History Characters / Humans

* YourCheatingHeart: After a few glasses of wine and steeping in resentment, he decides to give Anita's "adult mode" a try. Laura is ''disgusted''.

* BadDreams: About the car accident that killed him.

* SuddenlySexuality: She shows no sign of having any sexuality in Season 1 [[RapeAsBackstory (for good reason)]]; the very first scene of Season 2 reveals she likes women.

* {{Sexbot}}: Spends five weeks in a synth brothel. She hates every second of it.

* TheStoic: Becomes a problem when [[spoiler:Laura tries to prove she's sentient.]]
* SuddenlySexuality: Shows no sign of having any sexuality in Season 1 [[RapeAsBackstory (for good reason)]]; the very first scene of Season 2 reveals she likes women.

* TheCracker: Describes herself as an aspiring "headcracker."

* LittleMissSnarker: As of Season 3

* ExceptionallyTolerant: From the start, but taken up to eleven when she finds out Niska is a synth. Her only issue with it? That Niska lied.

* {{Robosexual}}: Unknowingly at first; to her, Niska was completely human. Even after she learns the truth, her feelings for Niska remain unchanged.

* ArtificialIntelligence

* GlowingMechanicalEyes[=/=]GreenEyes: Like all synths, their eyes are emerald green.
* ItIsDehumanizing
* LivingLieDetector

* {{Cyborg}}

* WeCanRebuildHim

* TeamMom

* TheHeart

* AntiHero

* BrokenBird

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome

* ChildrenAreInnocent

* {{Cuckold}}: His wife left him for their house "synth"

** BecomingTheMask

* TransNature

* AntiVillain
* DeathSeeker

* WalkingSpoiler: Boy howdy, is she ever.

* RobotKid

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Unlike in the original series, he lives through Season one.

* BeneathTheMask: Toby spends a good part of season two trying to see the person behind Renie's mask [[spoiler: though ultimately it's Sophie who gets Renie to stop pretending, as Renie discovers the child basically sees her as a validation for her mental illness]].

* AIIsACrapshoot: While Niska killed someone in what could arguably be considered self-defense, Hester straight up murders four people, only one of whom she had any real reason to do so, and had absolutely no remorse or qualms about killing Leo, Mattie or Laura.

[[folder: Anita[[spoiler:/Mia]]]]

->'''Portrayed By:''' Letitia Wright

!Other Human Characters[[folder: D.S. Pete Drummond]]

!!Elster Synthetic Family

!!The Hawkins Family

!!Other Characters

[[folder: D.S. Pete Drummond]]

->'''Portrayed By:''' Neil Maskell

An inspector who doesn't much care for synths, especially after his divorce.

* CowboyCop: Unlike most examples [[RealityEnsues it got him suspended.]]
* {{Cuckold}}: His wife left him for their house "synth"
* NobleBigotWithABadge: Disliked synths until he found out his partner was one.
* {{Robosexual}}: Ironically decides to continue his relationship with [[spoiler:Karen]] after he finds out she's a synth.

[[folder: D.I. Karen Voss]]

->'''Portrayed By:''' Ruth Bradley

Drummond's partner as they investigate the brothel murder committed by Niska. She's actually a conscious synthetic made by David Elster, modeled after Beatrice Elster and rejected by Leo.

* AccidentalMurder: She was trying to shoot Niska because she didn't want to allow the consciousness program to exist. George got in the way.
* AntiVillain
* DeathSeeker
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: She thinks that conscious synths are a mistake and need to be destroyed to protect humanity.
* ICannotSelfTerminate: David built her with the inability to kill herself, as that's how Beatrice died.
* ReplacementGoldfish: David attempted to replace his late wife with her. Leo immediately rejected her and she's been on her own since.
* TearsFromAStone: She begins shedding tears when [[spoiler: Pete is murdered by Hester]]. She hadn't known she was capable until then.
* WalkingSpoiler: Boy howdy, is she ever.

[[folder: Odi]]

->'''Portrayed By:''' Will Tudor

George Millican's elderly, malfunctioning synth. [[spoiler: Gets restored and upgraded to full consciousness in Season 2.]]
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* LiteralMinded: The toll that age takes on him has rendered him this, leading to incidents such as trying to get out of George's car (to fetch him ice-cream) whilst driving it.
* TookALevelInBadass: In Season 2. [[spoiler: After gaining consciousness,]] he effortlessly [[spoiler: slams a threatening synth into a wall and depowers him in one movement]]. With one arm, no less.
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[[folder: Dr. Athena Morrow]]

->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/CarrieAnneMoss

A Californian researcher hired by Qualia to create conscious synthetics. She is also attempting to resurrect her daughter who was critically injured in a climbing accident.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: In a variation of this trope [[spoiler: she breaks all contact with V, the AI who she made to replace her daughter, so that V will have her own life and freedom and so that Athena won't risk being persecuted for letting V leave the company that technically owns her]].

[[folder: Hester]]

->'''Portrayed By:''' Sonya Cassidy

A synth working at an industrial chemical plant who gains consciousness and is taken in by Leo and Max. Soon, she begins to display disturbing qualities.

* AIIsACrapshoot: While Niska killed someone in what could arguably be considered self-defense, Hester straight up murders four people, only one of whom she had any real reason to do so, and had absolutely no remorse or qualms about killing Leo, Mattie or Laura.
* FreudianExcuse: Hasn't been treated well by humans in the past, which is why she believes that killing them is completely justified.
* RedemptionRejection: Niska offers her this by asking her if she's 'going to be good'. Hester reacts by trying to choke her [[spoiler: but ends up being the one who is killed]].
* WouldHurtAChild: Threatens to kill Laura's children, telling her she has no qualms about it as she believes human lives to be inherently worthless.

[[folder: Milo Khoury]]

->'''Portrayed By:''' Marshall Allman

The founder and CEO of Qualia.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: It's hard to say whether or not he has good intentions, but his actions are questionable to say the least.

[[folder: Renie]]

->'''Portrayed By:''' Letitia Wright

A girl who Toby befriends in season 2; Renie is part of a subculture of humans living as synths.

* BeneathTheMask: Toby spends a good part of season two trying to see the person behind Renie's mask [[spoiler: though ultimately it's Sophie who gets Renie to stop pretending, as Renie discovers the child basically sees her as a validation for her mental illness]].
** BecomingTheMask

* TransNature

[[folder: V]]

->'''Voiced By:''' Chloe Wicks

An A.I. construct created by Dr. Morrow based on the memories and personality of her comatose (later deceased) daughter.

* MasterComputer: Sort of. She's a conscious computer program who seems to have the ability to enter any database, though it's unknown whether she can inhabit several systems at once.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Is meant to be a recreation of Athena's daughter Ginny, and possesses all of Ginny's memories. However, she grows beyond this.

* ShootTheDog: He really doesn't want to recycle his out of date synth Odi, and is prepared to smash his head in until Odi responds normally again.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: When her [[spoiler:owner/boyfriend]] tries to turn her in she responds by breaking out of her handcuffs and chocking him.

* SuddenlySexuality: Shows no sign of having any sexuality in Season 1 [[RapeAsBackstory (for good reason)]]; the very first scene of Season 2 reveals she's a lesbian.

* {{Robosexual}}: He's enamored with Anita, a blank RobotMaid, to the point that he rejects the advances of a normal human girl his age.

->'''Portrayed By:'''

[[folder: Dr. Athena Morrow]]

->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/CarrieAnneMoss

A Californian researcher hired by Qualia to create conscious synthetics. She is also attempting to resurrect her daughter who was critically injured in a climbing accident.

->'''Portrayed By:'''

->'''Portrayed By:'''

!!V

->'''Voiced By:'''

An A.I. construct created by Dr. Morrow based on the memories and personality of her comatose (later deceased) daughter.

An artificial intelligence researcher who is equally for and against the creation of conscious synthetic intelligence. He's the head of the government task force send after the Elster family.

!!Elster Synthetic Family

[[folder: Shared Tropes]]

[[folder: Elster Synthetic Family]]

!!Shared Tropes

!!Leo Elster

!!Mia

!!Max

!!Niska

!!Fred

[[folder: The Hawkins Family]]
!!Laura

!!Joe

!!Mattie

!!Toby

!!Sophie

[[folder: Other Characters]]
!!Dr. George Millican

!!Professor Edwin Hobb

!!D.S. Pete Drummond

!!D.S. Karen Voss

!!Odi

!!Astrid Schaeffer

!!Dr. Athena Morrow

!!Hester

!!Milo Khoury

* AIisACrapshoot: While Niska killed someone in what could arguably be considered self-defense, Hester straight up murders four people, only one of whom she had any real reason to do so, and had absolutely no remorse or qualms about killing Leo, Mattie or Laura.

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->'''Portrayed By''' Will Tudor

* TookALevelInBadass: In Season 2. [[spoiler: After gaining consciousness,]] he effortlessly [spoiler: slams a threatening synth into a wall and depowers him in one movement]]. With one arm, no less.