It was a sad moment for us sci-fi geeks as we watched season one of Channel 4′s Humans come to an end.

As the eight-part drama – set in the not so distant future where anyone can own a robot (or a synth) to help out around the house – came to a close, we hung on to our seats to find out the fates of synths Mia, Max, Fred, Niska, half-human Leo Elster and his half-synth mother Beatrice.

While the Hawkins family did everything in their power to save these human-like robots, we were pretty much on tenterhooks about the synth family we have sort of grown to love.

Needless to say, there was some nail-biting stuff we had to go through before learning there WILL be a second season.

1. We were hoping Max wouldn’t die

The youngest of the synths, we’ve all fallen in love with the gentle Max, who has always been by Leo’s side – even sacrificing his own life for the sake of his synth brother.

2. We felt proud to see Mattie has sort of grown up

We know Mattie’s a computer genius who didn’t take kindly to synths at the start of the season, so to see her actually go out of her way to help the robots was pretty heart-warming stuff.

3. We needed our faithful stress-busters to help us get through the season finale

Will they be free? Will they die? Oh the stress…

4. And couldn’t believe that this was the final show

5. We also discovered Hobb’s true agenda

So when professor Edwin Hobb finally got all his synths together in his government facility, his grand plan was to make ‘obedient’ robots with human-like consciousness in them.

“You give us feeling but take away our free will,” Fred said looking heartbroken.

6. We then got lost in Colin Morgan’s blue eyes

Surely, we need the second season entirely dedicated to Leo’s baby blues!

7. Our stress levels rose as we saw Anita on the brink of destruction

After discovering the program invented by David Elster to give synths ‘conscious’ thought, Edwin decided he didn’t need the other robots. And sent Anita to the guillotine.

8. We became suspicious when the synths were set free

Laura then stepped in to save the day by making a rather bold step of threatening to go to the press if Edwin and his government employees didn’t release the synths immediately.

He complied… but of course we knew Edwin wouldn’t give up that easy.

9. We weren’t really that surprised when we found that Fred has a tracker on him

So that twitching in the previous episode was has finally been explained. Well sort of. Surely a smart man like Edwin wouldn’t have saved Fred and then not implant him with a tracking device?

10. We found ourselves at the mercy of Beatrice

As the synths synced their minds to give themselves a human-like consciousness, we saw Beatrice meddling with the process.

“The code’s corrupting,” said Maddie. “It’s like something’s infecting them.”

As Mia pleaded with Beatrice saying: “Don’t kill your family”, the mummy synth finally changed her mind. Phew.

11. We also learnt some high-tech Humans jargon

Yup, that pretty much sums it up!

12. We couldn’t help but miss Odi

We know Dr George Millican, a retired artificial intelligence researcher, formed a special bond with his outdated caregiver synth, but after he was killed in an accidental shooting, we found out that Odi would not return. And neither would George.

13. We heaved a sigh of relief when Max came back

Phew.

14. We were also pretty impressed with Niska

We all fell in love with the fiesty Niska, who speaks her own mind.

15. Only to be surprised when we found Niska isn’t what she seems

Did Niska just hotfoot it with the hard drive that was given to Laura for safekeeping?

16. But the important thing is…

Bring on season two.