I'm shocked you lot haven't been trashing Alphas... kidding. David Strathairn is in need of a few Overactors Anonymous consultations but otherwise I'm liking this series. The most compelling character seems to be the autistic human EM antennae able to tap into radio, cell, tv, basically any artificially generated electro magnetic wave (perhaps naturally occurring as well though they haven't shown him reeling from a solar flare or gamma ray burst yet). Naturally I also find the Hicks character interesting. Admittedly, the very first scene of the series which includes an unbelievably complex sniper shot is literally unbelievable. The "shot" is taken from a rooftop on an adjacent building (approx. 30deg. slope, see link, slide 10 of 10) through an Outside Air grille then through the apparently almost perfectly sloped ductwork that would have to match the trajectory of the projectile to the room sidewall grille where it nicks an horizontal blade of the grille and ricochets smack dab in the victims brain bucket. The fact that the opposite side and contents of his noggin don't slime half of the small room they are in I chock up to a squeamish producer or low episode budget even though later episodes have some fairly grisly make-up/effects. Obviously I've only scratched the surface of what is realistically wrong with the shot but I'll let my Hide folk bruthuz devour the carcass. Oh, and Laura Menell is easy on the eyes as a smokin' hot "pusher" with the ability to push most peoples minds to do her bidding... and did I mention she's smokin' hot?
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