Sense8 (a play on the word sensate /ˈsɛnseɪt/, meaning aware) is an American science fiction drama web television series created, written and executive-produced by Andy and Lana Wachowski and J. Michael Straczynski.

A first season consisting of 12 episodes has been produced and became available for streaming on Netflix on June 5, 2015.

The Wachowskis are responsible for the direction of the biggest part of the show, with the rest of it being handled by a number of people they have collaborated with in the past, including Cloud Atlas co-director Tom Tykwer. Meanwhile this is the first series produced under the banner of Straczynski's Studio JMS.

The plot revolves around eight strangers from different parts of the world who suddenly become mentally and emotionally linked and it is set to explore subjects that its writers felt science fiction shows tend to ignore or skim through such as politics, identity, sexuality, gender and religion.


The 8 sensates:

Max Riemelt as Wolfgang Bogdanow (Berlin, Germany)
Tina Desai as Kala Dandekar (Mumbai, India)
Tuppence Middleton as Riley Blue (London, England)
Jamie Clayton as Nomi Marks (San Francisco, USA)
Brian J. Smith as Will Gorski (Chicago, USA)
Doona Bae as Sun Bak (Seoul, South Korea)
Miguel Ángel Silvestre as Lito Rodriguez (Mexico City, Mexico)
Toby Onwumere as Capheus (Nairobi, Kenya)

Other regulars:
Freema Agyeman as Amanita
Alfonso Herrera as Hernando
Anupam Kher as Manendra Rasal
Terrence Mann as Mr. Whispers
Naveen Andrews as Jonas Maliki
Daryl Hannah as Angelica