Solos (TV series)

Solos
File:Solos TV series.jpg Official poster
Genre	Anthology Science fiction Drama
Created by	David Weil
Written by	David Weil Tori Sampson Stacy Osei-Kuffour
Directed by	David Weil Sam Taylor-Johnson Zach Braff Tiffany Johnson
Narrated by	Morgan Freeman
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	7
Production
Executive producer(s)	David Weil Sam Taylor-Johnson Laura Lancaster
Producer(s)	Marc Sondheimer Pixie Wespiser
Running time	21–32 minutes
Production company(s)	Amazon Studios
Distributor	Amazon Prime Video
Release
Original release	May 21, 2021 (2021-05-21)
External links
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Solos is an American dramatic anthology streaming television miniseries created by David Weil and produced by Amazon Studios. It stars Morgan Freeman, Anne Hathaway, Helen Mirren, Uzo Aduba, Anthony Mackie, Constance Wu, Dan Stevens and Nicole Beharie. The seven-episode series premiered on May 21, 2021 on Amazon Prime Video in UK, United States, Australia, Canada, Ireland, India, New Zealand and later this year in additional territories.

Premise

The series ponders what it means to be human, arguing that we are connected to others through shared experiences, even in our most isolated moments.

Cast

• Morgan Freeman as Stuart, a patient in an Alzheimer's facility, later revealed to be a memory thief/junkie (by either hacking or by force). His confirmed thefts are Leah, Tom, Peg, Sasha, and Otto, whose memories he stole when Otto was a child, amongst hundreds of other victims.
  • Freeman's character narrates the beginning of each episode as well as appearing in his own.
• Anne Hathaway as Leah, a scientist in 2024 trying to attempt time travel using "the Cauchy horizon"
  • Hathaway also plays Leah 2 (from 2029) and Leah 3 (from 2019)
• Anthony Mackie as Tom, an angry businessman who is later revealed to be the adoptive father of Peg
  • Mackie also plays Tom II, a robot replacement of Tom to resume Tom I's life when he dies.
• Helen Mirren as Peg, a senior who joins a space program because she felt invisible; later revealed that Tom is her adoptive father and Tom II did replace him when he died but she and her brother ended up being raised by her grandparents in England.
• Uzo Aduba as Sasha, a woman who has lived in her smart house for 20 years and thinks it is trying to trick her to leave.
• Constance Wu as Jenny, a self-loathing, self-destructive woman who is in a waiting room and doesn't know why
• Nicole Beharie as Nera, a pregnant woman who gives birth during a blizzard lockdown to a son who ages quickly
• Dan Stevens as Otto, an NHS worker who steals a cure for Stuart to repair his Alzheimer's, later revealed that Stuart stole all his memories as a child on the day his mother died ("Stuart")
  • Stevens also voices Tym, the AI Space Shuttle in Peg's episode

Co-starring

• Hannah Dunne as the voice of Leah's sister Rachel ("Leah")
• Carol Smolinsky as the voice of Leah's mother ("Leah")
• Jack Quaid as the voice of Zen, Sasha's smart house ("Sasha")
• Sanaa Lathan as Nia, Sasha's best friend ("Sasha")
• Chris Diamantopoulos as the technician downloading Jenny's memories ("Jenny")
• James Monroe Iglehart as the voice of the supervising technician overseeing the procedure ("Jenny")
• McCarrie McCausland as 15 Year Old Jacob, a boy who ages 15 years in a matter of hours.
  • Sephen Gray plays 2 Year Old Jacob, Percy Daggs IV plays 6 Year Old Jacob, and Andre Robinson plays 11 Year Old Jacob respectively ("Nera")

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"LEAH"	Zach Braff	David Weil	May 21, 2021 (2021-05-21)
A brilliant physicist obsessed with traveling through time discovers two unlikely characters standing in the way of her epic breakthrough.
2	"TOM"	David Weil	David Weil	May 21, 2021 (2021-05-21)
After learning his time on Earth is limited, Tom purchases a controversial new product for his family.
3	"PEG"	Sam Taylor-Johnson	David Weil	May 21, 2021 (2021-05-21)
While hurling through space on a mysterious trip to the farthest reaches of the universe, Peg recounts a lifetime of events that led her to this moment.
4	"SASHA"	David Weil	Tori Sampson	May 21, 2021 (2021-05-21)
Twenty years after a global event drove the world to lock themselves inside, Sasha tries to outwit her smart home that she fears may now be manipulating her to leave.
5	"JENNY"	David Weil	David Weil	May 21, 2021 (2021-05-21)
Jenny has been sitting in a waiting room for a maddening amount of time. After she realizes that fragments of her memory may be missing, Jenny attempts to unravel the fateful events that led her to this unique waiting room.
6	"NERA"	Tiffany Johnson	Stacy Osei-Kuffour	May 21, 2021 (2021-05-21)
After using a near-future fertility treatment, Nera is at first elated by the birth of her child. But she quickly discovers there is something unusual about her son.
7	"STUART"	Sam Taylor-Johnson	David Weil	May 21, 2021 (2021-05-21)
A young man named Otto searches for an old man named Stuart who is believed to be suffering from dementia. Otto provides Stuart a means to regain his memory: memory implants that Otto procured on the black market. As Stuart's memory regenerates, we begin to question Otto's motives and uncover a shocking truth about Stuart's identity.

Production

Development

In October 2020, it was announced that a thus far untitled sci-fi anthology series created by David Weil had been given a series order by Amazon Studios. In February 2021, it was announced that the series would be titled Solos. Weil serves as an executive producer with Laura Lancaster, Sam Taylor-Johnson and Pixie Wespiser serving as producer. Weil makes his directorial debut directing three episodes and Taylor-Johnson directs two. Other directors for the series include Zach Braff and Tiffany Johnson.

Casting

In February 2021, it was announced that the series would star Morgan Freeman, Anne Hathaway, Helen Mirren, Uzo Aduba, Nicole Beharie, Anthony Mackie, Dan Stevens, and Constance Wu. In April 2021, the names of the characters they would each be playing was announced.

Filming

Principal photography took place in Manhattan Beach, California from October 9 to November 19, 2020.

Release

On April 19, 2021, the first images of the series were released. It was further announced that the seven-part anthology would debut on Amazon Prime Video on May 21, 2021 for UK, United States, Australia, Canada, Ireland, India, New Zealand and later this year in additional territories.

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the miniseries holds an approval rating of 47% based on 30 critic reviews, with an average rating of 5.85/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "A star-studded cast and a smattering of truly lovely moments can't save Solos from feeling stranded in space." On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 45 out of 100 based on 14 critic reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

External links

• Solos at IMDb