Future States - Season 1
1 - Fallout
Air Date: March 5, 2010
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.
2 - Mister Green
Air Date: March 5, 2010
In this parable about change, a jaded government undersecretary becomes the unwitting test subject for an experimental program to curb global warming.
3 - PIA
Air Date: March 5, 2010
When a woman encounters a wandering service android, she is forced to redefine its conceptions of humanity, relationships, and family.
4 - Play
Air Date: March 5, 2010
Society’s obsession with video and online gaming has advanced to the point that virtual environments are indistinguishable from physical ones.
5 - Plastic Bag
Air Date: March 5, 2010
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.
6 - Silver Sling
Air Date: March 5, 2010
In the near future, corporations offer incentives to their high-ranking female employees to pay for surrogate pregnancies and accelerated births.
7 - Tent City
Air Date: March 5, 2010
A father who makes his living evicting the powerless must choose between his responsibilities and his moral principles.
8 - Tia and Marco
Air Date: March 5, 2010
When a border patrol agent discovers a child hiding in her home, she is forced to question her loyalty to a system of exclusion.
9 - The Rise
Air Date: March 5, 2010
In the housing market of the future, an older couple must forego their dreams and adapt to the ever-evolving definition of the American dream.
10 - Seed
Air Date: March 5, 2010
In an industry dominated by genetically modified seeds, a poor farmer struggles to survive by smuggling now-illegal organic seeds.
11 - The Other Side
Air Date: March 5, 2010
A family struggles to escape a stark economic wasteland in hopes of immigrating illegally to a new land of opportunity.