If you could find your soul mate, would you want to?
The show is about a companies new product. Osmosis is a pill filled with nano-bots that is promising to help people find their “soulmate.” It is currently in beta testing, with only a month before their worldwide launch. However, not everyone is happy about this advancement in technology. A group called the humanists are ramping up their protest against Osmosis, as some worry the technology will be used to monitor and control people. There is also the threat of corporate espionage as Osmosis threatens the VR experience of Perfect Match. The show follows multiple storylines, that are perfectly interwoven. Paul and Ester Vanhove are the brother sister duo that created Osmosis. Paul is Osmosis’s first tester, and his soulmate is a dancer named Joséphine. Ester has no time for relationships, and is focused on trying to save their comatose mother. We also follow three of the twelve beta testers: Ana, Lucas, and Neils. Each having a different reason for signing up as a tester.
Because it is being marketed as finding your one and only, I think of several issues right off the bat. What if your soul mate is in a relationship, what if they are married and have children? What if they are a serial killer? Incarcerated? Terminally ill? Already dead? There is many ways the premise can go off the rails in an entertaining way.
Since Osmosis is a French show it’s take on nudity and sex is European. The show is not prudish, and there are multiple scenes with nudity; even the opening sequence is two naked bodies embracing.
Personally, I enjoy playing random non-English TV shows on Netflix. Much like watching documentaries, I think if you have time to watch that Brooklynn Nine Nine episode for a 5th time, maybe you have time to discover something new. I enjoyed the science fiction elements, and overall it has great writing. When we have the ability to watch South Korean dramas and Icelandic crime procedurals, it is fascinating to see how a different country takes a well known genre and changes it for their audience.
You can watch the trailer here, and the full show is currently on Netflix.