The Best Episodes of Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   6.8/10(4394 votes)

   #1 - The Hood Maker

   S1:E19/17/2017

   The world is without advanced technology and mutant telepaths have become humanity’s only mechanism for long distance communication. But their powers have unintended implications and when the public begin to embrace mysterious, telepath-blocking hoods, two detectives with an entangled past are brought in to investigate.

   Director:Julian Jarrold

   Writers:Matthew Graham, Philip K. Dick

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   Director:Julian Jarrold

   Writers:Matthew Graham, Philip K. Dick
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   6.6/10(3671 votes)

   #2 - Impossible Planet

   S1:E29/24/2017

   Two disillusioned, disenchanted and indifferent space tourism employees take up an elderly woman’s request for a trip back to Earth… the existence of which is a long-debunked myth.

   Director:David Farr

   Writers:David Farr, Philip K. Dick

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   Director:David Farr

   Writers:David Farr, Philip K. Dick
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   7.1/10(3365 votes)

   #3 - The Commuter

   S1:E310/1/2017

   Ed Jacobson, an unassuming employee at a train station, is alarmed to discover that a number of daily commuters are taking the train to a town that shouldn’t exist.

   Director:Tom Harper

   Writers:Philip K. Dick, Jack Thorne

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   Director:Tom Harper

   Writers:Philip K. Dick, Jack Thorne
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   5.7/10(3532 votes)

   #4 - Crazy Diamond

   S1:E410/8/2017

   As average a man as ever there was, when approached by a gorgeous synthetic woman with an illegal plan that could change his life completely, a smitten Ed decides to help... and then his world really begins to crumble.

   Director:Marc Munden

   Writer:Tony Grisoni

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   Director:Marc Munden

   Writer:Tony Grisoni
5. 

   7.6/10(4646 votes)

   #5 - Real Life

   S1:E510/15/2017

   Sarah, a policewoman living in the future, shares headspace with George, a brilliant game designer. In a race against time, sharing a bond that no one else can see, they learn the very thing that connects them can also destroy them.

   Director:Jeffrey Reiner

   Writers:Philip K. Dick, Ronald D. Moore

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   Director:Jeffrey Reiner

   Writers:Philip K. Dick, Ronald D. Moore
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   7.4/10(3739 votes)

   #6 - Human Is

   S1:E610/29/2017

   A woman suffering in a loveless marriage finds that upon his return from battle, her emotionally abusive husband suddenly appears to be a different man - in more ways than one.

   Director:Francesca Gregorini

   Writer:Jessica Mecklenburg

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   Director:Francesca Gregorini

   Writer:Jessica Mecklenburg
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   6.5/10(2389 votes)

   #7 - The Father Thing

   S1:E72/26/2018

   The world is under attack as aliens quietly invade our homes. Charlie, our young hero, must make the most difficult decisions imaginable, to protect his Mother and the human race, as he is among the first to realize that humans are being replaced by dangerous monsters.

   Director:Michael Dinner

   Writers:Philip K. Dick, Michael Dinner

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   Director:Michael Dinner

   Writers:Philip K. Dick, Michael Dinner
8. 

   7.8/10(3863 votes)

   #8 - Autofac

   S1:E83/5/2018

   Despite society and the world as we know it having collapsed, a massive, automatic product-manufacturing factory continues to operate according to the principles of consumerism - humans consume products to be happy, and in order to consume continuously, they must be denied freedom of choice and free will. When a small band of rebels decide to shut down the factory, they discover they may actually be the perfect consumers after all.

   Director:Peter Horton

   Writers:Philip K. Dick, Travis Beacham

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   Director:Peter Horton

   Writers:Philip K. Dick, Travis Beacham
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   7.3/10(2675 votes)

   #9 - Safe & Sound

   S1:E93/12/2018

   A small-town girl, already gripped with social anxiety, moves to a big futuristic city with her mother. Exposed for the first time to urban society’s emphasis on security and terrorist prevention, it isn’t long before her school days are consumed by fear and paranoia. She soon finds guidance and companionship in the most unexpected of places.

   Director:Alan Taylor

   Writers:Philip K. Dick, Kalen Egan

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   Director:Alan Taylor

   Writers:Philip K. Dick, Kalen Egan
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    7.3/10(2437 votes)

    #10 - Kill All Others

    S1:E103/19/2018

    A man hangs dead from a lamppost, apparently murdered and inexplicably ignored by passersby, after a politician makes a shocking statement encouraging violence. When one man dares to question the situation he becomes an instant target.

    Director:Dee Rees

    Writers:Dee Rees, Philip K. Dick

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    Director:Dee Rees

    Writers:Dee Rees, Philip K. Dick