Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Almost Human: "Disrupt" Review



Let's all watch another action packed episode of Almost Human

            What was the best part of Almost Human's latest episode? I have a list starting with John wearing eyeliner, a leather jacket, and speaking in an Aussie accent (or since Karl Urban is from New Zealand). I almost died! That aside I would pick a dumb house over a smart house any day. As far as viewer numbers went there was a slight rise but I think fans can do better. That aside let's talk about "Disrupt".

John, we may have a problem...

          Let's start with the issue of privacy. We have to remember that Dorian was built to be close to human so he'll have some issues concerning privacy like real humans do. Dorian woke to a rude surprise, Rudy looking into his head. But we know that Rudy does things with the best intentions and it was because Rudy was concerned that someone put organic memories into Dorian's head. If anyone found out then they would think Dorian was malfunctioning and decommission him. No! We also learn that before Dorian was reinstated as a cop, Rudy would wake him up from time to time. So these two good souls were roomies before they were... well roomies! It gets lonely in a lab.

How do we arrest a house?

         Back to privacy, it brought up an issue on how far people will go to protect their privacy like say using a smart house. Why would you have lasers instead of stun guns? You could avoid death or being taken to court over a kid jumping over your fence then being shot. John would agree but when faced with the CEO of Centurion, Miss Kay revealed that she was assaulted by 3 men while inside her home when she was only 15. I can only translate that into another word for "rape". I saw that this time, John had no comeback. I could tell he felt like a real ass in that moment. Well he is an ass but in those times he's funny. I was wondering how many funny excuses John would use to explain Detective Paul's absence: infection from a questionable piercing, STD from a sexbot (apparently those need to be cleaned; the more you know), and then the hemorrhoids. Poor young CSI guy actually believed Kennex so much that he gave Maldonado a donation for a donut pillow! 

I'm getting a "Blade Runner" vibe

              The best part of the episode had to be John and Valerie going undercover to an underground hacker rave, which sadly turned out to be a virtual rave. Well at least there wouldn't be any noise complaints and no condoms required. Seeing John in a leather jacket and eyeliner, then he pulled out an accent making him all British Rock Star (although Karl Urban's from New Zealand so I think it was partly that). But wow! I want to see Kennex go undercover more often and see what other hot outfits we could see him in. Valerie should also get out of that office. I like seeing her in the field, especially tonight where she had a whole Dark Angel going on with her purple wig and a cute, sexy, yet coy persona.

Don't YOU feel like a total ass, John.

          Apparently John doesn't like people who hide behind a computer in order to break the rules. John doesn't mind breaking the rules; in fact, he'll do it in plain view of Captain Maldonado. Then we saw double of John in action with Nico providing tech support. Five John Kennex's? Maldonado would appreciate that or maybe just one snarky, morose, rule breaker is enough. 

This guy refuses to sit properly in ANY chair.
        We did discover some mystery this episode like who has been putting human memories into Dorian's head? Could it be Dr. Vaughn? Maybe to give the DRN some idea of human connection? That's the itch that we want to scratch and hope FOX will oblige. 

Valerie wants to go on more undercover work. Help her!

        Viewer numbers are slowly rising but not enough so we have to step it up! Remember to hashtag #AlmostHuman to @FOXTV and @AlmostHumanFOX on twitter especially during the show's air time. You can also email the executive producers on why you love the show and want it on the air, but please be civil and cordial. Insulting the executives won't help, but showing your love for Almost Human will! 

FOX Executives:

Gaude Paez (gaude.paez@fox.com)
Peter Rice (peter.rice@fox.com)
Kevin Reilly (kevin.reilly@fox.com)

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