# Alphas cancelled by Syfy. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 17, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphas-cancelled-by-syfy/647563 "2013-01-17T23:54:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphas-cancelled-by-syfy/647563/1 "2013-01-17T23:54:12Z")
Shame, their second season was a lot stronger story-wise than the first. ☹ [EW reports it here.](http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/01/16/alphas-cancelled/) ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphas-cancelled-by-syfy/647563/2 "2013-01-18T00:04:58Z")
Oh that’s just bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphas-cancelled-by-syfy/647563/3 "2013-01-18T00:13:18Z")
That sucks! ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphas-cancelled-by-syfy/647563/4 "2013-01-18T00:16:49Z")
The main reason I am sorry to hear this is because I have an intractable crush on David Strathairn. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphas-cancelled-by-syfy/647563/5 "2013-01-18T00:28:07Z")
I preferred the first season, the second seemed a bit less focused. But I think it at least deserved a third or even fourth season, and a nice conclusion. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphas-cancelled-by-syfy/647563/6 "2013-01-18T00:32:58Z")
Ah, bummer. I was more impressed with the first season than the groove the second season settled into, and the bad guy was a little on the cardboard side. So I guess it ends with Gary being the last official Alpha. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphas-cancelled-by-syfy/647563/7 "2013-01-18T00:37:27Z")
Unfortunate. I think it was the most solid Syfy series since **Battlestar Galactica**. Not a high bar, granted, but still. David Strathairn is a quality actor even when working with dreck and it didn’t have the hokey-jokey feel of stuff like **Warehouse 13**. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphas-cancelled-by-syfy/647563/8 "2013-01-18T01:18:41Z")
Nooooooooooooooooo. Oh, I’m crushed. ☹ This show was way better than it deserved to be. No shit, I think this was David Strathairn’s greatest role of his career. ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphas-cancelled-by-syfy/647563/9 "2013-01-18T03:20:38Z")
That’s horrible! While there were characters I didn’t care for, I always looked forward to watching Alphas. Gary was my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphas-cancelled-by-syfy/647563/10 "2013-01-18T03:31:55Z")
Yay! Now we can have more shows about Big Foot! ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphas-cancelled-by-syfy/647563/11 "2013-01-18T04:30:56Z")
The curse of Summer Glau strikes again!\* I was pretty sure it would be cancelled, but it still sucks to find out for sure. \*I kid, I kid. I totally love her. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphas-cancelled-by-syfy/647563/12 "2013-01-18T06:02:23Z")
I thought it was a good show in general, but it didn’t get its hooks into me to the point that its cancellation bums me out all that terribly. I wouldn’t mind if we got at least a throwaway line in _Warehouse 13_ to resolve the cliffhanger, seeing as how they’re sister shows. And if they felt the need to let Nina or Rachel pay a visit, that’d be all right with me. They wouldn’t even have to make out again, but if they did, hey, no argument here. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphas-cancelled-by-syfy/647563/13 "2013-01-18T06:38:36Z")
Heaven forbid that Syfy shows any actual sci-fi. Sci-fi on TV is certainly at a low point right now. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphas-cancelled-by-syfy/647563/14 "2013-01-18T06:55:53Z")
Meh. I \*tried \*to like Alphas, I really, really did. But I just couldn’t get into it. Too many morose, unhappy characters and episodes. Gary was the only character I liked. He was hilarious. Move on, SyFy, lick your wounds, and come up with an even better show. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphas-cancelled-by-syfy/647563/15 "2013-01-18T07:55:07Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Meh. I \*tried \*to like Alphas, I really, really did. But I just couldn’t get into it. Too many morose, unhappy characters and episodes. Gary was the only character I liked. He was hilarious. Move on, SyFy, lick your wounds, and come up with an even better show. Heh. Unlikely. I liked Alphas. I watched the first season on Netflix; I don’t have cable anymore, so I’ll have to wait for Netflix to put on season 2. Gary was also my favorite character. I actually thought the show was too good for SyFy as that station has become synonymous with B-grade or even C-grade dreck. Alphas seemed a few notches above to me. Not a great show, but not SyFy terrible. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphas-cancelled-by-syfy/647563/16 "2013-01-18T14:06:29Z")
Oh, ferfucksake. \*Alphas \*was my favorite show. It was what \*Heroes \*should have been. It was the spiritual successor of _The 4400_. Dammit, Syfy. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphas-cancelled-by-syfy/647563/17 "2013-01-18T14:30:43Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Meh. I \*tried \*to like Alphas, I really, really did. But I just couldn’t get into it. Too many morose, unhappy characters and episodes. Gary was the only character I liked. He was hilarious. Move on, SyFy, lick your wounds, and come up with an even better show. I’m with you. I really wanted to like it, but never got hooked. And Summer Glau is a curse. Has she had anything last more than two seasons (_The Sarah Connor Chronicles_)? Is she the new Ted McGinley? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphas-cancelled-by-syfy/647563/18 "2013-01-18T15:58:36Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > And Summer Glau is a curse. Has she had anything last more than two seasons (_The Sarah Connor Chronicles_)? Is she the new Ted McGinley? She was only a regular on Firefly and Terminator, though you have a point. She was also on Dollhouse and Alphas. And the 4400, which lasted a bit longer. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphas-cancelled-by-syfy/647563/19 "2013-01-18T18:29:29Z")
This will give you a chance to check out\*\*[Misfits](http://www.hulu.com/misfits)\*\*, a much better show on the same theme. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphas-cancelled-by-syfy/647563/20 "2013-01-18T18:38:45Z")
So, now begins the wait for the update of “The Tomorrow People…” Didn’t care for Alphas. It has the same issue as most super-power shows. The motto cadged from Spider-Man is always “With great power comes great responsibility.” What the shows actually demonstrate is “You now have super powers! Competence NOT included, see script for details.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphas-cancelled-by-syfy/647563.md?page=2)