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Scripted series · FOX

Almost Human

Some cops are born. Others are made.

7.4IMDb563 votesWorth your time
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2013 – 20141 season · 13 episodesTV-14Canceled
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How Almost Human actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.

Signature profile

Almost Human reads strongest on Spectacle, Bingeability and Character Depth.

SpectacleDefining9.0

Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.

BingeabilityVery strong8.1

How hard it is to stop after one episode.

Character DepthVery strong8.1

How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.

SerializedVery strong7.0

How much each hour depends on the one before it.

World BuildingVery strong7.0

The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.

Emotional WeightStrong6.7

How much the series is designed to affect you.

TensionStrong6.5

The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.

Cliffhanger IntensityStrong5.5

How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.

HumourLight2.5

How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.

The story

What it's about

The year is 2048. By mandate, every cop must partner with a robot. Detective John Kennex returns to work after waking up from a 17-month coma. As he adjusts to working with his new partner, Dorian, a discontinued android with unexpected emotional responses, John also must learn to get along with his new colleagues.

The run

Seasons

1 season · 13 episodes.

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    Season 1 · Complete

    Season 1

    201313 episodes

    7.0IMDb

    Best episode · S01E03 Are You Receiving?

Where the series peaks

Best Episodes

The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

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S01E03

Are You Receiving?

7.4IMDb25 votes

The thrilling action continues in another all-new, adrenaline-fueled episode. Detective Kennex and Dorian battle an intense and futuristic hostage situation, while Captain Maldonado (Lili Taylor) attempts to meet the terrorist’s demands, hoping to protect innocent people.

25 Nov 201345 min
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S01E02

Skin

7.3IMDb22 votes

Detective John Kennex and Dorian are dispatched to investigate a murder and high-profile missing persons case that lead them into the highly profitable world of IRCs – Intimate Robot Companions – also known as sexbots. Meanwhile, Kennex looks to reconcile a part of his troubled past.

18 Nov 201345 min
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S01E06

Arrhythmia

7.2IMDb18 votes

Detective John Kennex and Dorian respond to a suspicious death at a hospital where - before having a fatal cardiac arrest - a man claimed someone was trying to kill him, and inexplicably knew his exact time of death. As the investigation unfolds, a black market for vital organs is uncovered in which bio-mechanical hearts can be resold and remotely "shut off." As the team fights to find the pulse of this 2048 tech-centric crime, Dorian reconnects with a decommissioned DRN

16 Dec 201343 min
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S01E01

Pilot

7.2IMDb34 votes

In the year 2048, an unprecedented increase in the crime rate has made being a cop only more dangerous than it is today, necessitating that every police officer partner with an android. John Kennex, a detective and sole survivor of a devastating police ambush, and his robot partner, Dorian, solve cases and fight to keep the lid on dangerously evolved criminals in this futuristic landscape.

17 Nov 201345 min
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S01E05

Blood Brothers

7.0IMDb23 votes

Kennex and Dorian must protect a witness in a major murder trial; Capt. Maldonado butts heads with a defendant.

9 Dec 201344 min
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S01E04

The Bends

7.0IMDb22 votes

An old cop friend of Detective Kennex's goes undercover, posing as a "cook" of a highly addictive street drug called "The Bends." But his cover is blown. As the scope of the intense drug investigation unfolds, a determined Kennex and Dorian call on Rudy Lom for assistance.

2 Dec 201345 min

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