Dr Joseph Weizenbaum (Dan Spielman: Black Snow, The Newsreader), a brilliant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, carries the trauma of a childhood fleeing Nazi Germany. When he begins testing a new computer program designed to simulate talk therapy – using details from his secretary Becky’s (Manali Datar: The Wrong Gods) private life – the lines between code and connection begin to blur.
Published on 4 December 2025