Evaluate how effective the plot twists of High Maintenance are executed

The short film, Hight Maintenance, has quite a few surprises and plot twists. the film starts with an ordinary couple sat at a dinner table having a meal. at first there seems to be nothing wrong, but the audience soon see the tension and awkwardness between the husband and the wife. seeing as the genre is Sci-Fi, we naturally expect something to happen and soon. the music in the first scene is very calming, lulling the audience into a false sense of calmness. the lighting is very dim, intimate and could be considered romantic.

the first surprising element in the film is when the wife is sat on her husband's lap, a seemingly harmless gesture, stroking his hair, when she suddenly turns him off. literally. this sticks the audience as we didn't expect the husband to be a robot, at least not at first. looking back we can see that he shows quite a few characteristics of a robot that were simply hidden. his offence at the mention of some "short mechanical sex" etc.

however, the biggest plot twist was saved until the end of the short film, where the woman's new robotic husband gives her a massage, but he abruptly turns her off as well. literally. we find out that she herself was in fact a robot. there are some red herrings to show us otherwise but rewatching we are left with an even bigger question; is everybody a robot in this world?

all in all, I'd say that the plot twists in the film are quite effective, however they could've been something more. the final plot twist in which the female is revealed to be a robot, was remarkable however the other twist was not as much.