Warning! Contains spoilers for Sunny’s episodes 1 and 2.
Summary
In its first two episodes, Apple TV+‘sSunnynot only sets up a gripping murder mystery but also prompts a viewer to ponder over some intriguing questions surrounding A.I. Even though Apple TV+ is the home for a long list of weird but compellingsci-fi shows likeSeverance,Sugar,Silo, andDark Matter,Sunnyranks among the streamer’s quirkiest offerings. On paper, its combination of serious themes surrounding grief and the threat of A.I. with dark comedy seems absurd.
However, the brilliance with which the show combines all of its genres to create the perfect balance between laughable moments and poignant reflections on technophobia is what sets it apart. With Rashida Jones’ Suzie as its lead alongside a cutesy but terrifyingly sentient robot, the show never leaves a dull moment with its black humor and keeps viewers at the edge of their seats with its well-thought-out mysteries. Since a lot happens inSunnyepisodes 1 and 2, a recap of all the major events may be necessary.
Sunny Cast & Character Guide
Apart from walking through a darkly comical futuristic drama, Apple TV+’s Sunny also features compelling characters portrayed by talented actors.
12A Robot Assistant Kills An Unknown Person Before Being Put To Sleep
Apple TV’s Sunny Begins With A Cryptic Flashback
The opening scene ofSunny’s episode 1 seems to be a flashback in which a robot assistant kills a man. In appearance, the robot seems to be a lot like the titular Sunny. While everyone else around the robot panics, a man, probably Masa, asks the robot to fall asleep, which instantly shuts the robot down. This opening scene perfectly paves the way for the show’s overarching mysteries,hinting that someone died at the hands of one of the robots before Suzie got exposed to the strange world her husband was embroiled in.
Suzie’s Narrative Begins On A Tragic Note
Suzie’s arc begins with her learning that the flight her husband, Masa, and son had boarded suddenly disappeared. Although she tries to be hopeful about her family’s fate, it seems unlikely they survived. Suzie and her mother-in-law, Noriko, attend a conference where other families who lost their loved ones in the Flight 405 incident gather and recall what their missing loved ones were wearing before they boarded the flight. This is followed by a mourning ceremony in which a facilitator encourages the families to call their loved ones and cry at the message tone.
Suzie initially does not think too much about Masa not answering his call, but this later becomes a crucial piece in the overarching puzzle.
Although Suzie is initially apprehensive about doing the same, the facilitator convinces her to call Masa. To her surprise,Masa’s phone keeps ringing, suggesting that he might still have his phone. Suzie initially does not think too much about Masa not answering his call, but this later becomes a crucial piece in the overarching puzzle.
10Masa’s Colleague Brings Suzie A Strange Gift She Doesn’t Like
Suzie Meets Sunny For The First Time
One of Masa’s co-workers, Yuki, visits Suzie and gives her a gift. This gift turns out to be a robot assistant named Sunny who Suzie despises from the get-go. Yuki insists that she must keep the gift and even reveals that her husband designed it while working in the robotics department of his company. This revelation baffles Suzie becauseshe was under the impression that her husband worked in refrigeration. With what follows, Suzie agrees to keep the robot but keeps putting it in sleep mode every time it attempts to help her. To Suzie’s surprise, the robot keeps waking up from its sleep mode on its own.
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9Suzie Accidentally Ends Up In Masa’s Company’s “Incubators”
A Christmas Party Leads Lucy To New Leads
Hoping to meet Yuki again, Suzie attends the Christmas party at her husband’s office. To her dismay, she ends up being led to another man who shares the same name. The Yuki she runs into slanders her husband before realizing he is drunk. Instead of sticking around and arguing with him, Suzie sneaks into an open door and finds herself on one of the lower floors of the office. The more she explores the abandoned floor, the further she finds herself in the “incubators.” This is when she discovers a room with viewing panels with puppies inside.
When she enters the room, she notices blood spots on the carpet and the surrounding walls. Realizing she is in the wrong area of the office, Suzie leaves. From the looks of it,the room with the blood spots seems to be the same location where the show’s opening flashback unfolds, hinting that someone was actually killed down there.
8Mixxy Reveals Some Chilling Details About Robot Assistants
Suzie Gets Along With A Bar Tender
After leaving the office’s basement, Suzie visits a bar where she and her husband used to hang out. She and the bartender, Mixxy, soon warm up to one another and start talking about their personal lives. Mixxy discloses her strange relationship with her robot assistant, implying thatthe robots can be reprogrammed using a manual calledThe Dark Manual. She also tells Suzie that she does not trust her robot assistant and always permanently turns it off instead of putting it in sleep mode.
When Suzie gets curious about what she means, Mixxy says that there have been cases where assistant robots have murdered people. Suzie grows increasingly anxious about her robot after this interaction. As a result, she suddenly gets up and leaves the bar to head home.
7A Mysterious Man Spies On Suzie
The Spy Uses The Robot To Keep A Close Eye On Her
Apple TV+‘sSunnyreveals that a man has been using Sunny to spy on Suzie. Although the man’s identity remains a mystery, he might be connected to her husband’s company andmust be looking for something Masa has hidden. The man even sends Suzie’s footage to another person with a message that says, “We’re on her.”
6Suzie Almost Destroys Sunny But One Thing Changes Her Mind
Sunny Reminds Suzie Of Her Husband
Worried about her safety, Suzie packs Sunny in a bag and tries to get rid of it by dumping it in a river. However, after being unable to tip it off the bridge, Suzie just abandons it and returns home. When she awakens the next day, she surprisingly finds Sunny in her living room, prompting her to destroy the robot. However, the robot convinces her to change her mind by making the same hand gesture her husband did before boarding the flight.
5Flashbacks Reveal How Suzie First Met Masa
Masa & Suzie Met At A Soup Bar
Flashbacks reveal that Suzie moved to Japan, hoping to live like a “hikikomori” (“a recluse”). That is when she encountered Masa at a soup bar, who told her what it was like to live like an actual hikikomori. Although Suzie was initially hesitant about getting into a relationship, seemingly because of a recent failed relationship, she gave Masa a chance.
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4Suzie Visits A Local Roboticist & Learns About The Dark Manual
Suzie Finds a Strange New Lead
After struggling to get any answers from Sunny about her husband and his work, Suzie takes it to a local roboticist who is blown away by how advanced Sunny is despite its ordinary exterior. After watching a video feedback loop, Sunny also goes into a strange trance-like state, almost as if it is drunk. When Suzie asks the man to help her hack the robot and access its previous memories throughThe Dark Manual, the man pretends to know nothing about what she is talking about.
She also shows a tattoo of a three-tailed kitsune (a trickster fox from Japanese folklore), claiming that the creator of The Dark Manual uses it as a symbol.
Disappointed by her lack of progress, Suzie leaves the store but gets stopped by a young woman who works with the roboticist. The woman tells Suzie what she knows aboutThe Dark Manual. She discloses that no one knows who madeThe Dark Manualbut affirms they are a genius. She also shows a tattoo of a three-tailed kitsune (a trickster fox from Japanese folklore), claiming that the creator of The Dark Manual uses it as a symbol. Suzie recalls seeing the same symbol somewhere in one of Masa’s drawings.
3Suzie Breaks Into Imatech’s “Division 5” To Learn More About Masa’s Disappearance
Suzie’s Quest For Answers Leads Her Back To Masa’s Office
To find the symbol’s drawing and the notebook in which Masa often doodled, Suzie visits his mother’s home and even looks through the notebooks in his office. Unfortunately, she finds no leads. Therefore, Suzie and Sunny join forces and visit Masa’s office, Imatech. However, before they can enter the office, Sunny suddenly shuts down, claiming that it is not allowed to access “Division 5.” Leaving Sunny behind, Suzie enters alone and convinces the drunk Yuki she had met at the party to open the door to Division 5.
Although an employee chases her down in Division 5, she manages to break into a lab, which seems similar to the one she had previously seen during the Christmas party. With Sunny’s help, Suzie manages to leave the facility before the man can catch her. With this, Suzie’s visit to the company’s headquarters does not reveal much buthints that something sinister happened in Division 5.
