Human 2.6 - Love

Human : Love
Genre : Sci-Fi / Drama
Showrunner: Michelle MacLaren
Writer : Ann Morrow

Cast: Justin Theroux, Letitia Wright, Bryan Batt, Michelle Fairley, Adrian Rawlins and Bertie Carvel

Plot : Following a romantic evening, James (Justin Theroux) and Eva (Letitia Wright) come back to their respective house and by hand and by hand. The simulation animates itself around them, creating a corridor of wonder for our two lovebirds. Charles (Adrian Rawlins) looks on from a distance and is satisfied with his work, they learned a new emotion after all. He thinks it’s now time for them to be separated and he forces them to separate thanks to a strong wind. James enters his house and he hears something upstairs. He walks carefully to avoid making any noise. Charles wants to see what’s all the fuss, but his view is obstructed. He shifts in first person view from James’ perspective. James opens Adam’s door and he sees Adam (Bryan Batt) having sex with Julia (Michelle Fairley). Charles turns the camera off. He can’t get the image out of his mind. He thinks it’s time for him to get some sleep and hopefully forget about it, so he settles on his couch as his parrot tells him that he’s a perv. 

James is happy to know that it’s what this is for, pointing to his crotch. Adam asks him to get out and so does Julia. Before he leaves, he tells Adam he’s happy that he was finally able to get closer to Julia. He’s more in love than ever with Eva. He says it’s nice for him, but he really needs to get out. James approaches to give him an awkward hug. Julia asks him if that’s what their life is about now and he says that’s probably the case. Julia suddenly wonders if Charles saw them and Adam tells her to calm down. He saw the camera as soon as he moved in and he painted it black, so he can’t see anything. They lay next to each other and fall asleep. 

The following morning, Adam looks all around the house to find Adam. Julia joins him in his search and conclude that he’s not in the house. Julia tells Adam she’ll go to her house to change and when she enters her house, Eva comes up to her completely naked. She takes her by the hand and drags her to her room. She also sees James completely naked and Eva asks for advice to replicate what she was doing last night with Adam, because, according to James it looked fun. She says they aren’t supposed to show themselves like that and Adam feels like she wouldn’t have been able to adequately help them if they weren’t completely undressed. 

Charles wakes up way later than he would have liked. He’s angry at his parrot for letting him oversleep and the parrot reminds him that this is what alarm clocks do. He’s shocked to see what’s on the screen. They have gone too far in their show of love and it can’t be tolerated, not while they are doing their job. A huge claw appears out of nowhere in Eva’s bedroom and drags her away. Charles drops her in Adam’s house. He gives her clothes and he also forces Adam to dress up. Charles also builds walls and makes a car appear in front of Adam’s house. He forces them to get inside the car and he drives it away. He does the same thing to James and Julia. While they are driving there, he builds two separates buildings on the other side of town, designed to keep them separated for the duration of his board meeting. He designs them they will be fun environments that will showcase everything that is good about his androids. His cellphone reminds him that he should leave now, she he designs the building in a hurry, before leaving his laboratory with a cup of coffee. 

 James and Julia try to understand what happened and she’s certain that it’s Charles who did something do them, because he saw what happened. James says he liked it better when Eva was around. The same things are said in Adam and Eva’s car. They reach their respective destination at about the same time. They both realise that it’s all too good to be true. Everything is pristine and chic, it seems all wrong. Charles designed the building in such a rush that he made a mistake. The two buildings are connected on a screen and they can see each other. James and Eva immediately try to touch each other and say how they love each other. Julia and Adam both agree that it looks like Charles messing with them again. He has clearly lost his mind. 

 A woman tells Charles that he’s ready to see him. He follows here and he meets with the only man present; Mason Crowley (Bertie Carvel). Charles lets him know that he expected to meet the board and Mason said they sent him to represent their interests. He asks for a progression update and Charles says they’ve achieved a lot in the past couple of days. He shows him clips of the androids interacting with each other in various situations and Crowley is impressed. He says he’d like to meet the two scientists he keeps seeing in the clips. They’ve had direct contact with the subject, so they would be able to share their experience with James and Eva. Charles says they are unavailable right now, they’re hard at work. Mason knows he can have a live feed of the simulation, so he wants to talk to Adam and Julia. Charles refuses, but Mason insists. Charles has no choice but to comply. He gets the live feed and he prays that they don’t shit the bed for him. The live feed appears, and we see James and Eva kissing on the screen. Mason doesn’t think they’re very smart because they are kissing a screen and not really each other. Mason tries to talk to Julia and Adam, but Charles remembers that the audio is broken and he can’t talk to them. He puts the blame on technical difficulties and he asks Mason what he thinks. He says he clearly saw potential, but he’s not really convinced. He wants something tangible, he’d like to meet the androids, or at the very least the scientists, but they won’t cut his funding if that’s what he’s worried about. If he doesn’t have anything in a week, it may be different though.