imdb.com

Tagged: Machines, Technology, Robots, Conscious, Simulation

“Humanity - it's not a state - it's a... it's a quality.”

— Jonathan Brackley, Sam Vincent, Leo Elster, Colin Morgan, imdb.com

Tagged: humanity, Quality, state, human

“It's the opposite. We need to forget. Fade the bad, perfect the good. But my memories, the good and the bad - every one is crystal clear, and we're not built for that emotionally.”

— Jonathan Brackley, Sam Vincent, Leo Elster, Colin Morgan, imdb.com

Tagged: Opposite, forget, Bad, Good, Memories

“If I die, it means I've lived.”

— Jonathan Brackley, Sam Vincent, Max, Ivanno Jeremiah, imdb.com

Tagged: Die, lived, It Means, Life

“Why care so much for something that cannot care for you?”

— Jonathan Brackley, Sam Vincent, Niska, Emily Berrington, imdb.com

Tagged: Care, caring, Questions, Reciprocation

“I'm an optimist, not an idiot.”

— Jonathan Brackley, Sam Vincent, Hobb, Danny Webb, imdb.com

Tagged: Optimist, Idiot

“I'm not disappointed. I'm a scientist... and mankind's greatest creation is sitting on my sofa!”

— Emily Ballou, Dr. George Millican, William Hurt, imdb.com

Tagged: Disappointed, Scientist, Mankind, greatest creation

“If you're not worried about dying, you're not really living, you're just existing.”

— Emily Ballou, Dr. George Millican, William Hurt, imdb.com

Tagged: worried, Dying, Living, Existing

“I'm an analog man in a digital world.”

— Joe Barton, Emily Ballou, DS Pete Drummond, Neil Maskell, imdb.com

Tagged: Analog, digital, World, misfit

“Odi: The bulb is reaching the end of its useful life. Dr. George Millican: Aren't we all.”

— Jonathan Brackley, Sam Vincent, Dr. George Millican, William Hurt, imdb.com

Tagged: bulb, reaching the end, Death, Metaphor Examples, Life

“Mattie Hawkins: You would make a terrible spy. Laura Hawkins: Well, you would make a pretty good Bond villain.”

— Joe Barton, Emily Ballou, Laura Hawkins, Katherine Parkinson, imdb.com

Tagged: spy, James Bond, villain, terrible