Cast: Karl Urban and Michael Ealy
Created by: J.H. Wyman
About: The year is 2048. Meet JOHN KENNEX (Urban), a cop who survived one of the most catastrophic attacks ever made against the police department. After waking up from a 17-month coma, he can't remember much – except that his partner was killed; his girlfriend, ANNA MOORE (guest star Mekia Cox, "Crazy, Stupid, Love.," "Undercovers"), left him after the attack; and he lost one of his legs and is now outfitted with a highly sophisticated synthetic appendage.
Suffering from depression, mental atrophy, trauma-onset OCD, PTSD and the "psychological rejection of his synthetic body part," John returns to work at the behest of longtime ally Captain SANDRA MALDONADO (Emmy Award nominee Lili Taylor, " Six Feet Under," "Ransom"). By mandate, every cop must partner with a robot. And despite his passionate aversion to androids, John is paired up with a battle-ready MX-43. But he abruptly terminates his partnership after the robot discovers incriminating information about him. So technician RUDY LOM (Mackenzie Crook, "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise) introduces John to DORIAN (Ealy), a discontinued android with unexpected emotional responses. Although such responses were deemed flaws, it is in these "flaws" that John relates to Dorian most. After all, John is part-machine now, 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, including the eager and somewhat starstruck Detective VALERIE STAHL (Minka Kelly, "Friday Night Lights," "(500) Days of Summer") and the distrustful Detective RICHARD PAUL (Michael Irby, "Law Abiding Citizen," "The Unit"), who does not welcome John back with open arms.
Our Opinion: Almost Human is one of the few shows this year coming out under the Bad Robot name. Almost Human itself will not air until late fall. The very premise for Almost Human is very interesting and has got some strong leads bring the story around. I mean who doesn't love a good futuristic story and some Karl Urban? I personally think a real hook to Almost Human is due to Urban's involvement in the project and his fans from the films hes been in follow him. This was the kind of thing FOX had done with The Following and Kevin Bacon. Unlike Bacon, Urban has more an audience due to his roles in Lord of the Rings, Star Trek and RED. My main concern about Almost Human though is that beneath everything it is just going to be another cop show. Another let's solve the murder and deal with an overall plot (ie Castle, Bones, The Mentalist, and more). FOX is betting on the chemisty of it's two leads and going for a buddy cop feel to this show.
The question is, how will Almost Human set itself aside from the rest of the cop shows out there? How will it stand out above the rest? Also, will you be just watching for Karl Urban? I was drawn in because of Urban's involvement, and got excited with the first trailer. As I continued to watch the trailer again I soon realized it started it look flat. I will check out the Pilot when it airs to see if its worth to continue watching. I do love being surprised, so Almost Human, surprise me.
You can watch the trailer for the Pilot below.
You can visit FOX's official site for Almost Human for more information.
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