Love is the grand fallback for all of humanitys flaws.
I dont way to go so far as to call love a crutch.
Ill just go back to doing the dishes now and not crushing your windpipe with my super human strength.
Episode Six is the love episode ofHumans.
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Witness what some compassion does for Niska.
Niska has been unhinged since her first appearance.
Shes young, hurt, confused and rightfully angry.
He doesnt respond to her hostage attempt and tells her that he knows she feels bad about hurting people.
Hes patient, understanding and respects her individuality.
In just under a day hes every much the father figure that David Elster wasnt.
Its here that Episode Six pulls off its first minor miracle.
The conscious synths have talked a big game about turning every other synth like them.
Up to this point its unclear why theyd really want to.
Existence has been pretty painful for all of them.
Or as Max later classifies it: Frightening.
Like my feelings are too big.
Much like being a teenage girl, Mattie points out.
Now Niska gets a first-hand look of why consciousness is worthwhile.
Even if no one loves you back.
Why care so much for something that cannot care for you?
I see all the memories he carried for me when I couldnt.
He cant care for me but I see all those years of love staring back at me.
Without Leo, he is despondent and wanders the city taking in what love truly does for human beings.
Hes never learned to love but feels must have the capacity and reaches out to another unlikely father figure.
Your existence is unproven and extremely unlikely, he awkwardly prays.
But if you are there and listen to things like me: just help.
I dont need to see them again.
Just keep them safe.
And in return, I will be available in any way I can.
And Ill make a run at believe in you.
Its a remarkable scene and a touching moment.
For centuries, humanity has dreamed of creating something just like itself to share in the burden of consciousness.
And its not until Max struggles with the same uncertainty and the same hopelessness that its clear we have.
Mattie has come such a long way from her first exaggerated but maaaaaaaaaaaaaahmmmmmm TV eyeroll.
Her family is in legitimate danger of falling apart through secrets and lies.
So she runs away.
Its when Laura catches up with her that the healing process begins.
Laura tells Mattie that Tom was her little brother.
Its the best acting from Gemma Chan yet.
She gives Mattie quick instructions for recovering Mia for good and then Anita takes over again.
Leos experiences have taught him not to trust humanity.
His father drove his mother away and then turned him into a hybrid monster.
To Laura, Mattie, Toby and Sophia it isnt a question.
They may not know what theyre getting themselves into but they know love demands commitment.
Its a lesson that even Joe seems to finally get it.
Toby stops by his new digs to tell Joe that Anita is really a person.
Listen to George: its a reflection.
When the police and Hobb catch up to them, Leo and Max make a break for it.
Max decides to sacrifice himself for his brother.
But its the image of the dead boys memorial that sticks with him the most.
If I die, it means Ive lived, he tells Leo.
Love isnt the only thing that separated the humans from the synths.
It was a martyr complex as well.
Or maybe those are the same things.
Rating:
5 out of 5
