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Have you ever been at a loss as to what to watch? Too many shows to pick from? We’re here to give you our opinions on what we feel is worth watching. Check it out and then let us know in the comments below what you’re choosing for tonight!

Kyle’s Choice

Tonight, the first season of AMC’s sentient robot drama Humans comes to a close. Last week, Karen confronted Niska, telling her they were a mistake and needed to be destroyed, but in the scuffle that followed, she accidentally shot and killed George. Elsewhere, Leo and Fred tracked down Max’s body, but it was in bad shape. Meanwhile, Joe returned home, agreeing to sleep on the couch, and was soon joined by the first of many houseguests, Niska. Shortly afterward, Leo and Fred arrived, and everyone got to work trying to save Max’s “life.” They managed to get him stable but had to wait 13 hours for Max to fully charge to see the extent of his damages. The synths spent this time bonding with various members of the Hawkins family.

When Max finally did wake up, he didn’t look good, and Leo realized that he was dying. Leo wanted to unlock the secret formula for creating sentient synths and try use that to save Max, but the others weren’t so sure. Meanwhile, Karen showed up, and Leo became an emotional wreck seeing this woman who looked exactly like his mother. She told Niska that she had a change of heart and that she had a safe place where they could all be together. However, just then a heavily armed strike force, led by Hobb, busted down the door.

What does Hobb want with the synths? Will he destroy them like he’s been told to, or does he have more sinister plans? Will the Hawkins family be able to rescue their new friends before it’s too late? Will these sentient synths use their secret to increase their numbers? And if so, how will the public react to this? Also, what’s up with that odd hand twitching thing Fred’s got going on?

I have really enjoyed this first season. While it’s been a slow burn, it’s set up some really interesting drama and thought-provoking storylines. I’m looking forward to seeing where the story will end tonight and what will be set up for the show’s second season.

On tonight’s episode, the synths are captured by Hobb, and only the Hawkins family can save them.

To see if the Hawkins family can save the synths, tune in to AMC at 9/8c.

I’ll also be watching/recording Big Brother, The Strain, Food Network Star, The Last Ship, Falling Skies, Show Me a Hero, and The Brink.

Have you ever been at a loss as to what to watch? Too many shows to pick from? We’re here to give you our opinions on what we feel is worth watching. Check it out and then let us know in the comments below what you’re choosing for tonight!

Kyle’s Choice

Sunday nights have become an insane night of TV for me — while I’m looking forward to checking out the series finales of Nurse Jackie and American Odyssey and the season premiere of Falling Skies, the thing I’m most looking forward to tonight is the series premiere of the new AMC series Humans. This sci-fi drama is set in an alternate present where synthetic humans known as Synths have become commonplace — every household seems to have one of these robotic servants, except the Hawkins family. Joe Hawkins (Tom Goodman-Hill, Mr. Selfridge) is overwhelmed with taking care of the kids while wife Laura (Katherine Parkinson, The IT Crowd) works long hours, so he decides to get a Synth (Gemma Chan, Bedlam) to help out, much to his wife’s objections. While at first Anita seems to be making life easier, there is something creepy about her, and when questionable things start happening, the Hawkins family starts to question the ramifications of living with a machine.

The series sets up a really fascinating parallel universe and raises some really interesting social ramifications of creating these robots to do all of our work and act as slaves. However, it also sets up a fascinating mystery that spans into three other concurrent storylines — are there Synths that go beyond their programming and can think and feel human emotions? And what are the dangers of this happening? The series also stars Colin Morgan (Merlin), William Hurt (Damages), Rebecca Front (The Wrong Mans), Neil Maskell (Utopia), and Will Tudor (Game of Thrones).

On tonight’s episode, the Hawkins family buys a robot servant called a Synth in the opener of this series based on a Swedish sci-fi drama. They soon begin to suspect, however, that they may be in danger from this highly-developed machine and the man in search of her.

To meet the family’s new Synth, tune in to AMC at 9/8c.

I’ll also be watching/recording Big Brother, Celebrity Family Feud, BattleBots, American Odyssey, Golan the Insatiable, Food Network Star, The Last Ship, Falling Skies, Halt and Catch Fire, True Detective, Ballers, The Brink, and Nurse Jackie.