FutureStates

Episode 2

Seed

In an industry dominated by genetically modified seeds, a poor farmer struggles to survive. When he resorts to smuggling now-illegal organic seeds across borders he risks everything.

Episode 3

The Rise

In the radically altered housing market of the future, an older couple must forego their dreams of retirement and adapt to the ever-evolving definition of the American dream.

Episode 4

Tia and Marco

When a pregnant border patrol agent discovers an illegal immigrant child hiding in her home, she is forced to question her loyalty to a system of exclusion.

Episode 5

Tent City

In a world where housing is granted only to the powerful few, a father who makes his living evicting the powerless must choose between his responsibilities and his moral principles.

Episode 6

Silver Sling

In the polarized economy of the near future, corporations offer incentives to their high-ranking female employees to pay for surrogate pregnancies and chemically accelerated births.

Episode 7

Plastic Bag

Struggling with its immortality, a discarded plastic bag (voiced by Werner Herzog) ventures through the environmentally barren remains of America as it searches for its maker.

Episode 8

Play

Society's obsession with video and online gaming has advanced to the point that virtual environments are indistinguishable from physical ones.

Episode 9

PIA

When a woman in mourning encounters a mysterious wandering service android, she is forced to redefine its conceptions of humanity, relationships, and family.

Episode 10

Mister Green

In this parable about change, a jaded government undersecretary becomes the unwitting test subject for an experimental program to curb global warming.

Episode 11

Fallout

Los Angeles has fallen victim to a nuclear attack from an unknown aggressor. In the aftermath of the bombing, a young man's search for his girlfriend highlights the human toll of eternal war.