Humans has examples of postmodernism and Baudrillard throughout the show. Postmodernism is an era within culture and the includes elements such as pop culture references, intertextuality, irony, parody, self-reflexive, ambiguity, pastiche, anti-realist, narrative fragmentation and bricolage. It includes ideas from John Baudrillard that in this postmodern culture in which we live in, the boundaries between the 'real' world and the world of media have collapsed and that is no longer possible to distinguish between reality and simulation. Within Humans, postmodernism is seen.
The fact that the show itself is based upon Swedish drama 'Real Humans' and isn't an entirely original show due to being based of another show it is an example of Postmodernism with it making it examples of pastiche and bricolage in Humans. Bricolage is also seen within the genre of the program as from an outsiders perspective it may seem like a sci-fi show but once you get into it , it is more of a hybrid of a soap opera, science-fiction and a drama with it showing life like robots but in a domestic and more familiar setting. Furthermore, it is anti-realist with the discussion within the show of we regard technology and our relationship with it and this is seen throughout but especially in the third episode in which it is said that humans are dependent on our synths in which we could draw parallels with our world in which many would say we our reliant on our phones and technology as a whole. It also, makes us ask questions like what does it mean to be human and gets the audience thinking. In addition, narrative fragmentation is seen in the show and uses a flexi-narrative with the flashbacks featured and the narrative in which multiple stories with different people take place at the same time and it continues to cut between scenes of these characters and eventually see the stories and characters connect together as the series progresses. Intertextuality is seen with references to other sci-fi texts such as Bladerunner. Irony is used as well, for instance in Laura's attitude to Anita. Also, pop culture references are used to show the fact that Humans is set in an alternate now, for example Channel 4 news is shown to draw parallels to our own world and make it seem more realistic. This is also makes it seem that the idea of the show isn't that farfetched and the fact its set in a modern day London makes it seem more realistic as everything is the same except they also now have intelligent artificial intelligence. Parody is something that may also be suggested is in Humans. For example, in the shopping centre an advertisement for synthetics is featured and is similar in style to one of a tech company in our world such as Apple or Google with a plain white background and the product shown alongside the logo. Though it isn't done for comedic effect.