The sci-fi genre and sociohistorical context.

Humans episode 1:

• Set in an alternative universe.
• Set in modern day- contemporary.
• Allegory for multiple things.

Allegory- A metaphor that makes a broader comment on society. 

Zeitgeist- The 'spirit of time'.

What Humans is really about.

• Slavery- when the daughter asks Anita for jam and the mother said she's not a slave.
• Immigration and racism- The evolved synths represent BME people- Anita is East asian and is a maid Niska is east European and is a prostitute and Fred is black and picks fruit like cotton plantation. All the evolved synths are running away.
• Government control- Corruption
• Disrespecting elders- Matti teen is gobby to parents.
• Uprising of technology- How it infiltrates our life.
• Working class- How the middle class treat the working class.
• Fear of immigration- Synths do the work people don't want to do.
• Objectification and sexuality- Anita is a stereotype of East Asian women. 
• Terrorism- The synths invade peoples home.
• Nuclear family- Man wife and 2 children.
• Rights of sex workers- Niska.

Scene where Joe buys Anita:

• Commodification- Process of turning something into something that can be bought.
• Setting looks like a car dealership so buying Anita is like a flex.
• Robot sound effects when Anita is turned on gives connotations of a phone.
• Close up shot of shaking hands foreshadows Joes attraction to Anita as well as conspiracy theories of government stealing DNA.