FutureStates: Season 1 (2010)
- Episodes: 11
- Premiered March 8, 2010
Episodes
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Episode 1 · · 12m
The Other Side
A family struggles to escape a stark economic wasteland in hopes of immigrating illegally to a new land of opportunity.
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Episode 2 · · 12m
Seed
In an industry dominated by genetically modified seeds, a poor farmer struggles to survive. When he resorts to smuggling now-illegal organic seeds across borders he risks everything.
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Episode 3 · · 12m
The Rise
In the radically altered housing market of the future, an older couple must forego their dreams of retirement and adapt to the ever-evolving definition of the American dream.
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Episode 4 · · 12m
Tia and Marco
When a pregnant border patrol agent discovers an illegal immigrant child hiding in her home, she is forced to question her loyalty to a system of exclusion.
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Episode 5 · · 12m
Tent City
In a world where housing is granted only to the powerful few, a father who makes his living evicting the powerless must choose between his responsibilities and his moral principles.
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Episode 6 · · 12m
Silver Sling
In the polarized economy of the near future, corporations offer incentives to their high-ranking female employees to pay for surrogate pregnancies and chemically accelerated births.
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Episode 7 · · 12m
Plastic Bag
Struggling with its immortality, a discarded plastic bag (voiced by Werner Herzog) ventures through the environmentally barren remains of America as it searches for its maker.
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Episode 8 · · 12m
Play
Society's obsession with video and online gaming has advanced to the point that virtual environments are indistinguishable from physical ones.
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Episode 9 · · 12m
PIA
When a woman in mourning encounters a mysterious wandering service android, she is forced to redefine its conceptions of humanity, relationships, and family.
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Episode 10 · · 12m
Mister Green
In this parable about change, a jaded government undersecretary becomes the unwitting test subject for an experimental program to curb global warming.
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Episode 11 · · 12m
Fallout
Los Angeles has fallen victim to a nuclear attack from an unknown aggressor. In the aftermath of the bombing, a young man's search for his girlfriend highlights the human toll of eternal war.