Mrs. Davis’ full series trailer is wild and much better than the first

Peacock has released Damon Lindelof’s first trailer (The Leftovers) and Tara Hernandez’s (Young Sheldon() Sci-fi thriller series in development Mrs. Davis on Tuesday and all we can say is hell yeah; that’s more like it. The new trailer, which follows the original boring-as-se teaser, offers an even better view of the uncanny and strange world of a luddite nun who is fighting simultaneously against and for an omnipresent artificial Intelligence. This trailer finally does justice by the series’ premise.

We wrote last week about the trailer for Mrs. Davis. This new trailer features Betty Gilpin.Hunt) as Sister Simone of Reno, a nun who grows increasingly disillusioned by a world mediated by an overly familiar artificial intelligence who, like Richard Brautigan’s 1967 poem, governs all of humanity like a machine of loving grace.

When Simone is repeatedly approached by messengers of Mrs. Davis to accept a “Quest” to find the “Holy Grail” — presumably the A.I.’s servers — she embarks on a journey that crosses paths with Wiley (Jake McDorman). Wiley is her ex-boyfriend and now acts as resistance leader against algorithm.

As Simone explores the world in search of the “Grail,” she’s faced with the kind of big questions one would expect from a show produced by the guy behind Lost The Leftovers. Namely, Which side is she? Really fighting for? What is Mrs. Davis’ ultimate intention? Would the whole world be happier if Mrs. Davis wasn’t pulling the strings anymore?

It’s a fascinating set up for a sci-fi thriller series, one that falls somewhere equidistant between the high-concept storytelling of Westworld, For LovePlease see the following: Person of interest and the irreverent ‘20 Minutes into the Future’ context of Lindelof’s Watchmen and Patrick Somerville’s Maniac. Owen Harris, who directed the critically acclaimed Black Mirror episode “San Junipero” and the first two episodes of Peacock’s TV adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New WorldThe series’ executive director will be, and he will direct the pilot episode.

Given all the recent talk about the proliferation of AI art generators and “Deep Fake” technology — which has only grown more pervasive, ethically alarming, and legally fraught over the past year — Lindelof and Hernandez’s series couldn’t have landed at a better time.

But the most important question still remains: “Can it?” Mrs. DavisStick the landing like that guy who jumped through the giant donut on his motorcycle. We’ll just have to wait and see. These are the first four episodes. Mrs. DavisPremiere April 20, on Peacock