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Better Than Us

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2018 | 1 seasons | 51 min | Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama

Weeknight Watch

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With a small audience and a quick end and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for sci-fi fans. If you loved Samurai Jack or Andor, start here.
The mood
Thoughtful and character-driven.
The pace
1 season: a few weeks of evenings, episodes of about 51 minutes, about 14 hours in all.
What might put you off
  • Rated TV-MA: meant for adults.
  • It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

Moscow in a not so distant future where human beings share their daily lives with robots. Georgy, a forensic who has a robot assistant, suddenly finds himself caught up in the first murder committed by a new kind of experimental humanoid.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesSolid

    7.4 out of 10

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerWeak

    Ran for 1 season and reached a modest audience

  • Buzz & cultural impactBelow par

    About 34K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Created by Andrey Dzhunkovskiy

  • Paulina AndreevaArisa
  • Kirill KäroGeorgy Safronov
  • Olga LomonosovaAlla Safronova
  • Vitaliya KornienkoSonya Safronova
  • Eldar KalimulinEgor Safronov
  • Vera KinchevaZhanna Barseneva
  • Aleksandr KuznetsovBars
  • Irina TarannikSvetlana Toropova
  • Arseniy SidorovBoris Toropov
  • Fyodor LavrovGleb