Alphas Series One - ★★★Almost overcomes the bad smell left behind after the slightly similar 'Heroes'.
Nearly has a different enough idea of strangely powered misfits, sworn to protect a world that fears and hates them to avoid getting sued by Marvel.
Generally as a whole (and several other qualifiers) this probably just about succeeds by introducing the slight twist that with great power comes some sort of ironic drawback.
It tends towards a fairly standard formulaic plot structure, each episode dealing with a new strangely powered villain, while a vague sinister organization lurks in the background.
Out of the six main characters, three are bearable with the best lines going to the high functioning autistic kid. The other three are bland cyphers for not particularly interesting abilities.
Hopefully the next series will start with their messy deaths and no-one caring.
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