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Meet Sunny. In this new Apple TV+ series, Suzie, a grief-stricken American woman in a near-future Japan, teams up with Sunny, a robot made by her late husband’s company, to uncover the truth behind her family’s disappearance in what appeared to be a fatal plane crash.

The series opens with a shocking scene: Blood splatters across an orange wall as a robot kills humans in a sitting room. No context. We then meet Suzie Sakamoto (Rashida Jones), an American expat living a quiet life in Japan after escaping past traumas when she meets and marries the gentle and charming Masa (Hidetoshi Nishijima), and they have a son, Zen.

Following the mysterious disappearance of Masa and Zen, Suzie receives a “homebot” named Sunny (Joanna Sotomura) from Yuki (Jun Kunimura), a senior colleague at Masa’s tech firm. This is no ordinary homebot — Sunny was specially programmed by Masa himself. Suzie, initially a technophobe, starts to suspect that her husband may not have been just a refrigeration engineer.

It’s a blend of comedy, sci-fi, and conspiracy thriller. As Suzie digs deeper into her mild-mannered husband’s life and mysterious disappearance, she uncovers unsettling truths. An office party encounter with one of Masa’s colleagues leads her to a hidden series of rooms ominously named the “Sakamoto Incubator,” one of which bears the blood stains from the opening scene.

The pace might be a bit slow for some, but it maintains a confident stride. It explores deep themes like the unknowability of others, grief, and loneliness — and the all too relatable issue of the potential dangers and benefits of AI.

WHERE TO WATCH- You can watch the series on Apple TV+ or catch the trailer (watch trailer,runtime: 2:33).

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