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Alphas Season 2 Episode 12

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AIRED: Oct 15, 2012

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While Rosen interrogates an Alpha prisoner, Gary and Bill try to rescue Skylar from Parish.

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Alphas "Need to Know" Review: Follow the Leader?

Rosen's quest for Parish's head continued to take him to deep, dark places this week, but the real question is, who is following him there?

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Awesomely stupid

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By trigger6, Oct 27, 2012

'Terrorists love anniversaries'. HAHAHAHAHAHA . So Dumb.
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A gritty and great episode

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By rkoenn, Oct 16, 2012

Well they are only an episode away from completing this season and it is apparent they are bringing everything to a conclusion next week. This is the first time we have seen Dr. Rosen get down right nasty. And we also got to see Cam the same way. Of course both were reacting to their own personal loss of Dani and the way they reacted is the way many people would when someone you deeply loved has died for someone else's desires. The show also revealed more of Stanton's plans as they head to being implemented or stopped by the team. And I'm not sure exactly what's going on with Mitchell. He, at least temporarily, lost his memory ability but when it appears it returned he keeps talking about killing millions of people. Does he have some capability to prevent this or what? I also like the leadership role Bill continues to have as he seems to be the most sane of the group. So I'll be tuning in next week to see how all this concludes. I haven't heard if this will end the series or if it will be renewed. I liked Heroes when it was on but over time it became just too outrageous with them bringing in people with capabilities that were ridiculous and simply to move the show. Alphas keeps things at least somewhat realistic and I've enjoyed it much more than Heroes.moreless
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David Strathairn	Dr. Lee Rosen
Ryan Cartwright	Gary Bell
Warren Christie	Cameron Hicks
Azita Ghanizada	Rachel Pirzad
Laura Mennell	Nina Theroux
Malik Yoba	Bill Harken

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Cast & Crew: RECURRING AND GUESTS

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Elias Toufexis	Cornell Scipio	Guest Star
Summer Glau	Skylar Adams	Guest Star
Skyler Wexler	Zoe	Guest Star
John Pyper-Ferguson	Stanton Parish	Recurring Role
Steve Byers	John Bennett	Recurring Role
Rachael Crawford	Jeanne Harken	Recurring Role

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- Bill: I cannot believe Rosen screwed me again.
  Kat: The glasses, the messy hair, the cardigans, he seemed like such a nice old dude.
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- Injoke: Skylar's daughter asks her mother if she's a terminator. Summar Glau, who plays Skylar was a Terminator in the 2008-09 TV series, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
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- International Airdates:
  Canada: October 15, 2012 on SPACE
  UK: December 11, 2012 on 5*
  Australia: January 11, 2013 on SCI FI
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- Jeannie: You, the Baby Whisperer.
  Referencing The Dog Whisperer, a TV show in which a man named Cesar Millan goes to people's houses and helps them solve their dog's behavioral problems.
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- Skylar: Happiness is a warm gun.
  Referencing the 1968 song of the same name from The Beatles' White Album. Although the title was supposedly taken from a gun magazine cover, speculation is that it may refer to drug use or male sexuality.
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- Gary: Were they having you work on these in the Twilight Zone?
  Referencing the 1959-1964 series The Twilight Zone, created by Rod Serling. The anthology series featured fantastical stories, often with a twist ending, and occasionally featured illusionary dreamscapes where the person trapped didn't know what they were experiencing was an illusion.
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