TV series

Beautiful People

1 season

A sleek, serious-minded pilot that imagines a near-future of quiet inequality, asking you to watch closely for the human cost.

Overview: Beautiful People is a 2012 television pilot written by Michael McDonald and directed by Stephen Hopkins for NBC. The series was meant to set in the near future in a society where humans co-exist with mechanical androids that look like people but are treated like second-class citizens. The pilot didn't make it to series.
How it feels: Tense, melancholic, dark and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, class, technology, power
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
class
technology
power
justice
Places: big city
Era: near-future
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild