I liked this show, a lot... and now I'm really upset because I just learned that it got cancelled. I don't know how to feel now, because this show had so much potential. It was so good, had compelling stories, and always had me wanting more. The characters are rich and were interesting. This show deserved a second season, if only to tie up all the loose ends.
If this show weren't cancelled, I would say that the loose ends were fine; they'll get resolved in the new season. But that's not the case, so now I have to say that the loose ends were detrimental to the show. Almost Human has an overarching story, wherein we are trying to find out what happened to Kennex. We also have the bond developing between Kennex and Dorian. Great stuff.
Each episode added more to the puzzle, but also left some thing hanging, presumably to be addressed in future episodes. The problem lies with these plot points not coming to a resolution. We never get to learn the truth about the ambush, we barely know anything about the wall, and we know little else about the geopolitics of this era.
I think Almost Human expected to have more than one season, and that is absolutely obvious. But because it didn't, we are left with but a small part of a much larger puzzle. I think that was a bad move. I think that if more care went into making season one stand on its own, we would have had a second season that could have included these elements.
All that said, I don't regret my time spent watching Almost Human. The show is fantastic, and I really do mean it when I say the show still has potential. It's probably too late for Season Two, though, as unfortunate as it is... but there's still a glimmer of hope for something different.
Edit: I have reviewed some of the other comments, and I think I understand where some of my confusion is coming from. The episodes are out of order! This, I feel, was also detrimental to the show. Major shame... Ah well, I guess I need to update my list and give this a rewatch in the future. :smile:
This show clearly is promising. Finished watching the first episode, and what can I say?
First, it is quite entertaining. The first 10-15 minutes may be boring but when you get into the thing, that's okay then!
Basically, if you saw Real Humans you won't be disappointed. It's a world when very advanced robots existed, some of them being quite close to humans, at least physically(yet it seems that some can think and feel too).
With this first episode, we can witness the subtle change of point of view of the protagonist, a police officer, that has to be with his "synthetic" each time he is on a mission. Will not spoil anything here, you have to watch it, but clearly his point of view about robots is not the same as at the end and at the beginning of the episode. Good to see a show where characters develops quickly ! You know how boring it is to have an interesting synopsis but boring firsts episodes where characters are painted so blurry. Here, this is not the case and all you'll want to do is watching the next episode.
Hope this has helped you deciding whether you should watch this or not.
Review by ketuVIP OG 10BlockedParent2014-01-22T11:37:47Z
After watching 8 episodes from the first season I have to say, I like it so far.
I am a fan of Dorian, his character is well written and he is really fun to watch.
I hope that this TV show is getting a better development. So far, there is only some case solving, and go to the next case. The duration where the characters are properly introduced should be over, so there is far enough room for a bigger story.
So my hope is that the writers gonna do that. And they have to do that quick. Because even if I like the show, I am really no fan of that "closed" episodes and move on to the next action - based - 45 minutes - solving - case ...
If they don't, I think it will only be a show which I watch next to surfing on my iPad or doing something else - that would be a shame.
Currently I give Almost Human a "fair" rating. 6 out of 10 points with the hope that it will develop for e.g. like Fringe - where it was almost a case-to-case solving in the beginning, but getting into a great story after the first season.