Network: FOX
Episodes: 13 (hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: November 17, 2013 — March 3, 2014
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Karl Urban, Michael Ealy, Minka Kelly, Mackenzie Crook, Michael Irby, and Lili Taylor.
TV show description:
This sci-fi police drama takes place 35 years into the future, in the year 2048. It’s a world in which police officers are partnered with highly evolved human-like androids.
Detective John Kennex (Karl Urban) is a cop who’s survived one of the most catastrophic attacks ever made against the police department. He wakes up after a 17-month coma. He can’t remember much — except that his partner was killed. He’s lost one of his legs and is now outfitted with a highly sophisticated synthetic appendage. He suffers from depression, mental atrophy, trauma-onset OCD, PTSD and the “psychological rejection of his synthetic body part.”
John returns to work at the encouragement of his longtime ally, Captain Sandra Maldonado (Lili Taylor). Every cop must now be paired with a robot and, despite his passionate aversion to androids, John is no exception.
He’s partnered with a battle-ready MX-43 model. He abruptly terminates this pairing after the robot discovers incriminating information about him. As a result, technician Rudy Lom (Mackenzie Crook) introduces John to Dorian (Michael Ealy), a discontinued android with unexpected emotional responses.
Although these responses were deemed flaws, it’s these “flaws” that John relates to Dorian most — John is part-machine and Dorian is part-human. John and Dorian’s understanding of each other not only complements them, it connects them.
As he adjusts to working with his new partner, John also must learn to get along with his new colleagues, like the sharp and insightful human intelligence analyst Detective Valerie Stahl (Minka Kelly) and Detective Richard Paul (Michael Irby), a distrustful man who doesn’t welcome John back with open arms.
Episode #13 – Straw Man
Kennex and Dorian revisit the past when a string of murders are similar to those committed by a serial killer who was put in jail by Kennex’s father. Dorian gets his first performance review after being reactivated.
First aired: March 3, 2014.
What do you think? Do you like the Almost Human TV series? Do you think it should have been cancelled or renewed for another season?
Please renew almost human. It has tied supernatural as my favorite show. It has all the ingredients to be a long term hit.
Please do not cancel Almost Human.
I noticed rating loss.. Maybe putting it in a different time slot would benefit the ratings.
Thank you
Both my husband and I love this show. Look forward to seeing more episodes. Please renew and give it a chance .
I love this show it’s a different spin on an old topic but it’s actors make it fresh and interesting every week. Karl Urban and Michael Ely are great. I love both actors.
Please do not cancel, there is so many stupid comedy shows that’s it hard to find a good
show that has such a great cast and one that I look forward to watching every week.
I love to watch this show every week. I get so tired of all the comedies on. Sci-Fi is always interesting and suspenseful. Also, Westerns are great for the action and stories. Almost Human should of course, come back in the fall. 🙂
one of the more interesting shows on tv
Please renew TV show Almost Human. It seems well imagined, having, therefore, great potential. The interaction between John and Dorian feels real. There have been only a few episodes, hardly enough time for television viewers to get to know them, especially with the Olympics available to us. What’s over the Wall? inquiring minds want to know …
One of the best shows to come along in a long time! Love this show.Keep up the good work!!
Gotta love everything Karl Urban is in. This show is really the only series that I watch. It’s a Scifi, Cop, Drama that doesn’t come off as campy. Kennex & Dorian are a great team. Hopefully this show will be renewed it’s the best one on TV.
Speaking of Campy, that reminded me of the old Batman tv series, which caused a run-on thought, I think Karl Urban should have been offered to play the next Batman in the upcoming Superman vs Batman movie. Sooo much better than a nassally, “I’m Batman”…
I NEVER leave comments…and I don’t follow too many shows. But this one piqued my interest and has had me checking the TIVO every Monday night for a new episode. It is the only show that I watch, whether I have time or not. PLEASE renew it and give it another season. It will do better when not competing with the Olympics… And I’ll get all of my friends and family to watch.
Thank you.
I love this show…please don’t cancel…it will only get better with time…it has a good cast and a good foundation…
Please do NOT cancel this show. It’s a very good show.
While Almost Human had some problems, (Sorry Minka Kelly) I think there is great potential there. The ground work was laid with what was over the wall and I really like the relationship of Dorian and John. Please give the show the time to workout any bugs and renew it.
Love this show. Please don’t cancel!