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8 Episodes 2018 - 2018
Episode 1
Tue, Jun 5, 201846 mins
Following a series of green-eyed synths malfunctions and human deaths a new, orange-eyed, breed is created with the likes of Mia and Max in an internment camp and in need of spare parts. The Hawkins family is shocked to learn that a bar welcoming both synths and humans is fire-bombed with Niska's girlfriend Astrid among the casualties. The news that the perpetrators were synths leads to reprisals against the green-eyed population and Joe walking out on the family when the female members champion the synths. Mattie visits the camp, where Leo lies in a coma, but it is attacked by armed police looking for the bombers. Meanwhile Karen Voss sends little Sam to school.

Episode 2
Tue, Jun 12, 201860 mins
As the police withdraw after Max has defused the stand-off Niska arrives to help Mattie save Leo. She and Mia defy Max by setting off for the coast to rescue four besieged Synths though Niska has ano9ther motive - to find the bombers. Laura, chauffeured by efficient new house robot Stanley, attends Lord Drysdale's commission on the future of Synths, meeting charming scientist Neil Sommer - though Stanley mistrusts him - and Joe discovers Karen and Sam's secret.

Episode 3
Tue, Jun 19, 201846 mins
As Leo struggles to come to terms with being human, Mattie takes him back to the Hawkins' home, where a surprise night out allows them to confront their feelings for each other. Laura is determined to uncover the truth about the too-secret Operation Basswood and tries to enlist Dr Neil Sommer's help, only for things to take an unexpected turn. Joe reluctantly decides to help Karen with Sam, and Niska receives a mysterious message.

Episode 4
Tue, Jun 26, 201847 mins
Laura brings the Dryden commission to visit Max and his Synths to prove that they are harmless and gain support for them. It is a success, partly because Max has kept the embittered Agnes away from the visitors. Whilst Niska discovers and destroys one of the bombers Mia is saved from her persecutors by ex-employer and lover Ed but declines to go away with him. Meanwhile Mattie makes a confession to Leo and Joe's night out with Sam and Karen ends badly.

Episode 5
Tue, Jul 3, 201847 mins
Helped by Neil, Laura succeeds in getting the commission to criminalize assaults on green-eyed Synths and, when Joe brings Sam to stay with the family after Karen's demise, reluctantly agrees. Sophie attempts to humanize Sam but he is obsessed with trying to bring Karen back to life and the Hawkins discover him in a graveyard. Mia discovers an unexpected ally and media fame but Max is faced with a further rebellion and Leo has an announcement for Mattie - who has made a questionable new friend in fellow student Audrey.

Episode 6
Tue, Jul 10, 201847 mins
Laura discovers a shocking truth that threatens her life and those around her. Leo and Mattie return to the Elster house where Leo comes to understand a painful truth. Niska continues her journey, where she must defy all her instincts to survive.

Episode 7
Tue, Jul 17, 201847 mins
Max (Ivanno Jeremiah) must confront a friend turned foe. Laura (Katherine Parkinson) reels from her heartbreaking decision, but when Mattie (Lucy Carless) reveals her secret, she is spurred back into action. Niska's (Emily Berrington) journey takes an unexpected turn, while Leo (Colin Morgan) races to be by Max's side, but walks into danger.

Episode 8
Wed, Jul 18, 201846 mins
It's a race against time to stop Basswood. Laura must put her reputation and life on the line if she is going to have any hope of saving the Synths, but is she willing to give up her family and her freedom? Niska has reached her journey's end, but when the source of the mystery is revealed, has her real journey only just begun? Mia, Leo and Max stand together in final battle, but will they make it out alive? When the world learns of the atrocities that are taking place, will the fate of Synths change forever?
