(November 17, 2013 – March 3, 2014)
Wikipedia
In 2048, the
uncontrollable evolution of science and technology has caused crime rates to
rise an astounding 400%. To combat this, the overwhelmed police force has
implemented a new policy: every human police officer is paired with a lifelike
combat-model android.
John Kennex (Karl Urban),
a troubled detective, has a reason to hate these new robot partners. Almost two
years previously, Kennex and his squad were raiding the hideout of a violent
gang known as The Syndicate, but ended up being ambushed and outgunned. Kennex
tried to save his badly injured partner, but the accompanying logic-based
android officer abandoned them both because the wounded man's chances of
survival were low and it wouldn't have been "logical" to save him. An
explosion then took off Kennex's leg and killed his partner.
After waking up
from a 17-month coma, Kennex has to deal with a cybernetic prosthetic leg and
huge gaps in his memory, which he tries to recover through visits to a black
market memory-recovery doctor called a Recollectionist, in the city slums.
Besides trying to remember as much as he can about the raid and The Syndicate,
he is also coming to terms with being abandoned by his girlfriend Anna.
Kennex is then
recalled to the force by Captain Sandra Maldonado (Lili
Taylor), and partnered with a standard-issue MX-43 android, which he soon
throws from a moving vehicle, when it threatens to report his unusual behavior.
He is assigned a replacement android, an older DRN model originally
decommissioned for police work and about to be transferred to the Space
Station.[2]
Created to be as close to human as possible, the DRN androids have trouble
dealing with some of their own emotional responses, which was the reason they
were replaced by the logic-based MX units.[3]
Kennex's unit, known as Dorian (Michael
Ealy), immediately proves himself unique, with a clear dislike of being
referred to as a "synthetic", and a dry, friendly, sarcasm-oriented
wit. Key to the story arc is the growth and development of Kennex and Dorian's
relationship.
Characters
- Karl
Urban as Detective John Kennex, a detective who lost a leg after a
Synthetic left him behind because he and his partner had a low chance of
survival. He awakes from a coma 17 months later, to find his leg has been
replaced with a synthetic prosthetic, and returns to duty.
- Michael
Ealy as DRN-0167,[4]
called "Dorian", a retired DRN model Police Synthetic. Dorian
shows himself to be unique and resents the term "Synthetic."
- Minka
Kelly as Detective Valerie Stahl, another Detective serving under
Captain Maldonado, and a love interest for Kennex. She is a Chrome,[5]
a human genetically engineered for excellence and success. Other Chromes
consider her choice of profession to be a waste of potential.
- Mackenzie Crook as Technician Rudy Lom.
- Michael
Irby as Detective Richard Paul.
- Lili
Taylor as Captain Sandra Maldonado.
Mack’s Thoughts
In a not-so-distant future, human
cops and androids partner up to protect and serve. This show was
awesomeeeeeee. Futuristic and
Fantastic. The cast had great chemistry
and as always I became emotionally attached to the characters and craved a
season 2 or at least closure on the overall plot. This show had great potential and was on its
way to finding its niche. Why order shows and then throw them around without
support and backing. This show would have did great on SyFy or Netflix. Another show gone to soon. Yet more money
went into a third season of the following which was subsequently cancelled and
should have been after season 2. Gotham continues to lives on which in my
opinion is a horrible show but I digress, please feel free to leave your
comments below.
-Mack Nichols.
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