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This series is the first I know of to seriously examine and comment upon the potential reality of a world where humans and androids – robots that look just like you and me – exist together in a master-servant relationship.

This is a daring and dramatic fiction which examines the many societal, legal and human implications of living with human robots called Hubots. Significantly, this multi-layered story intelligently examines robot issues that Hollywood generally avoids like the plague: Hubot sexuality, Hubot pornography, Hubot rights, Hubot sex slaves, illegal trafficking in Hubots, Hubot freedom fighters, humanity's backlash, murder of humans by Hubots, and more.

Sure, that sort of narrative has been touched upon in The Stepford Wives (1975), Blade Runner (1982), Alien (1979), I,Robot (2004) and others. Real Humans is fresh, however: it looks in depth at the effect of androids within the family and work settings in AnyCity in AnyCountry. There are some comical moments for light relief, but the tone is usually deadly serious or seriously deadly as the different groups of humans and Hubots interact; and during the course of which, the famous Three Laws of Robotics are totally trashed. Humans and robots fight and die.

For the most part, the different narrative threads are well woven together so that viewers keep up with the many plot twists. But be sure not to miss any episode. The action is well paced, suspense is appropriate and believability is up there with the best. In fact, it's a realistic picture of what could happen when – not if – humanoid robots become commonplace in the future, and perhaps even this century.

I'd recommend seeing this series for that final reason alone. That said, it's a quality Swedish production also, with a fine cast of actors – particularly those who play the part of Hubots.

My only critique is that some of the many flashbacks are a bit abrupt, as are some of the cuts between scenes. But don't let such minor irritants stop you from seeing this series. Because, it can only get better, I think – the finale obviously leaves room for Real Humans, series 2.

Give this effort nine out of ten.

February 4, 2013

no statistical scenes, no fancy fighting, no fancy lights, explosions, no expensive effects, no fancy nothing.. no propaganda, and no bloody Apple ads.

its a simple but brilliant and gorgeous show that should be a good lesson to mollywood film and show makers.

writing is excellent, chronology of events and how they stitched together is excellent, acting is excellent for a show, i would think the budget is nothing big, but the makers did an excellent job in keeping everything as real as can be without spending millions.

please share and let all your friends across the world know about this show, i feel obliged to spread the news and get everyone hooked on this excellent work so we can see more seasons coming, and do hope to see more good sci-fi shows from all over the world, where all cultures can contribute their own unique thinking patterns to film making

The Swedes have achieved something unique with this show. Real Humans is about a reality where human-like robots are commonplace in today's world and perform such roles as home assistants, companions to lonely souls, workers of all types and, of course, sex toys. The show follows a selection of different people as they live in this world, from the family with the curious teenage boy, to an old man needing home assistance, and a lonely man who's job is threatened by them, and a woman in love with one. It also follows a group of obsolete and disowned "hubots" who are a quest to avoid being scrapped and recycled. The day-to-day coexistence between humans and hubots provides often amusing situations but there's also a darker side in each episode which makes you feel for them. I'm not ashamed to admit it's a soap, but a very intelligent one, and a very open one. Strictly for older kids and adults.

I found it 'different' then other SF with 'androids'. Many clean spacious shots. Good cast / actors. Nice story, not all action, running, shooting, escaping, but 'intelligent' scenes. So, different, but in a very good way. I have not seen a Scandinavian production i liked so much, since i was very young, pippi long stockings.

An Oscar should go to the 'chinese girl' for best actress playing a non humanoid 'humanoid' i.m.o.

It has humor, suspense, good storyline, and i think if plugged well it might even be a small international success. The whole way of filming, locations, dialogs, all, top level story telling/filming/playing.

And perhaps even a glimpse of a real feature, we are now, busy creating these machines. Not as smart and strong as data in star trek, but very much like real humans.

So far, I have watched 7 episodes with a further 3 to come. What strikes me about this series is how accessible it is for non sci-fi buffs. It is about how robots can or would evolve within a human environment. With the self actuated robots, there are elements of Blade Runner, but as with most things about TV, this is a great canvas in which to explore plots and character development. I'm so looking forward to the final 3 episodes. This is sci-fi which is not too removed or unimaginable from our current time. It also explores how humans interact and use this technology from all sorts of angles. Looking forward to how the series further unfolds and hope that they don't make another series if they have nothing further to add to this current series. However, at the moment, I can't wait for the next episode.

Don't let watching a show with subtitles put you off. This is a great show and reading the subtitles doesn't detract from watching. The show has many undertones and a great storyline. I've watched it all a few times and you pick things up each time. Well worth the watch.

There is some great acting and really nice scenery too - for those of us who have never been, and probably will never go, to Sweden, it gives you a little view of some very different places - especially compared to Australia.

If you like this, you may also like the Danish version of The Killing (the original). Also an excellent show!

Tired of the plethora of unimaginative and often shallow sci fi drama's coming out of the USA? Then take a look at the Swedish sci fi series Real Humans.

This very original, highly intelligent drama is both engaging and deep with elements reminiscent of Blade Runner but in a contemporary urban setting.

The central question the series raises as per Blade Runner is what does it mean to be human? Are humanities humanoid robotic creations any less real than the human biological creations that brought them into existence?

I wont say much more as it may spoil the pleasant surprise this series represents but suffice to say as a die hard sci fi fan this is one of the best series I have seen in a long time and comes highly recommended. Don't miss out.Nine out of ten from me.

Oh... I was so into this 1st season. I thought it was damn good, given all the possibilities with such a subject to give us a too-usual bad sci-fi TV program. But wow, it raised great questions, the acting is really good, the plot not simplistic and predictable: what a pleasure! ...Until the last three episodes... WTF?! It's like they suddenly realized that they needed to close the first season and panicked to have to do so in such a short time. The pace changes drastically and I felt we were back to the "usual" (lame) shortcuts used by any sci-fi US TV series... How disappointed and enraged I was! How could they do that? The first episodes reached such a level, it can't be by accident! What happened?! Did they need to tick all the commercial boxes and absolutely close "neatly" but poorly at the end of 1st season? Trying to make all the story lines come together in such a short period of time, come on!?! Take your time, don't rush!!! Believe in what you've manage to create to keep us interested! Doesn't make me want to see the next season, what good can come out of this now that they destroyed the good work...? Special thoughts to the actors that kept bravely doing their job, which showed even more that the problem lies in the turns the story has suddenly taken. They kept their acting to the best, but it cannot work. (Forget about the nice subtle transitions always sustained by great insight in "human" condition, and welcome to the usual so called "entertaining" messy story telling) Guys, you had something unique and now it simply feels like the merging of all the US clichés the genre is polluted by! I'm so disappointed... Thanks anyway for the beginning.

In an alternate world, robots (HUBOT) are everywhere and used for many purposes. Some are sold like appliances. They are sex workers, factory workers, and even work in the home. The Engman Family gets one and names it, Anita. It has a hidden secret and her sex appeal causes problems in the family. The mother Inger Engman has elderly father Lennart Sollberg who lives alone with his beloved obsolete HUBOT Odi. Warehouse worker Roger is bitter at the HUBOT takeover of the workplace. His wife Therese is more interested in her HUBOT trainer. Leo Eischer tries to follow his late father David who created sentient humanity programming codes for the HUBOT. He leads a group who have incorporated the new programming. Police detective Beatrice Novak is secretly a HUBOT.

The world creation is great. The vision of a robotized society is intriguing. It's less compelling as a narrative. It follows too many stories and too many lead characters. The narrative flow is disrupted. It's not as compelling as this series deserves. The show asks some compelling social questions about this world. It doesn't give easy answers and that's very appealing. It was canceled after 20 episodes but has been adapted into an American version.

What do you do when you want to make Science-Fiction like Blade Runner, set in the future, with replicants and all, but you don't have Ridley Scott's money ? You make a science-fiction series set in a future that looks exactly like our present, but that has replicants in it. Except here they're called Hubots. Apart from the name change, they are pretty similar. And the blade runners in Real Humans are called EHURB, less stylish policemen in charge of arresting any hubot that would create trouble. Humans use their hubots as modern slaves, in factories, at home, or in brothels. Need a cook who will also clean your house and take care of your children ? Want an improved inflatable doll ? Or just a companion that is more talkative than your dog ? Try the hubots. They are pleasant to be with, they never get tired, they always smile, they always agree. Some humans even start to like them better than their human partners. The problem is, hubots are machines under the law, not worth more than your car or your bike. So you can't go to a club with them, and human-hubot couples are not well considered. Fortunately, Inger Ergman, who at first was a bit reluctant about having a hubot at home, finally grew quite fond of her Anita. And as she has friends who date hubots, she's going to use all her skills as a lawyer to alter the law. Of course, hubots are not all obliging and slavish. Anita, for instance, used to be an independent robot in love with Leo, who leads a group of autonomous hubots determined to be and remain free. But if some hubots want to be free, if they can fall in love, it means that they can have feelings, and a conscience. So should we still assign them the same values as a that of a car, and throw them away when their bug can't be fixed ? Should we consider them as humans ? Should human-hubot couples still be considered an abomination ? In these tense times of debate about gay marriage, Lars Lundström's questions about what love is and about the power of feelings, are definitely well-timed.

Sweden has never been very good at genre filmaking(with very few exceptions) and therefore the announcement by SVT (Swedish public service, think PBS & HBO combined)that they had produced a sci fi TV series about AIs, androids etc was a surprise.

Personally I thought was that this TV-series was going to be bad....lacking especially in the screen writing, and art form that for many reasons have, shall we say, not reached it's full potentials in Sweden.

Either the scripts have been weak, ludicrous or just plain bad. But this TV-series has been interesting to follow, mainly because it has taken it's subject serious and tried to ask the right questions.

The story about a world were robots(or androids)co exist with humans is not new, look at Metropolis (1927), Westworld (1973), Blade Runner (1982) etc. Here is also the discussion about human value, definition of a soul, and also when does a machine become so human that he/she should be treated like one? Many ethical questions is raised during the course of this TV-series, many reminiscent of certain problem that we face in todays society. There are some flaws, some actors like Andreas Wilson feels very wooden, some dialogue somewhat forced, plotwists that are weak etc.

But those are just minor flaws and shouldn't stop anyone from watching this rare, Swedish sci fi series. Another surprise is the good handling of SFX & CGI, something that's quite rare in Swedish production and can look bad in certain sci fi productions, but here it blends in a very natural manner.

Granted, SVT, is not breaking new grounds here, we all seen it before in various sci fi films, but it's well made and should be seen anyone interested in serious sci fi. Also, the series is R-rated, with some sexual content, violence, foul language, which is very refreshing when Hollywood nowadays even turn there most beloved sci fi franchises, like Terminator into PG-13 entertainment.

Uk tv remade this series in 2015. Same names and plot. Both rollicking good stories. The British one had Gemma Chan. Say no more. Much about the pitfalls of intelligent Androids "Hubots" or "Synths" but more about the inability of simple humans to deal and adapt.

Whether you watch the Swedish version or the English version is merely a subtitle preference, although this one has more nudity.

Social story

I found this show very original for the narrative angle it adopted. The show focuses on a Swedish family and starts by showing how the "hubots" (humanoid robots) are pervasive and accepted in society. The depicted future is a future where machines have become humanoid but they are not yet intelligent like human beings, they are just functional and social robots. From that setting the leading story takes place in the background showing a group of free hubots who have become intelligent and who want to integrate human societies as "real citizens".

The show is extremely intelligent in that it shows with a lot of consistency what the presence of hubots would imply in society. Groups with different points of view would form, the "real humans" group against hubots and the pro hubot group. It would also provoke some behaviors in human beings themselves, such as sexual attraction towards robots or the willingness to become a robot. People who love robots are called T-H-S (transhuman sexual) and the phenomenon looks very plausible and understandable from the way it is realistically shown. Those are innovative concepts that are realistic considering the nature of humans. The show also brilliantly includes justice in the frame, and asks the question "should hubots have human rights?"

It challenges our thoughts about what allows human beings to be "special" and brings good arguments on the table. For example, if the hubots can't be as special as humans just because they're not made of flesh and blood, then why animals are not as special as humans either? If intelligence is the criterion to be considered as a real life form, then hubots are already intelligent, why can't they have rights? It will really help you make yourself an opinion about how you would react if hubots really existed. The narrative is not opinionated so you are really only confronted to the facts and you can forge your own point of view without being too influenced.

Quite funny

SF fans will love this show because the writers thought of everything. Some situations are really hilarious, like the hubot saying "I need to defragment", or sighing of pleasure while she is recharging. Also, as the family hubot starts working, her boss wants her to have holidays. You also see a religious robot, which is hilarious but sadly really possible, or the robot who wants to "get married and live a happy life". To some extent, it is clear that the writers projected all the human ideals in the robots minds, so you can't help yourself but think, "gee, she's a robot and yet she is so incredibly stupid, why?!".

This is maybe why I didn't rate the show 10, because it still idealizes human beings as if being human was an ideal for the machines. The show clearly states though that for machines humans are idiots, but I found regressive that the machines would really like to become human. I don't get why a machine would want to be like a human. Also the show focuses on social robots, when real intelligent machines will probably not be social at all, but I guess this would happen in a later future.

Fantastic acting and great characters

All the characters are great. A big cudos for the actors and actresses who played the hubots because it is really really well played. Also, none of the characters are clichés. This show is very refreshing for that reason. For example, you don't find the "programmer genius" who is usually an ingredient for this kind of story, and you don't find the evil mysterious puppet master either, two clichés that are becoming very annoying in SF stories. Instead, I honestly loved the story from the point of view of the family, I liked seeing the dad caring for his girl, the mom caring for her hubot, the teenager coping with his T-H-S condition, his sister caring for him.

Advanced social norms

Because it is Swedish you also see the advanced definition of gender roles where each gender is active. The women are confronted to violence but they fight back, not like in the usual western productions where they are just victims. You also see advanced social norms where the father role is very positively depicted, and the man is something else than the "warrior" figure. You also see different layers of society, the young, the elderly and the middle-aged persons, it is not just about the young people. I particularly loved the mother character that I found very "real" because she brought something really human to the show.

Very advanced compared to American shows

For all the reasons cited above, I think this show is really advanced compared to American shows. It is very innovative. If this was an American show, the story would probably be told from a policeman's point of view. And the whole story line would be about fighting the hubots and showing the fighting scenes to add action. It is the case for example of the "Almost human" show that I stopped watching exactly because of that, boring fighting scenes succeeding each other that don't make you think at all.

The beauty of "Real humans" is that it focuses on the philosophical and social questions, it makes you think, and there is still room for suspense and action. The production of this show was really excellent and I admire the Swedish for once again innovating before everyone else.

The reviews already posted are accurate and well reasoned. There's no point in repeating them.

I found out about this series whilst reading reviews on another similar program on American TV called 'Almost Human.' I mistakenly downloaded a few episodes of that and couldn't get past 15 minutes of the first episode. It was dire... I mean really puerile, infantile and deathly embarrassingly crappy!

But instead of stabbing myself in the eyes, I decided to give "Äkta människor" a try...

It's the best ten hours of Sci-Fi telly I have seen since New Zealand TV released "This Is Not My Life" a couple of years ago. Check that one out if you love sci-fi that is aimed for a focused, intelligent audience.

Watching Äkta människor is like reading an Azimov book.

If subtitles are too much of a hassle for you, then you won't like it... If you like guns and bombs and computer generated gizmos, then you won't like it... If you are an American currently enjoying the stupid 'Blacklist' or equally insulting 'Almost Human' then you won't like it... if you are under 25, you won't like it...

If you like thoughtful, intelligent sci-fi, you'll love it.

The show is very good, i really like it, i wish they make lot more seasons!!!.

It mixes lot of subjects but in a really calm and intelligent way.

It is very well written and the acting is as good.

Almost none special effects, only good lines and good acting, many other countries need to learn from this how to do good TV.

I have to agree with the second comment, Sweden is one of the best countries in the world in both TV and cinema.

Many movies and TV series come from Swedish ones, also many TV series and movies come from British ones that also came from Swedish remakes...

Anyway it's a great TV program!

Hugs from Barcelona!.

By far this is the best of all of the "Humans" tv shows. The story line is simple, but works. Unlike the copy cat versions from other countries, there is something very different and appealing with this version. The characters are written in a manner that, for me at least were easier to empathize with. It is hard to review this show, as you really need to see it to experience why it is so appealing. My only criticism of the show is that there are only 2 seasons, they should have continued it.

Ultimately, it poses the question what is it to be human, and what does it require to have compassion. This is not a preachy tv show, but does present the viewer with the dilemma of wondering is it possible to care for a machine as you would a Human.

I wish they had created a voice dubbed version,

This Swedish series was the inspiration of the AMC series Humans ... which ended in August of 2018. I loved Humans and thus wanted to watch the original. I found and purchased Season 1 with English subtitles ... region 1 ... rather easily (it was a Canadian release). I assumed season 2 would also be easy to find ... but it is not! As a matter of fact it appears that season 2 was never released anywhere with English subtitles. That's pretty dumb ... English is the most common language in the world.

So why would you watch S1 if you cannot watch S2? Don't waste your time folks. But do watch AMC Humans ... which has three seasons.

Every now and then a good sci-fi comes along that not only presents an interesting story but is well written, well produced AND is entertaining. This is one of those productions.

The story presents some thought provoking ideas about life as humans by paralleling the quest of a group of life-like robots called Hubots. Other interesting subplots introduce how humans might accept or reject relationships with artificial intelligence.

While the production is very good, it is not wholly polished and some of the plot twists are a little naive in terms of how they are written. However, this is one series I hope we see a return sequel.

I only watched part of the first episode, and it looked interesting and entertaining as well as thought-provoking. Unfortunately---while I don't always avoid subtitles, I frequently do--especially with a series, only because in general I am doing something else while watching a tv show. You cannot follow a show like this AND read subtitles, AND surf the net, AND read your email, or draw or sew or do anything else. I am well aware that all too frequently the voice actors fail to fully convey the subltelies of voice that the original actors do--and this often results in a less than stellar experience for the audience, but if it is a choice between watching dubbed or not watching at all--particularly with a quality show, I'd much rather watch dubbed.

What a shame. I do believe I would have really liked it. Please bring it back as either dubbed or in an English version. Thanks!

Having now seen a few of these Scandinavian drama series I see a pattern emerging. They start with an initial idea and storyline that are both promising and thought provoking. But then the plot sequencing and the acting let the whole enterprise down.

This is a perfect example. It's a fascinating concept that our personal computers and gadgets will soon develop into a life-sized home help and even into a robot with emotions enough to form a meaningful relationship. Also the concept that of course the technology finally tips over the threshold to self awareness and consequently danger.

However, the series lets itself down with some very poor oversimplified and unbelievable human characters like the vicar for example.

The plot twists are often infantilised and seem to have been thought of on the back of a fag packet the night before, several beers in.

As for the performances of the cast : the acting is hardly above school play level.

Such a shame because it could have been brilliant.

The concept is interesting. The artistic work considering its budget is impressive. But the whole problem is the entire manuscript is horrible. The first season starts from "promising" and ends in "utter disappointment". The second season is just a train wreck and should never had a chance to be produced. It just goes downhill, fast.

When you start speeding forward through most the episodes because it becomes too embarrassing to watch, you know it's time to quit. Even for Swedish standards, this is horrible.

And the characters, they are just so unbelievably stupid, their behaviour is so incoherent. The number of characters that feel believable are so extremely few. What a mess.