Sandra: Season 1

June 17, 2018 11:23 PM

A world where artificial intelligence isn’t so artificial. Helen thought her new job would help her forget her dreary hometown, but working behind the curtain on everyone’s favorite A.I. isn’t quite the escape she expected.

Sandra Is an Anxious Tech Thriller for the Age of Siri and Alexa [Vulture]
Kristen Wiig voices a human-powered virtual assistant in podcast drama Sandra [The Verge]
Paul Lee’s Wiip, Gimlet Pictures to Develop Scripted Podcast ‘Sandra’ as TV Series [Variety]

posted by ellieBOA (3 comments total)

Is it just me or did the podcast just end abruptly 3/4 of the way through the story?
posted by Karmakaze at 11:56 AM on June 18, 2018

It is not just you. Even though I’d been told it ended abruptly, I was still confused why I hadn’t downloaded all the episodes when I realised... it just ended.

I found the premise pleasant enough but I think it’s a sign of the absurd podcast drama hype that this half-written story is thought to be ‘good’ and optioned for a TV series.
posted by adrianhon at 3:44 PM on June 18, 2018 [1 favorite]

I really hope the reason it ended so suddenly isn’t related to the fact that it has been optioned for TV and that is where the story will finish.
posted by ellieBOA at 10:14 PM on June 18, 2018