Sunny

The show started well, the future, new interesting technologies, Japanese culture, mystery and thriller... but at one point the concept changes. The story is supposed to be told from the eyes of Suzie and Mixxy as the main actors, but the story expands and spends a lot of time on background stories of other characters where it slowly starts to lose fun like at the start... but omg the ninth episode, is for children... little children... It's a shame a good idea was ruined, how it started could have been something special, this way it will be forgotten very quickly, and actors will have a harder time getting better roles because of a childish show.

P.s. The robot should have a dark mode on face/screen, how could Suzie sleep next to him when he is shining like cinema...

Apple have done it again. Their content is often quirky and unusual and Sunny is no exception.

Rashida Jones's Suzie is a great character, spiky and sarcastic. As her relationship develops with Sunny her robot it becomes normal watching them interact.

Having Japan and Japanese culture, mixed with an American protagonist, and the difficulties this brings when a tragedy happens is interesting.

The futuristic elements are also really well conceived as they are believable, and not too unlike our present world.

I love to watch foreign films and series as subtitles don't bother me. Don't let it put you off.

This could have been outstanding. But fumbled it. And they'll probably never put their finger on the why of it.

Whereas Severance (which seems to be the gauge against which this is being measured) turned dull, inexplicable and slow into something exquisite and satisfying, this is just dull, inexplicable and slow.

It is hard to create a convincing and likeable 'weird' on purpose. I sense a lot of borrowing from other sources. Maybe there is no formula for the magic? It just happens sometimes.

I just don't warm to Rashida Jones' character. And it's hard when you take against the central character. She plays it a mixture of flat, indulged and whiny. You just want to give here rigid botoxed face a slap. And I don't know enough about her to tell if this is deliberate and she is a genius, or she just can't act.

The rest of the Japanese cast are brilliant in a Quentin Tarantino homage kind of way. The supporting characters are way more interesting and you'd rather spend your time with them. But three episodes in and I can contemplate not watching until the end.

It's tolerable, not groundbreaking.

I love Sci fi and I love Rashida Jones but I can't figure this show out. I'm not sure what it's about after 3 episodes. The fact that 70% of it is in Japanese makes it even harder. Rashida Jones' job seems to be to stand there half slumped and speak in English to people speaking to her in Japanese. She doesn't have any drive or maybe it's the way she portrays it I get no sense of urgency or even fear or trepidation from her as she's trying to figure out what happened to her husband and son. The writing is really uneven. This makes me sad. I wanted to like it, it's just too obscure for me I guess.

Ok, seen a lot of negative reviews which I don't get. I like this show, it works for me and I look forward to the next week's episode. It's not predictable, doesn't follow the usual recipe and explores a stranger in a strange land with unfamiliar customs, at least where a loved one is lost in mysterious circumstances as an American wife coming to grips not knowing her Japanese husband's secret work life. And yakuza thrown in to make it interesting.

It has a fair bit of quirkiness, which I like. Yes a lot of it is in Japanese, but it's got subs, so that's okay. I'm giving 7 for now, maybe give it more at the end of the season.