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Sense8
Season 1
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Promotional art
Starring
No. of episodes12
Release
Original networkNetflix
Original releaseJune 5, 2015 (2015-06-05)
Season chronology
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The first season of Sense8, an American science fiction drama web television series created by Lana and Lilly Wachowski and J. Michael Straczynski, follows eight strangers from different parts of the world who suddenly become "sensates"; human beings who are mentally and emotionally linked. The season was produced for Netflix by the Wachowskis' Anarchos Productions and Straczynski's Studio JMS, along with Javelin Productions and Georgeville Television.[1] Unpronounceable Productions has been set up to oversee production for the show.[2][3]

A multinational ensemble cast starring Aml Ameen, Doona Bae, Jamie Clayton, Tina Desai, Tuppence Middleton, Max Riemelt, Miguel Ángel Silvestre and Brian J. Smith portrays the suddenly connected strangers. Freema Agyeman, Terrence Mann, Anupam Kher, Naveen Andrews and Daryl Hannah also star. The season is the first of a proposed five and acts as the origin story for the eight sensates.[4] The episodes' scripts were written by the Wachowskis and Straczynski and the majority of them were directed by the Wachowskis, with the remainder being divided between their frequent collaborators James McTeigue, Tom Tykwer and Dan Glass.[5] Filming took place almost entirely on location in nine cities around the world: Chicago, San Francisco, London, Berlin, Seoul, Reykjavík, Mexico City, Nairobi and Mumbai.[6]

All 12 episodes of the season became available for streaming on Netflix on June 5, 2015 and were met with generally favorable critical reception. The season has become notable for its presentation of LGBT characters and themes, winning the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Drama Series. It has also received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music. On August 8, 2015, Netflix announced that it had renewed the show for a second season.[7]

Cast

Main

The eight sensates

Also starring

  • Freema Agyeman as Amanita "Neets", Nomi's girlfriend, who later becomes an ally for the new sensates.[19]
  • Terrence Mann as "Whispers", a sensate who turned against his own kind and who leads an organization determined to neutralize sensates.[20]
  • Anupam Kher as Sanyam Dandekar, Kala's loving father, a chef and restaurant owner.[21]
  • Naveen Andrews as Jonas Maliki, a sensate from a different cluster who wants to help the newly-born cluster of sensates.[20][22]
  • Daryl Hannah as Angelica "Angel" Turing, a sensate from an older cluster (which included Jonas) who becomes the "mother" of the new sensates' cluster as she activates their psychic connection.[23]

Recurring

The recurring actors are listed by the region in which they first appear.

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
11"Limbic Resonance"The WachowskisThe Wachowskis & J. Michael StraczynskiJune 5, 2015 (2015-06-05)
22"I Am Also a We"The WachowskisThe Wachowskis & J. Michael StraczynskiJune 5, 2015 (2015-06-05)
33"Smart Money Is on the Skinny Bitch"The WachowskisThe Wachowskis & J. Michael StraczynskiJune 5, 2015 (2015-06-05)
44"What's Going On?"Tom TykwerThe Wachowskis & J. Michael StraczynskiJune 5, 2015 (2015-06-05)
55"Art Is Like Religion"James McTeigueThe Wachowskis & J. Michael StraczynskiJune 5, 2015 (2015-06-05)
66"Demons"The WachowskisThe Wachowskis & J. Michael StraczynskiJune 5, 2015 (2015-06-05)
77"W. W. N. Double D?"James McTeigueThe Wachowskis & J. Michael StraczynskiJune 5, 2015 (2015-06-05)
88"We Will All Be Judged by the Courage of Our Hearts"Dan GlassThe Wachowskis & J. Michael StraczynskiJune 5, 2015 (2015-06-05)
99"Death Doesn't Let You Say Goodbye"The WachowskisThe Wachowskis & J. Michael StraczynskiJune 5, 2015 (2015-06-05)
1010"What Is Human?"The WachowskisThe Wachowskis & J. Michael StraczynskiJune 5, 2015 (2015-06-05)
1111"Just Turn the Wheel and the Future Changes"Tom TykwerThe Wachowskis & J. Michael StraczynskiJune 5, 2015 (2015-06-05)
1212"I Can't Leave Her"The WachowskisThe Wachowskis & J. Michael StraczynskiJune 5, 2015 (2015-06-05)

Reception

Critical reception and popularity

Critical reception of the first season of Sense8 has been generally favorable. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator website, reported a 67% critical approval rating with an average rating of 6.1/10 based on 43 reviews, and a 92% audience approval rating. The website's critical consensus reads, "Some of the scenarios border on illogical, but the diverse characters and the creative intersections between their stories keep the Wachowskis' Sense8 compelling."[38] On Metacritic the season is assigned a score of 63 out of 100, based on 23 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[39]

In a report released by Netflix it was discovered that at least 70% of the viewers that watched up to the third episode ended up watching the entire first season,[40] and Straczynski was told there are people that watch it "straight through – three, four, six times."[41] In another report released by Netflix, Sense8 was listed among the shows whose viewers tend to heavily binge-watch their first seasons, rather than savoring their episodes by watching them at a slower pace.[42] Netflix's Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos praised the success of the first season of Sense8 in the up-and-coming French and German markets[43] but also globally.[44] Less than three days after its premiere, Variety reported that the season had been pirated more than half a million times, regardless of the series' digital distribution.[45]

Accolades

Year Award Category Recipient(s) Result Ref(s)
2015 Camerimage First Look – TV Pilots Competition Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski (directors), Christian Almesberger, Frank Griebe, Danny Ruhlmann and John Toll (cinematographers) Nominated
2016 Dorian Awards LGBTQ TV Show of the Year Sense8 Nominated
Campy TV Show of the Year Sense8 Nominated
GLAAD Media Awards Outstanding Drama Series Sense8 Won
HPA Awards Outstanding Color Grading – Television Tony Dustin Nominated
Location Managers Guild Awards Outstanding Locations in a Contemporary Television Series Marco Giacalone and Bill Bowling Won
Saturn Awards Best New Media Television Series Sense8 Nominated
Emmy Awards Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music Johnny Klimek and Tom Tykwer Nominated
Online Film & Television Association Award Best New Theme Song In A Series Sense8 Nominated

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