[Locke]

Almost Human Episode 8/2 Tatyana Forrest is one pretty lady, and she looks badass shooting a machine gun.

This episode was a lot less Blade Runnery than the first episode, but I'm assuming from this that memories will stay as the central mass the rest of the series will gravitate around. Honestly I'm just glad to see the pilot wasn't just a trap to lead you into a subpar series like I find with so many modern tv pilots.

Kennex is problematic. I get what they're trying to do with his character but he never feels fully cohesive. He's hurting, and he's angry and this makes him project a front, that part of his character works really well but he turns into Keanu Reeves in pretty much every scene he doesn't have some snappy one liner to play with. I know for a fact that Urban is a great actor, so this must be how the writers and the directors intended the character to be played but I just don't really understand the intention.

Is it to show that the only person Kennex can open up to is a machine? SYMBOLISM! Because if so, then why do we have that horribly forced relationship with the female cop whose name I don't even remember as she just exists to be the ticked box love interest? Not only does it clash with the narrative - I mean he's literally being driven by his girlfriend in the last episode, finds out she betrayed him...and now he's trying to get into the tightest pair of ladies jeans in the office? Stay classy.

Considering how great the connection is between Kennex and Dorian it feels misguided to try and shoehorn in a second relationship with so little chemistry. Dorian is the star of this show.

Plus we can't forget those high concept production qualities, this show has a LOT of fun with the freedom of its setting and apparently huge budget, it's a treat. Especially after watching so much toku.