Almost Human (FOX)

**Tajin** · 2014-02-04 12:47

Final episode of season 1 is Kennex putting on a helmet dredd plz

**Obsidian** · 2014-02-10 23:25

"I'm sorry, could you speak up please!?"

Love this show.

**6souls** · 2014-02-17 23:35

Fox aired the Episodes Out-of-Order

I've been on pins and needles week to week waiting on news that Almost Human, my new favorite sci-fi show, will be safe for a second season. The show, which has its flaws, has won a top spot in my heart due mainly to its setting and the awesome dynamic between Michael Ealy and Karl Urban. A couple months back I wrote an article talking about how much better the show would be if it had further pursued the long term story set up in the pilot episode from the get go as opposed to disregarding it and having "filler" episodes. Recently the show has revisited the original plot and things have gotten really good, but now I'm reading that this wasn't an issue with the show, BUT WITH FOX REARRANGING EPISODES.

Now, I know it happens occasionally that networks switch episodes around to tease viewers or to accommodate schedule changes, but these changes are insane. Below, check out the order that the episodes aired paired with their true episode numbers to the right in parenthesis.

1 Pilot (1)
2 Skin (5)
3 Are you Receiving? (6)
4 The Bends (7)
5 Blood Brothers (8)
6 Arrhythmia (3)
7 Simon Says (10)
8 You Are Here (2)
9 Unbound (9)
10 Perception (4)
11 Disrupt (11)
12 Beholder (12)
13 Straw Man (13)

This explains why there are inconsistencies with John Kennex's urgency to discover the truth of what happened in the pilot and almost seeming nonchalant on the issue almost immediately after. Showrunner J.J. Wyman came out and said that this rearranging wouldn't be an issue for the first seven episodes, but it clearly has had an impact on the quality of the show as the rearranging is happening at a far too excessive rate. It's stupid, and as fans of the show will notice, the show would've flowed much better if they had been aired in the originally intended order. Now the show is in limbo and there is no certainty that we will get another season of this great show!

http://geektyrant.com/news/fox-is-ai...n-out-of-order
http://seriable.com/almost-human-episodes-airing-order/

**Qalbert** · 2014-02-17 23:47

airing sci-fi shows in the wrong order has worked so well for fox in the past

**Obsidian** · 2014-02-18 00:02

Another great episode tonight. I wonder what's going on with Dorian.

**Cantih** · 2014-02-18 00:09

Hemorrhoids

The third explanation though.

**Obsidian** · 2014-02-18 01:11

I loved how she was like, "wait, really?" Kennex just gives her the look.

**Cantih** · 2014-02-18 01:22

There's just this hint of "Oh crap I need to go clean mine".

**Odesseiron** · 2014-02-18 07:14

This show is apparently a pretty hard contender for getting cancelled according to most reports, which really sucks. I knew the episodes were out of order, but not to that degree. It's their own fault. But it's also getting an average of around 6 million people per episode watching it. They've got to understand that not everything is AI and some other stations would kill for those numbers. If Arrow got those kind of ratings, it'd have a gigantic budget.

**Obsidian** · 2014-02-19 11:58

I think it's got a better chance than some people might think. It's pulls in decent ratings considering it's up against HIMYM and The Voice, and in kind of a shitty time slot (8PM). It's not like Fox is drowning in shit to replace it with either; Bones' next season (which is moving back to Mondays) is likely to be its last. Sleepy Hollow is great, but what else do they really have? This is the same network that let Fringe continue on (albeit with much poking and prodding from its fanbase) with its 3-4M viewers on Friday nights. Almost Human isn't raking in Big Bang numbers but it's certainly doing better than 9/10 of the pilots will next fall. They could do much worse.

We'll probably be waiting until May to get an answer, but Michael Ealy and Karl Urban are too great.

**Kelenae** · 2014-02-20 03:41

Originally Posted by 6souls

Fox aired the Episodes Out-of-Order

http://geektyrant.com/news/fox-is-ai...n-out-of-order
http://seriable.com/almost-human-episodes-airing-order/

Firefly all over again

**Iono** · 2014-02-20 03:45

Yea, would have to seriously boycott fox if this gets let go like Firefly >.>a

**Kelenae** · 2014-02-20 03:50

Originally Posted by Iono

Yea, would have to seriously boycott fox if this gets let go like Firefly >.>a

Then a few years later we'll get a movie right? :3

**Obsidian** · 2014-02-24 23:20

I will never look at Mike n' Ikes the same way again.

"I wish it had a shovel."

**Tajin** · 2014-02-25 14:19

I sure would play golf like that.

**Elcura** · 2014-02-25 15:57

So as someone who stopped watching this around episode 4-5, would you recommend trying again in the actual viewing order or just go with broadcast order again? I can't remember exactly what made me stop watching, just didn't hold my interest.

**Tajin** · 2014-02-25 15:59

Doesnt matter. Car scenes are great. I cant be bothered to rename the videos to the correct order until season ends.

**Serra** · 2014-02-25 16:05

Agreed on the car scenes, I think they're some of the best of each episode.

**Obsidian** · 2014-02-25 17:43

Honestly, I wouldn't have known they were aired out of order if I hadn't read it in this thread. I think they're fine to watch in broadcast order.

The car scenes are indeed fantastic.

**Anakron** · 2014-02-25 17:51

I watched them in broadcast order and never noticed anything out of place.

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