Less is more inThe Humans, and that includes the unadorned plot.
(There arent even any dishes to break!
The torturous because-its-the-holidays call we overhear her sister, Aimee (Cassie Beck), placing to her ex-girlfriend.

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The superior tone 26-year-old Brigid adopts when expounding on such topics as superfoods, juicing, and spa days.
The highbrow dessert tray that 38-year-old Richard presents: rugelach, vanilla cupcakes, and a chocolate croissant.
The pre-dinner discussion of assorted illness and ailments so-and-sos knee replacements, so-and-sos cancer.
Has Karam been eavesdropping on my Christmas dinners?
Perhaps your family doesnt discuss dreams at the dinner table as Erik and Richard do.
(Then again, theres no TV, so they have to talk about something.)
The creepiest thing aboutThe Humansis how real everyone up on that stage is.
Its frightening and completely fascinating.