Almost Human
This show looks good.
Karl Urban + JJ Abrams = Yes Please
The series is set 35 years into the future when humans in the Los Angeles Police Department are paired up with life-like androids, as a detective who has a dislike for robots ends up being teamed up with one with emotional feelings.
New buddy-cop thrill-ride Almost Human (starring Karl Urban, Michael Ealy and Minka Kelly) will now have a special two-night series premiere on Sunday, Nov. 17 at 8:00 PM ET/PT, following an NFL On Fox double-header, and Monday, Nov. 18 at 8:00 PM ET/PT on Fox. Bones will continue Mondays at 8:00 PM ET/PT with all-new episodes on Nov. 4 and Nov. 11, followed by all-new episodes of Sleepy Hollow at 9:00 PM ET/PT. Bones moves to Fridays and makes its new night premiere on Friday, Nov. 15 at 8:00 PM ET/PT, following the season finale of Master Chef Junior the prior week. That same night, Raising Hope will have its fourth season premiere with one hour of all-new back-to-back episodes at 9:00 PM and 9:30 PM ET/PT, a week later than originally planned. Also, Bones was originally slated to move to Fridays on Nov. 8, while Almost Human was originally scheduled to premiere Nov. 4. But all that has now changed to what we just relayed
They aired the first two episodes back to back, Sun-Mon. The first episode was really good. The sci-fi atmosphere is a kind of Blade Runner meets Robocop meets Deus Ex: Human Revolution and it works really well. The synthetic cops were unnerving, but our hero EmotionBot is a good foil to Urban's character. The second episode almost felt like cop-show standard formula in one respect; although the technology was present and the atmosphere and interplay between the two mains well done, the story was a cop drama. And that's not a bad thing; they are two cops, but it felt a little strange after the first episode being thematically different.
Some good ethical ideas being examined in the show as well, so that's very promising. I wouldn't say it's the best show available, but it is on my list along with The Blacklist, Dracula, and The Walking Dead.
Originally posted by Dreampanther
So far, so good. Nothing ground-breaking, just a buddy-cop series set in the future, but the humour is nicely understated and the characters seem to be showing some development. Special effects aren't horrible. Will keep watching till something better comes along...
I think it's pretty good. As a sci-fi enthusiast, it certainly delivers. The characters are, as you said, developing very well and for an hour long show it's solid. Certainly leagues better than Agents of SHIELD, and marginally better than Sleepy Hollow.