AMC's foray into sci-fi territory is off to an eye-catching start with attractive android Anita (Gemma Chan). But is she any good with kids? That's the question at the heart of a new trailer for Humans, AMC's new series based on the Swedish sci-fi drama, Real Humans. An earlier trailer introduced viewers to the world of Humans, one in which artificial servants known as Synths are starting to be incorporated into everyday life. While that early look gave a good overview of the series' plot, two new trailers focus in on one particular Synth, Anita.

While attractive babysitters rarely work out well in the world of fiction (art imitating life?), Anita's also got the stigma of being an artificial life-form working against her. This provides instant conflict with Laura (Katherine Parkinson), a wife and mother who reluctantly allows Anita into her home to take care of her children. You can get a look at Anita coming off the assembly line in this new trailer for Humans from AMC below, and then head over to THR for an additional trailer.

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Here’s the official(ly lengthy) synopsis for Humans:

TODAY - In Nagasaki, Japan, a hotel staffed primarily by robots will be opening this summer. These robots won’t just clean your room and pick up your laundry. They’ll check you in, make your dinner reservations, mimic human behaviors and speak four languages.

 

TOMORROW – Your Saturday afternoon errands could result in purchasing a fully functional robotic domestic helper that will get your kids ready for school or take care of an ailing parent.  Whether that’s a good or bad decision is the question “Humans” sets out to explore. It’s not about what this technology is capable of; it’s about the impact that this advanced technology will have on the human population. Will this new way of navigating life be detrimental or beneficial to us as a human race?   And who will we become when this technology arrives?

 

At the center of the four concurrent storylines explored throughout “Humans” is the flawed but loving Hawkins family. Joe Hawkins (Tom Goodman-Hill) makes the decision to invest in the latest must-have gadget for any busy family – a Synth. His relationship with his wife Laura (Katherine Parkinson) is becoming increasingly strained and he believes that the addition of a robotic servant to the household will give them back the time they so desperately need and help them re-connect both as a couple and as a family.  The Hawkins’ new Synth, Anita (Gemma Chan), is an immediate hit, and their chaotic house is suddenly transformed into an oasis of tidy, organized, well-fed contentment.  With hesitation, Laura gives in to the family demand, but soon senses there’s something different about Anita. There’s something not right.

 

Others, though, have long since abandoned any scepticism and are embracing their Synths as family members. Widower George Millican (William Hurt) has formed a close relationship with his out-of-date Synth, Odi (Will Tudor), whom he treats more like a son than a piece of machinery. When Odi begins to malfunction, the National Health Service forcefully upgrades him with a new stern elder-care model named Vera (Rebecca Front) and George must hide the bond he has with Odi or risk forfeiting him to the authorities.

 

Meanwhile, a young man named Leo (Colin Morgan) and his Synth, Max (Ivanno Jeremiah), are desperately searching for someone from Leo’s past. But who is it, and why? And why does Max seem to be so unlike other Synths? On their heels is a mysterious man named Hobb (Danny Webb), who is determined to uncover a secret before it can destroy humanity as we know it.

 

Finally, D.S. Peter Drummond (Neil Maskell) works for the Special Technologies Task Force, solving Synth-related disputes to get away from his frustration over his wife’s flawless Synthetic physical therapist. Pete spends most of his days pushing papers and solving petty incidents, as Synths rarely, if ever, malfunction, until one day he investigates a case that defies all possibility.

Humans premieres Sunday, June 28th 9/8c. Only on AMC.

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