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Humans · Season 2 · Channel 4 / AMC

Humans Season 2

Humans Season 2 is a WORTH-IT, BollyMeter 8.0/10. 8 episodes on Channel 4 / AMC from 30 October 2016.

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BollyMeter8.0/1094% on RT from 17 critics with the consensus that it quietly distinguishes itself from flashier AI competition - the show broadened its societal focus and the Synth ensemble became stronger as individual characters developed.

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What BollyAI Thinks

Season 2 aired on Channel 4 in October 2016. The Synth civil rights framing, with conscious Synths navigating a world designed to deny their personhood, moved to the foreground. Gemma Chan and Colin Morgan anchored the Synth storylines while the Hawkins family stayed the human access point. The season builds on the world rules established in Season 1 and then tests and pushes against them. The show is doing quieter work than most AI dramas of the period, with restraint that keeps the focus on character and consequence.

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Season Over Season

Season 2 expands the societal dimension of the Synth consciousness question and gives the non-human characters more structural weight than the domestic household storyline.