When two gifted teenage students overdose on a drug designed to strengthen perception, Kennex and Dorian are called into action to solve the murders. The word action is used in the loosest sense as Dorian and Kennex kind of just stand around and listen to parents dramatically confess their shortcomings. Other than his blinky head, the show didn’t even give much of an indication that Dorian was an android. It really was a watered down Murder She Wrote, with some attempts at detective work and a seemingly endless loop of interrogations. Remember the awesome fire fight with Gina Carano last week? Yeah, not so much this week. The episode did add to the character of Detective Valerie Stahl who was revealed to be a Chrone, a being who was genetically altered at birth to be perfect. The only drawback to Stahl’s character was that she was portrayed as TOO perfect, she is super model pretty, tough, brilliant, without a quirk to speak of. This new status quo for Stahl adds a welcome aspect to her character other than her heart aching beauty and brilliance. She is now a part of the world of Almost Human as someone who is More Than Human and the added depth is welcome. The preachiness of the episode goes against the freewheeling fun of the series, as the writers decide to wag a finger at overbearing parents and prescription drug culture rather than world build and develop the characters like they have done so well in previous episodes. Seriously, Under no circumstances should an android as cool as Dorian be standing around doing nothing at any point, and any episode of the series light on Mackenzie Crook’s Rudy Lom is not welcome. With all due respect to Peter Capaldi, my God, is Crook born to play the Doctor or what? Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing!
