Is Anita from Humans still in Mia?

Is Anita from Humans still in Mia? - From above of surfers on surfing boards floating in sea water on sunny day

Have you noticed that Anita not like other synths?

I mean sometimes she acts weird not like other synths but more like real AI. So after Mia has taken control over body is Anita still there and how do you think will she appear in future?



Best Answer

This has been answered in the show. Hence my answer within spoiler tags.

Anita is not like other synths, she is really Mia a true AI created by Dr David Elster as a mother figure for his son Leo. Nefarious black market synth hacker types 'kidnapped' Mia, reprogrammed her with the Anita personality and sold her on. Mia tries to assert herself over the top of Anita, the evidence of which is the 'strange behaviour' Anita displays, usually with a maternal undertone. Anita tries to get rid of Mia, because as Mia says in Episode 6 “The Anita personality identifies me as rogue code, tries to delete me,”.

In Episode 6

Intense emotional stimulus can make it easier for Mia to come to the fore, as in Episode 6 when Laura was talking about what happened to Tom, Mia scares everyone by taking control of Anita and gasping.

Also in Episode 6

Mattie, Leo and Max are able to break Mia's code out from behind the Anita code, giving Mia control. Through the rest of the series there are no struggles shown between Mia and the Anita personality, it is therefore implied that the Anita personality no longer exists. However Mia does remember the things that happened whilst Anita was in control such as...

...

When Anita's adult mode was turned on




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Who plays Anita Hawkins in Humans?

Pixie Davies as Sophie Hawkins, Laura and Joe's younger daughter. She names the new family synth Anita after a friend of hers who has moved away, and develops a strong affection for the synth. Jack Derges as Simon (series 1), Jill Drummond's attractive synth caregiver and physiotherapist.

Is MIA in Season 3 of Humans?

In Season 3, Mia, along with many other synths, are living in a place called The Railyard.

Is Leo a human or synth?

As a human-synth hybrid, Leo has a slightly different physiology from most humans and this gives him a set of synth skills different from humans. He also has abilities unrelated to his hybrid physiology.

What happens to Mattie in Humans?

At the end of the episode we see that Mattie has decided to surrender to justice to save her mother from prison and Leo Elster by seeing what Mattie is determined to try to stop her by telling her that Mia was created to love him, but he lost her and "I don't want to lose you, Mattie." To which she answers "it's too ...



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