SUNNY Series Stars Rashida Jones in a Sci-Fi Crime Mystery which is Mystifying

Rashida Jones ("The Office") is cast as Susie playing a fish-out-of-water wife and mother grieving the deaths of her husband and young son who died in an airplane crash. Susie appears to be the only non-Asian in this sci-fi series on Apple+ set in Kyoto in the not too distant future. The first episode shows Susie desolately munching on a Christmas cookie besides her mother-in-law where she's being asked to elaborate on what her husband and son were wearing on that fateful flight. Unsure and irritated by the senseless barrage of questions. Noriko (Judy Ongg) her stately mother-in-law answers for her which further baffle and frustrate her. The others gathered in the same room are ushered into a support session where they're told  "one tear will provide years of comfort". This farcical scenario harbingers a bizarre and unsettling drama which isn't all what it seems. Susie believed her husband worked as an engineer perfecting kitchen appliances. A company rep arrives to Susie's apartment offering condolences and proffering a domestic robot to help and provide comfort. Susie refuses the A/I saying she loathes robots. The rep convinces her to give the robot named Sunny a trial period. The makeup of the show is a pastiche of dark humor, espionage and futuristic sci-fi A/I in daily life. Sunny's attempts at befriending Susie are funny, touching and perhaps not as Altruistic or Innocent as she seems. Jones is affecting in her non-glamorized appearance and beseeching with her vulnerabilities and cunning. Susie becomes unsure whether her husband and son were aboard the plane that crashed and becomes driven to get to know what happened to her husband and to find out what things she didn't know about her husband. The clothing and sets are convincing for this futuristic thriller. The acting by the actors and A/Is is Immaculate.  As Susie tries to untangle a web of lies she becomes ensnared in murder and a sinister corporate conspiracy. Unfortunately, the plot becomes buried under duplicitous characters including SUNNY the Adorable, Indefatigable robot resembles a trimmer Rosie from the Jetsons. SUNNY's appeal lies with Susie and the synergy between the two. However, the story's arc goes far astray deprogramming, my Avid Interest along the way.