This week’s ep of Almost Human sees Rudy (Mackenzie Crook) posing as a cook for a new and dangerous drug known as the bends, as it is crafted from a deep ocean algae.

Kennex (Karl Urban) first notices the case, when he is informed that a fellow cop that he came up with has been murdered, and everyone believes him to be dirty, and trying to make money off a drug deal he is trying to set up with the mysterious Bishop.

Refusing to believe the worst of his friend Kennex and Dorian (Michael Ealy) dive into the investigation, running down informants to build a cover story for Rudy, and also to prove that his friend was a good cop, right up to the end.

This one was fun, not quite as fun as the previous eps, in fact, this may be the weakest of the bunch so far as it feels more like your generic cop show episode with a little cool tech, instead of continuing to establish the cool world that the show exists in. For all that, it was still enjoyable, and by no means a bad episode.

The tech that I did like was seeing the Blade Runner style umbrellas, as well as the comm device embedded in Kennex’s friend’s hand. It seems most people are still using flat mobile phones of a type, but this device was active in the palm of his hand. Is it perhaps a direct line to loved ones? Like an instant messaging system that you share with family and friends?

Seems cool at any rate.

The interplay between Kennex and Dorian is still developing nicely, and it’s fun to see that Dorian has a wonderful, teasing and playful sense of humor when it comes to his partner.

Speaking of humor, it was fun to see Rudy go undercover, and want to come up with his own costume, and the fact that everyone denies him the use of a hat. Poor guy.

I thought perhaps Kennex was a little callous in his recruitment of Rudy, and basically throwing him into a sink or swim situation, but I get that he wanted to prove his friend’s innocence and run down the Bishop as well.

I’m liking where the series is going so far, and while we haven’t gotten a hint of any of the season arc hinted at in the series opener, I bet that we’ll get a glimpse of that sooner rather than later.

So far, this series has taken me quite in. It hasn’t hooked me quite as fully as Defiance did earlier this year, but I’m definitely intrigued and enjoying the show immensely. I want to see more of this world, and see the partnership between Kennex and Dorian continue to develop. It’s obvious that Kennex opinion of his new co-worker is still developing, and he may still harbor some resentment as he lets Detective Paul (Michael Irby) get away with calling Dorian a synthetic, despite the fact that we know Dorian doesn’t care for that term.

A good ep, but I’m all ready for another episode please!

Almost Human airs Mondays on Fox.