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?
I’m disabled and T.V. Helps distract me from my pain. But some of my favorite shows are falling in the cancelled bin. Then they replace them with some stupid show that has no good story line and chemistry between the actors, and I’m not just talking about romantic chemistry. Almost Human has all of that. I really hope you reconsider. Thank you Maria Grehan.
Why on earth did you cancel ALMOST HUMAN??? I suppose it will be replaced with something gruesome, violent & boring – what’s wrong with losing yourself in a little fantasy now & then??
Can’t believe they cancelled it…seems like all the good original programmes are being cancelled…no doubt, they’ll remake some lame rubbish and expect us to watch it….
Now ratings for shows are done need to be revised – again. I understand that if you record a show but don’t watch it within two days it will not count as viewed. I’m just now getting to the last two episodes of Almost Human (and it the end of May). It’s a shame it’s cancelled and I too wish the best to the actors and all staff. It was/is a great SyFy show and showed a lot of imagination, made us think and was fun to watch.
I liked almost human it was fun to watch and funny at the same time. please keep the show going.
It is currently the best sci-fi series I have seen in the past year. I believe it should be allowed to continue due to the fact of how in depth of a futuristic it is.
I love this show. Finally, a show that was smart and funny. It’s a shame FOX chose to cancel it. I want them to reconsider their decision. If they don’t, someone else needs to pick up this show.
Another great show bites the dust to be replaced by stupid reality TV. This was one of my favorite shows and if there is any hope any network will pick it up and continue it, it would make my family really happy.
We loved this show and are very disappointed that it was canceled. We hope someone elsa picks it up and runs with it.
I love shows that are set in the distant future. I would like know what next for john and Valerie and dorian. please renew the series
I hate to hear “AH” was cancelled. It was a fantastic show. I don’t watch much TV but made great efforts to watch this show. I love original show, which are too few in this eras of “No thought Reality Shows” crap! Why are great shows like “AH” ending up cancelled? The cast was awesome. I can only hope some smart person picks the show up again.
This is a great show a different kind of syfy that needs to be kept on TV. The SYFY channel should pick this one up and fast!
I just read Fox networks new lineup and I know that my family will not be tuning in Fox this season. I do hope that another network picks up this great show. It was very well done and the story line had a lot of opportunities to really get into some interesting personal and action wise drama. Please Syfy, TNT, or AMC pick this show up.
I loved the TV show “ALMOST HUMAN” and think it should not be cancelled. It was creative, had humor and wit, had mystery that kept you looking forward to future episodes and had/has a terrific cast.
This was a great series its a serious shame that they would cancel it. Another station should pick it up and make a killing. The shows ratings are a solid 4 stars and viewers size was better then most of the shows on other stations. Fox typically doesn’t keep shows that aren’t HITS with the 20 million viewers range. Good luck to the actors and actresses who were on the show. You guys did a great job, I tip my hats to you.
Intelligence now Almost Human no good tv left. Only sorry reality tv.