Amph Almost Human from JJ Abrams

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Hmm, have I heard that somewhere before? Oh, that's right...

 

*eyeroll* I fell asleep last night and missed it. It happens!

 

Don't worry, FOX will cancel it in 2 weeks.

 

Now that it's been shown and I got to watch it again, a few more thoughts on the pilot.

What makes this work is the chemistry between the two leads. The pilot as a stand-alone story isn't something that just slaps you across the face as some other shows have. It is a fairly pedestrian procedural show tale that serves its ultimate purpose of being a framework to introduce the characters. There is though the groundwork for a large story arc laid down, which along with what is likely to be (at the start at least) a procedural format should help to engage an early audience (and what other show on the fringe took that same format.....). But the way in which Urban and Ealy work together elevates the pilot above the story it has. They each put enough into their performance to make the characters more rounded, with Urban being Urban, and Ealy showing his chameleonic skills to provide just enough subtle body and facial movements to feel like a robot that is almost, but not quite, human. Hopefully they give this enough time for John and Dorian to become another of the well known cop pairings (and I love the Scrubs reference with their names, whether intentional or not).

 

Only seen the first episode so far which impressed me enough that I will watch the second when I get an opportunity.


It has to be asked though, does Dorian dream of electric sheep?

 

I enjoyed it enough to keep watching. Curious about the budget, though. It looks like they sunk a good deal more into it than I had expected.

 

I've seen only the first episode so far, and while it's not bad, it didn't grab my attention from the first episode like some other shows (GoT, The Walking Dead, Fringe...). I'll give it a shot with the next few episodes, but if it doesn't get better than the pilot, I might stop watching it.

 

That's kind of the only episode out.

 

No, there are two episodes out. The show is regularly going to be on Monday nights, so they did the pilot on Sunday to get a bump from the NFL, and then showed Ep2 on Monday night.

 

I love basically all of the primary actors in the show, which makes it good. Yes, even former Potentially-Mrs Derek Jeter. But I knew that Urban / Ealy together would be gold...

 

I'm kind of hoping that the fact that Sleepy Hollow got renewed for another year, and that Glee and American Idol appear to be on their last legs gives some hope that Fox will at least give Almost Human another year.

 

FOX should give this show a second chance. It has so much potential to be a bit more Fringey, and I hope they get to explore the possibilities.

 

Yeah definitely. And I think the chemistry between the leads is good enough to sustain the show, though I really wish it was broadcast in the right order.

 

Episode 10 onewards were in the right order, so the season finale was the season finale.

 

This is the least surprising cancellation since Terra Nova

 

It's officially been canned? Unsurprising as you say but truly a shame.