Almost Human (TV series)

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Almost Human
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Genre
Created by J. H. Wyman
Starring
Theme music composer J. J. Abrams
Composer The Crystal Method
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producers
ProducerAthena Wickham
Production locations Vancouver, British Columbia
Camera setup Single
Running time43–45 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network Fox
ReleaseNovember 17, 2013 (2013-11-17) –
March 3, 2014 (2014-03-03)

Almost Human is an American science fiction/crime drama that aired on Fox. The series was created by J. H. Wyman for Frequency Films, Bad Robot and Warner Bros. Television, with Wyman, Bryan Burk and J. J. Abrams as its executive producers. It stars Karl Urban as a police detective in 2048 who is reluctantly paired with an android partner played by Michael Ealy. The series premiered on November 17, 2013, and aired through March 3, 2014. After a single season, Fox cancelled the series on April 29, 2014.

Contents

Premise

In 2048, the uncontrollable evolution of science and technology has caused crime rates to rise an astounding 400%. To combat this, the overwhelmed police force has implemented a new policy: every human police officer is paired with a lifelike combat-model android.

Set in New Pittsburg, John Kennex (Karl Urban), a troubled detective, has a reason to hate these new robot partners. Almost two years previously, Kennex and his squad were raiding the hideout of a violent gang known as inSyndicate, but ended up being ambushed and outgunned. Kennex tried to save his badly injured partner, but the accompanying logic-based android officer abandoned them both because the wounded man's chances of survival were low and it wouldn't have been "logical" to save him. An explosion then took off Kennex's leg and killed his partner.

After waking up from a 17-month coma, Kennex has to deal with a cybernetic prosthetic leg and huge gaps in his memory, which he tries to recover through visits to a black market memory-recovery doctor called a Recollectionist, in the city slums. Besides trying to remember as much as he can about the raid and the inSyndicate, he is also coming to terms with being abandoned by his ex-girlfriend Anna.

Kennex is then recalled to the force by Captain Sandra Maldonado (Lili Taylor), and partnered with a standard-issue MX-43 android, which he soon throws from a moving vehicle, when it threatens to report his unusual behavior. He is assigned a replacement android, an older DRN model originally decommissioned for police work and about to be transferred to the Space Station. [1] Created to be as close to human as possible, the DRN androids have trouble dealing with some of their own emotional responses, which was the reason they were replaced by the logic-based MX units. [2] Kennex's unit, known as Dorian (Michael Ealy), immediately proves himself unique, with a clear dislike of being referred to as a "synthetic", and a dry, friendly, sarcasm-oriented wit. Key to the story arc is the growth and development of Kennex and Dorian's relationship.

Cast and characters

Episodes

Viewership and ratings per episode of Almost Human
No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		US viewers
(millions)
1"Pilot" Brad Anderson J. H. Wyman November 17, 2013 (2013-11-17)2968449.18 [5]
After losing his team and his leg in a devastating ambush and spending seventeen months in a coma, Detective John Kennex is using a black-market Recollectionist doctor to try to remember exactly what happened. He returns to active service and is assigned an old DRN unit called Dorian, whose software was based on a 'Synthetic Soul' program, which gave them emotions. Meanwhile, Detective Vogel (Toby Levins) is captured by the inSyndicate, and is killed by a mysterious gas. Technician Rudy Lom discovers that the criminals used the stolen biotechnology to create a weapon that targets cops specifically. They discover the criminals are planning to steal evidence related to case 6663 at the police precinct. The police are able to stop the attack on their headquarters and capture the leader, but they are not sure what the gang intended to steal. However, the camera pans to show that 6663 is in fact the head of a female android unit.
2"Skin" Michael Offer Cheo Hodari Coker November 18, 2013 (2013-11-18)2J70056.76 [6]
Kennex and Dorian investigate the murder of a businessman in a motel room and missing persons case involving robots, as it is discovered he makes synthetic skin for robot prostitutes (termed Intimate Robot Companions, or "sexbots"), which are allowed as human trafficking has declined more than 40% since the technological advancements. While synthetic skin has advanced greatly in realism, it pales in comparison to genuine human skin. As a result, there is a market for improved sexbots with human skin. In order to make these sexbots, engineers harvest skin grafts from women previously abducted from the streets. By tracing the life history of one of the sexbots, Vanessa (Ella Thomas), the location of her first activation leads police to the warehouse where the women are being held. It is revealed that the businessman was murdered as his partner had joint intellectual property rights in a line of sexbots, which are inferior to the IRCS incorporating human skin. In the meantime, Kennex tries to find closure in a piece of his troubled past, by visiting the family of his dead partner.
No.TitleAir date Rating/share
(18–49)		Viewers
(millions)		DVR
(18–49)		DVR viewers
(millions)		Total
(18–49)		Total viewers
(millions)
1"Pilot"November 17, 20133.1/89.18 [5] 1.43.424.512.60 [33]
2"Skin"November 18, 20132.3/66.76 [6] 1.02.623.39.38 [34]
3"Are You Receiving?"November 25, 20131.9/56.12 [7] 1.12.983.09.10 [35]
4"The Bends"December 2, 20131.7/55.87 [8] 1.22.862.98.73 [36]
5"Blood Brothers"December 9, 20131.8/56.05 [9] 1.02.572.88.62 [37]
6"Arrhythmia"December 16, 20131.6/55.34 [10] 1.12.582.77.92 [38]
7"Simon Says"January 6, 20141.8/56.35 [11] 1.02.462.88.81 [39]
8"You Are Here"January 13, 20142.0/66.88 [12] 1.02.423.09.30 [40]
9"Unbound"February 3, 20141.9/56.41 [13] 1.12.593.09.00 [41]
10"Perception"February 10, 20141.6/45.74 [14] 1.22.862.88.33 [42]
11"Disrupt"February 17, 20141.7/55.35 [15] 0.92.542.67.90 [43]
12"Beholder"February 24, 20141.6/55.27 [16] ————
13"Straw Man"March 3, 20141.5/45.63 [17] ————

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