# Alphas - Anybody watching this?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphas-anybody-watching-this/590373>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 26, 2011, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphas-anybody-watching-this/590373 "2011-07-26T11:29:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphas-anybody-watching-this/590373/101 "2013-10-17T19:25:20Z")

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> [@Moonlitherial](#):
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> I saw this thread pop to the top and for a moment I thought it was back.
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> Curse you for raising my hopes and then dashing them again ☹

Same here. \*Alphas \*was one of my all-time favorite sci-fi shows. I rank it just below the various Whedons. It was basically what \*Heroes \*should have been.

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**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphas-anybody-watching-this/590373/102 "2013-10-17T19:34:52Z")

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> [@Moonlitherial](#):
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> I saw this thread pop to the top and for a moment I thought it was back.
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> Curse you for raising my hopes and then dashing them again ☹

I’m sorry, I was afraid that would happen. I just had to say something though, quality sci fi needs some pumping!

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphas-anybody-watching-this/590373/103 "2013-10-17T19:35:58Z")

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Another show I liked that a bittersweet ending was _Forever Knight_.

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**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphas-anybody-watching-this/590373/104 "2013-10-17T19:51:27Z")

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> [@levdrakon](#):
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> I’m sorry, I was afraid that would happen. I just had to say something though, quality sci fi needs some pumping!

You’re right the true villan is SyFy. So good and so evil all rolled in together.

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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphas-anybody-watching-this/590373/105 "2013-10-18T00:21:36Z")

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> [@Tangent](#):
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> True dat. Instead we get crap like _Defiance_.
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> _Continuum_ is pretty good, though.

Probably because Syfy doesn’t actually make Continuum, they just import it from Canada. Same with Lost Girl.

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