
Scripted series · FOX
Almost Human
Some cops are born. Others are made.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
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TV DNA
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.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
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.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S01E03
Are You Receiving?
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.
- Directed by Larry Teng
- Written by Justin Doble

S01E02
Skin
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.
- Directed by Michael Offer
- Written by Cheo Hodari Coker

S01E06
Arrhythmia
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
- Directed by Jeff T. Thomas
- Written by Alison Schapker

S01E01
Pilot
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.
- Directed by Brad Anderson
- Written by J. H. Wyman

S01E05
Blood Brothers
Kennex and Dorian must protect a witness in a major murder trial; Capt. Maldonado butts heads with a defendant.
- Directed by Omar Madha
- Written by Cole Maliska

S01E04
The Bends
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.
- Directed by Kenneth Fink
- Written by Daniel Grindlinger
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S01E13
Straw Man
- Directed by Sam Hill
- Written by Alison Schapker, Graham Roland

S01E12
Beholder
- Directed by Frederick E. O. Toye
- Written by Chris Downey, Joe Henderson




S01E08
You Are Here
- Directed by Sam Hill
- Written by Naren Shankar, J. H. Wyman
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

J. H. Wyman
Showrunner
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Daniel Grindlinger
Writer
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Sarah Goldfinger
Writer
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Chris Downey
Writer

Cheo Hodari Coker
Writer
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Alison Schapker
Writer

Naren Shankar
Writer

Graham Roland
Writer
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Cole Maliska
Writer

Justin Doble
Writer
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Joe Henderson
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- J. H. WymanExecutive Producer
Writing
- Daniel GrindlingerWriter
- Sarah GoldfingerWriter
- Chris DowneyWriter
- Cheo Hodari CokerWriter
- Alison SchapkerWriter
- Naren ShankarWriter
Direction
- Brad AndersonDirector
- Michael OfferDirector
- Thomas YatskoDirector
- Jeff T. ThomasDirector
- Jeffrey G. HuntDirector
- Kenneth FinkDirector
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