Almost Human: Favorite Scenes: "Are You Receiving"

"Whattya got?"

               Last week I pointed out my favorite scenes from "Skin" and this week I'll tell you my favorite scenes from "Are You Receiving". 

"Charged at full capacity."

           I want to start off with the first car scene in the episode. John and Dorian start out snappy. Fingers in coffees, greek salads, and driving to work in peace. John doesn't know how to say thank you properly but luckily Dorian doesn't need to hear an actual thank you. This scene will have more significance later on. For now the scene was just a good laugh. 

"You're not alone..."

           John isn't always the hard hearted lone ranger when it comes to saving lives. I love it when John allows himself to be vulnerable, considering his ex girlfriend sleeper spy should have completely shattered his confidence in opening up to others. One of the hostages, Page, was losing her grip because of her fear, but John soothed her with a story from his childhood. His dad would take him ice fishing but one time John fell through and thought he was going to drown. Yet his dad pulled him out of the water and that's when John knew everything was going to be okay. Dorian smiled, surprised again that John isn't just a morose bad hair cut and badge number. 

"Is that thing clean?" "Of course it is?"

         Another scene where John comforts Page is when he's trying to quick fix Dorian. Fifty shades of purple hahahaha. As John looked for something to patch up Dorian's head we got to hear his middle name was Reginald after Elton John. From John's attitude we know that "Reginald" is not something he likes to talk about. Who doesn't have an embarrassing middle name? It was John's comforting personal family stories that helped Page keep it together for so long, even though she disobeyed John's protests for her to stay in hiding. Page's sister needed her but she did a very brave thing by placing her phone in the phone pile so John could still be kept in form of what was happening.

"No you can't come with me, stop giving me that pouty face."

           Dorian was built for dangerous situations but that doesn't mean John would ever allow his android to put himself in harms way; at least not with out back up. 

John: "You can't do this alone."
Dorian: "I have to."
John: "Then I'm coming with you."
Dorian: "You can't..."

Dorian isn't alone because John is with him.

         I was touched. John displays such loyalty to his partner even though Dorian is made up of only electrical wires and metal, John doesn't want Dorian to go on this suicide mission. So once Dorian was heading up to the 25th floor, John did some quick thinking. He wore the face maker in order to catch the robbers off guard and so save Dorian's life heroically at the last minute.

That's right, we're the baddest cops around, son.

          The ending scene, John invites Dorian for a celebration in a job well done, even though Dorian doesn't eat. John wants someone to celebrate this proud moment with and he can't think of anyone but his partner to do so. Then in the car, Dorian opens up about his own fears about dying. Essentially he felt the way John did when he was drowning in that icy cold water. John says, "Dead is dead." It doesn't matter if Dorian is a machine or not, John would mourn his partner anyway. Besides, no MX could match Dorian's humor with his choice of song: "Betty & the Jets" by Elton John. 

          Next week I'll be looking at my favorite scenes from "The Bends".