The Amazon Original Series Solos does a fantastic job of showcasing the incredible acting abilities of seven actors in this anthology series.
Amazon Prime has a new original series out called Solos. Season one consists of seven episodes, each (besides the final episode) focusing on one character and their story. Sometimes these characters are playing opposite themselves, like Anthony Mackie and Anne Hathaway, others they are talking with a device like Uzo Abuda, and sometimes they are just carrying the entire thirty minute episode themselves, like Constance Wu.
Because of the way these episodes are, they allow for each and every one of these actors to showcase just how incredible they are at their jobs. If there is any doubt in viewers’ minds that any of the actors have talent, it will be squashed when they watch them perform, truly perform, in Solos.
Each and every one is a tear jerker, so have tissues on hand if you are sensitive. Some more than others, however they are all emotional in their own way. It is easy for the audience to get sucked into the lives of these characters, and become completely invested in what they are going through.
The best part about these seven episodes is that while they can be very much enjoyed on their own, they are all loosely connected, with the final episode tying them all together. This allows the season to feel like one cohesive season, and works really well.
Solos has a Science Fiction feel, with many of the episodes taking place in the future. There are things like Remember Me Bots, which take someone’s place with their family after they die should they choose to purchase one. There is also mention of driverless cars, and Speed 2 is referenced as an old movie.
Even though the episodes are done very well, with one solo actor carrying each one, there are some that are better than others. However, they will make you think, feel, and probably shed some tears. There are some laughs, and even some scares as well. While the final episode could have been a tad stronger, it does a good job of typing up the entire season.
SOLOS Episodes
LEAH (Anne Hathaway)
A brilliant physicist obsessed with traveling through time discovers two unlikely characters standing in the way of her epic breakthrough.
TOM (Anthony Mackie)
After learning his time on Earth is limited, Tom purchases a controversial new product for his family.
PEG (Helen Mirren)
While hurtling 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.
SASHA (Uzo Aduba)
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.
JENNY (Constance Wu)
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.
NERA (Nicole Beharie)
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.
STUART (Morgan Freeman)
A young man, Otto, searches for an old man, 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. But as Stuart’s memory regenerates, we begin to question Otto’s motives and ultimately uncover a shocking truth about Stuart’s identity — a truth that reverberates throughout all seven stories of the series.
About Solos
Solos is a seven-part anthology series that explores the strange, beautiful, heart-breaking, hilarious, wondrous truths of what it means to be human.
Performed by eight of the finest actors of our time, this anthology series spans our present and future and grapples with time travel, A.I. bots, solo trips to the farthest reaches of the universe, scheming smart homes, a mysterious waiting room, near-future fertility treatments and illegal memory transplants, all to illuminate the deeper meaning of human connection. These character-driven stories contend that even during our most seemingly isolated moments, in the most disparate of circumstances, we are all connected through the human experience.
The Amazon Original series SOLOS is available to watch now.
