Electric Dreams
A sci-fi anthology series with stand-alone episodes based on the works of Philip K. Dick.
- Metascore68
- 2017-2018
- 1 season
- Amazon Studios
- Drama, Science Fiction
- TV-MA
A sci-fi anthology series with stand-alone episodes based on the works of Philip K. Dick.
Season 1 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2017 - 2018
Episode 1
The Hood Maker
Fri, Jan 12, 2018 52 mins
In a world without advanced technology, mutant telepaths have become humanity's only mechanism for long-distance communication. But their powers have unintended implications. When the public begin to embrace mysterious, telepath-blocking hoods, two detectives with an entangled past are brought in to investigate.
Episode 2
Impossible Planet
Fri, Jan 12, 2018 48 mins
Two jaded space tourism employees (Jack Reynor, Benedict Wong) take up an elderly woman's (Geraldine Chaplin) request for a trip back to Earth - a planet which has lost all life due to a catastrophic "solar fire". She's easily confused but very rich, so what's the harm in indulging her fantasies? As the journey unfolds, their scam begins to eat away at them and they ultimately find themselves dealt a bittersweet surprise.
Episode 3
The Commuter
Fri, Jan 12, 2018 48 mins
Ed Jacobson (Timothy Spall), a train station employee, is alarmed to discover that a number of commuters are taking the train to a town that shouldn't exist. When he investigates for himself, he comes face to face with an alternate reality that forces him to confront his own struggles around his relationship with his wife Mary (Rebecca Manley) and his very troubled son Sam (Anthony Boyle).
Episode 4
Crazy Diamond
Fri, Jan 12, 2018 48 mins
Ed Morris (Steve Buscemi) works at a company which produces synthetic humanoids called Jacks and Jills, and the QCs ("quantum consciousness") which give them intelligence and emotions. He is approached by a dying Jill, who wants him to help her steal ten QCs - one to extend her own lifespan, and the rest to sell. Ed abandons both Jill (Sidse Babett Knudsen) and his wife, Sally (Julia Davis), to follow his dream of escaping his life on a boat. Jill and Sally hijack his boat and sail away together.
Episode 5
Real Life
Fri, Jan 12, 2018 47 mins
Sarah (Anna Paquin) is a policewoman living in the future who shares headspace with George (Terrence Howard) a brilliant game designer, each pursuing violent killers whose plans could have shattering consequences. In a race against time, sharing a bond that no one else can see, they learn the very thing that connects them can also destroy them.
Episode 6
Human Is
Fri, Jan 12, 2018 47 mins
Mission director Vera Herrick (Essie Davis) is trapped in a loveless marriage with military hero Colonel Silas Herrick (Bryan Cranston). Silas returns to the planet of Rexor IV to obtain a substance needed to process Earth's toxic atmosphere but comes under attack from the local Rexorians. When their ship returns on autopilot, Silas has apparently survived, and Vera finds him uncharacteristically kind and considerate. The colonel is arrested by the State, who believe that Silas has been taken over by a Rexorian consciousness. Despite knowing he has been replaced, Vera saves Silas from being executed.
Episode 7
The Father Thing
Fri, Jan 12, 2018 47 mins
Eleven-year-old Charlie (Jack Gore) has a close relationship with his father (Greg Kinnear), sharing a love of baseball. One night, while camping out, they see glowing orbs slowly falling from the sky. At home, Charlie sees an alien seemingly consume and replace his father. As others also become suspicious of their loved ones, Charlie and his best friend ("Dylan" Jack Lewis) eventually find a field filled with body doubles grown by the aliens, which they destroy.
Episode 8
Autofac
Fri, Jan 12, 2018 51 mins
Society and the world as we know it has collapsed. A massive, automatic factory operates according to the principles of consumerism; humans consume to be happy, and in order to consume continuously, they must be denied freedom of choice and free will. When a small band of rebels decide to shut down the factory, they discover they may actually be the perfect consumers after all.
Episode 9
Safe and Sound
Fri, Jan 12, 2018 48 mins
A small-town girl (Annalise Basso), already gripped with social anxiety, moves to a big city with her mother (Maura Tierney). For the first time she is exposed to urban society's emphasis on security and terrorist prevention. Her school days are soon consumed by fear and paranoia, but she finds guidance and companionship in the most unexpected of places.
Episode 10
Kill All Others
Fri, Jan 12, 2018 48 mins
A man hangs dead from a lamppost, apparently murdered and inexplicably ignored by passersby, after a politician (Vera Farmiga) makes a shocking statement encouraging violence. When one Philbert Noyce (Mel Rodriguez) dares to question the situation, he becomes an instant target.
