Almost Human Season 1 Episode 2: Skin

Kennex and Dorian investigate a murder involving an android sexbot. Sebastian Jones, the pioneer and father of the sexual robotics technology was killed in a hotel. No traces of DNA could be found on the hotel as the killers used a device that wipes out all DNA. They soon learned that Jones is with a sexbot when it happened. The weird thing is that the female sexbot left female DNA traces of a person who was reported to be abducted. The DNA belongs to Nicole Bloomquist, a woman who was abducted a few days ago.

Kennex and Dorian questions Lorenzo Shaw, Jones’ business partner. He revealed that Jones Bankrupt the company when he invested on improving and creating a new generation of sexbot. Shaw said that they went Bankrupt when their biggest client, the Albanians, pulled out. 

Another woman was kidnapped leaving her child inside the car as the kidnappers took her. The woman’s son Victor, told Kennex of the description of the getaway car that took her mother. They got footage of the character leaving the area where the kidnapping took places but has linked the plate number to a different vehicle. 

Later they found out that the sexbot that was with Jones in the Hotel was created by the Albanians. They created a new series of sexbot which uses real human skin harvested from their kidnapped victims. Using the chip embedded in one of the sexbot they captured, Vanessa, they traced the origin of the lab where the harvesting took place. 

The captured the leader of Albanians, Yuri when they raided the skin lab. They made it on time and save Victor’s mom. Soon she was reunited with her son in the Police station. Captain Maldanado informed Kennex and Dorian that Vanessa is scheduled for decommissioning as it is illegal to have an android with human DNA but apologizes to Dorian. 

The episode ended with Kennex talking to the son of his partner and telling what kind of person his father was. 
So here is what we gathered. Android comes in both Male and Female version. In the Pilot episode, the evidence that the syndicate is looking for is a female android. It seems like it is a DRN like Dorian and not an MX-43. When Dorian scans something there are blue lights on his face. The female android had right lights flashing. That’s that mean evil robot equals red lights while the good ones are blue or is it a gender thing? I guess we will find out more. 

The show tries to insert humor on the show. I think Ealy is doing well on that department. I am not sure about Urban though. It is quite an improvement when the facial expression department though. Is it just me or I am just use to see Urban angry. I am just relying on the movies that I saw him in. In Lord of the rings he was always frowning. In Star Trek he was either angry or worried. Maybe we will see a new side of Urban’s acting in this series. 

What are your thoughts on Skin?