History Series / UtopiaUS

* TheConspiracy: The ''Utopia'' comic depicts a conspiracy to inflict a virus that will wipe out humanity.

* ThisIsAWorkOfFiction: Most likely in light of the UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic, each episode contains a prominent warning at the beginning stating either "This program is a work of fiction, and not based on actual, related, or current events. It contains scenes that some viewers may find disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised," or "This program is a work of fiction, and not based on an actual pandemic or related events. It contains scenes that some viewers may find disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised."

* BrokenPedestal: As a young child from a bad home who has had to rely on his own street smarts, Grant idolizes the character of Jessica Hyde from ''Dystopia''. Naturally, meeting her in real life fails to live up to his expectations.

* HollywoodNerd: The comic book convention in the first episode is filled with stereotypical comics weirdos.

->'''Dr. Kevin Christie: ''' How much evil do you have to do, to do good?\\
'''Dr. Michael Stearns:''' None. The answer is none. None evil!\\

* DecoyProtagonist: [[spoiler:Samantha is played by the actress with the largest star power of the five bulletin board members and takes the lead in the conspiracy talk, making it look like she's the de facto main character of that storyline. She's also the first character we see in the show's trailer. However, she's unexpectedly executed by Jessica Hyde in episode 2 to maintain her control of the group. This twist is easy to anticipate for viewers of the British show, as her character has no analogue in the original]].
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: While Jessica Hyde has already shown herself to be rather ruthless in previous scenes, she reveals her true colors when she [[spoiler:murders Samantha purely because she was showing too much leadership over the group, establishing that even though Jessica is helping the surviving BBS members, she's not a good person]].

->'''Dr. Kevin Christie: ''' How much evil do you have to do, to do good?.\\

'''Dr. Michael Stearns:''' None. The answer is none. None evil!.\\

''Utopia'' is a darkly comic conspiracy thriller created by Gillian Flynn that airs on Creator/PrimeVideo. It is an American remake of the [[Series/{{Utopia}} original British series of the same name]].

''Utopia'' is a darkly comic conspiracy thriller created by Gillian Flynn that airs on Creator/PrimeVideo. It is an American remake of the [[Series/{{Utopia}} original BBC series of the same name]].

* DecoyProtagonist: [[spoiler:Samantha is played by the actress with the largest star power of the five bulletin board members and takes the lead in the conspiracy talk, making it look like she's the de facto main character of that storyline. She's also the first character we see in the show's trailer. However, she's unexpectedly executed by Jessica Hyde in episode 2 to maintain her control of the group. This twist is easy to anticipate for viewers of the BBC show, as her character has no analogue in the original]].

* PorperlyParanoid: Wilson lives off the grid and is prepared for a global apocalypse. Turns out there really is a massive conspiracy afoot.

* RaceLift: Ian and Becky have their races swapped from the original. Jessica Hyde is now played by Sasha Lane, who is black and Maori, while the original actress is Irish [[spoiler:playing a character with Romani ancestry]].

The plot concerns a group of conspiracy theorists who believe that underground comic books called ''Dystopia'' and ''Utopia'' contain coded messages about a global conspiracy to wipe out humanity with a supervirus. They turn out to be more correct than they expected, and must go on the run from enigmatic assassins with the help of a character depicted in the comic books.