Joe Hawkins decides to buy an android called a synth to help take care of household responsibilities for his family, due to his wife Laura's constant work-related absences.
Joe's son Toby is attracted to Anita, while Mattie, the eldest daughter, strongly dislikes it, fearing synthetic technology will soon render her education useless.
Club gave the episode a B, describing most of the adaptation changes from Real Humans as "inexplicable" and the final scene as "a plea to please keep watching".
[4] Neil Midgley of Forbes said that the episode didn't "[reach] Blade Runner standards of greatness", but "offered a pretty good start".
"[5] Morgan Jeffery of Digital Spy said that the pilot was a "remarkable success", praising the "comprehensively brilliant" cast and "plausible" world created by the writers.
[6] Matt Fowler of IGN rated the episode 7.6 out of 10, calling it "a good start" but noting that the show was "rushing into the A.I.
[7] Neela Debnath of Express complimented the "convincingly creepy" acting, described the episode as a "less bleak" version of Black Mirror and said the series was "likely to do very well.