Karl Urban in new futuristic Cop show?

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[Batman's Superior Cousin]

Jesus Christ....

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I've not seen it but I'd be surprised if Almost Human is as entertaining as this thread.

I done a proper lol.

[von Boom]

Just sprayed tea over my tea. This is just too funny. 

[TordelBack]

Magnificent thread drift, all.  All in good fun, Dave Batson! 

[mimikeke]

Interestingly (but confusingly) the show is airing out of production order. From the AV club:

"Blood Brothers" was the eighth episode of Almost Human produced, but it's the fifth to air. Next week is the third episode produced, and the second episode isn't even on the schedule.

Hmmm... Where have I seen this sort of thing before from Fox?


Sounds like Fox is pulling another Firefly.

Not necessarily. TV shows are shot in production blocks, which don't always correspond to the order they'll eventually be broadcast in. (For example, in the Eccleston first series of Doctor Who the first production block shot was the Slitheen two-parter and then Rose - that's episodes 4, 5 and 1 of the eventual broadcast order.)

Jumping around the running order like this can be because of having a director working on several disparate episodes in a row, the availability of a guest actor or recurring cast member, having certain sets or locations available only for a specific time of just generally managing your production resources.

Unless showing the episodes out of the order they were filmed in produces obvious problems with the ongoing story arc or characterisation, there might be nothing sinister to this.

That said, Fox do have a fairly terrible record on supporting genre shows.

Karl was pretty grumpy when asked about this at the con, he said he disagreed with the way the show was being handled, and that he didn't want to talk about it.