Almost Human Recap: Straw Man

Written by Shae

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As far as season finales go, this one was pretty good. However, I am insanely worried that we may not get a season 2. Just 13 episodes in and Fox has yet to announce if we get a season 2 or not. So far, their being on the fence is giving me flashbacks to Firefly. That being said, the season one finale rounded up the series in a nice way. With this ending, Almost Human left an open door for a second season or wrapped it up to be a stand alone season/series. (Please Fox! Keep this series going!) This episode brought us back to some good, old fashioned, police work, with twisted conspiracies for good measure, when a body of a young girl shows up with all her organs removed and body stuffed with straw. This mimics a similar set of murders that happened 10 years prior.

Kennex doesn't believe this is a copycat killer. Like his dad, he believes they caught the wrong guy the first time. This puts Dorian and Kennex into an investigation that will uncover more than just the murders. Kennex is also determined to clear his father's name. Apparently, Kennex Sr. was under investigation for supposedly stealing robotics from evidence and selling them on the black market. Of which John is calling shenanigans.

As if the timing couldn't have been worse, Dorian is up for his evaluation to see if he's still fit for active duty. Turns out, he is! With raving reviews from everyone who works with him. Meanwhile he and Kennex find the real killer. It turns out, the bodies found were not the actual people being murdered but printed copies. The real bodies have been kept, every single one of them, by the 'killer'. The guy doing all this had some degenerative disease and had been slowly replacing his parts with tech. The people? He'd use them to experiment on in order to make sure the surgeries on himself would work. The guy was a walking, self made, cyborg. 

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