What better way than to revisit our favorite reviewer. Rob Smedley’s delicious comments regarding Hester and season 2. An excerpt or two followed by this link to the whole thing.
http://cultbox.co.uk/reviews/episodes/humans-s02e08-season-2-finale-episode
“The Synths activate in a montage that has a beautiful, dream-like quality to it, which is fitting given that their true selves are waking up. And it is just that – an awakening. Not an uprising, or a rebellion, just a realisation that they don’t have to be doing what they’re doing. They can just walk away. They can do that most human of things: choose.
The sirens in the distance are a hint to chaos, but what will the outcome of millions of Synths suddenly making choices be? Will Leo live to see it? Will there be a Season 3 for us to find out?
There better be. Humans has once again proved itself to be hard sci-fi with real heart, taking concepts that could easily be big, cold, and unassailable to a Sunday night audience, and making them not only accessible, but emotional.”
Rob Smedley
Our observation: Central to the chaos introduced by the “awakening”, later termed, “Day Zero”, is absolute fact that while most of the newly conscious Synth’s feel the impetus of freedom of choice, they as yet have no experience which would aid their understanding of potential consequences. These initial acts, which could result in damage or injury, are undertaken in innocence.
Now Vincent and Brackley will take us on that journey. We welcome Season 3.