Showing posts with label Alphas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alphas. Show all posts

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Alphas: Not Renewed for Season 3


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It's always sad news to share when a show that you love looks like it isn't continuing, and although we've discussed it already I think it deserves it's own post. The news is out that SyFy has decided not to renew Alphas for a third season. Now, that wording doesn't necessarily scream 'cancelled', but it would be surprizing to see more of the show at this point.

Alphas was a great addition to the summer TV schedule, it centred on characters who have very specific abilities beyond the range of normal human capabilities; when discovered have the option to join an organization or go to 'the compound'. The show premiere summer 2011 and season 2 aired summer 2012. With interesting characters, complex moral questions, action and smarts it was a joy to watch.

Here at Hexed, we've followed Alphas since it's very first episode and will miss it now that it's gone. See podcasts and posts discussing Alphas here.

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Images of Alphas's Laura Mennel as Nina Theroux and David Strathairn as Dr. Lee Rosen


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Images of Alpha's Ryan Cartwright as Gary Bell and Malik Yoba as Bill Harken


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Images of Alpha's Azita Ghanizada as Rachel Pirzad and Warren Christie as Cameron Hicks


Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Ep 125: Paranormal TV January 15 - 21, 2013



  • We are now back in the regular swing of things here at Hexed and chat all our regular shows of Lost Girl, Being Human (North American), The Almighty Johnsons and Supernatural and Vampire Diaries which returned from hiatus this week. We also discuss the series opening of the new non-fiction paranormal series on Ghost Mine (which we are loving so far!) and also chat briefly about the recent spooky episode of Merlin.
  •  A few spoiler notations for any new folk, we discuss the shows in depth for please watch them first and then listen. For any US watchers of Lost Girl please note that we are following the Canadian schedule of the show and therefore will be 1 week ahead. This week we also introduce back our reverse-spoiler notation for Being Human (North American) where we may refer to things that have happened in the British Series (season 1 - 4), so hopefully you have seen both before listening.
  • All the shows are back again this week, so we'll be back for more next week when we'll also dive into the Haven Season 3 finale!
Show Notes Time Coding
  • 0:00 - 1:15 Intro
  • 1:15 - 20:45 News
  • 20:45 - 34:45 Lost Girl S3 Ep 2 and 3 Subterrfaenean and ConFaegion
  • 34:45 - 49:50 Ghost Mine Series Premiere Descent Into Darkness
  • 49:50 - 59:32 Supernatural S8 Ep 10 Torn and Frayed
  • 59:32 - 1:10:45 Vampire Diaries S4 Ep 10 After School Special
  • 1:10:45 - 1:26:55 Being Human (N.American) S3 Ep 2 (Dead) Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
  • 1:26:55 - 1:37:45 The Almighty Johnsons S2 Ep 2 Frigg Magnet
  • 1:37:45 - 1:41:30 Merlin S5 Ep 3 The Death Song of Uther Pendragon
  • 1:41:30 - 1:44:26 Outro 
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  • All Supernatural TV. All the Time. 
The Fine Print (spoiler notations)
  • We talk about the shows in depth, so please watch first and then listen. We don't look ahead or watch trailers, teasers, look at casting info, so any predictions and commentary are from our own minds.
  • For Being Human North American fans, we have a unique reverse-spoiler notation as we've seen the UK version of Being Human up to and including Season 4, so we may touch on characters and events from that series as well, so please watch it first if you want to be spoiler free!

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Ep 117 Hal-Con 2012 and Halloween Special (Paranormal TV Oct 16-28, 2012)




  • Suzie's Back from Hal-Con 2012 and shares the awesomeness of the experience (see more coverage of the con here), we also check in on several shows including The Walking Dead Season 3 So Far, the season 2 finale of Alphas and recent episodes of Paranormal Witness (including the Season 2 finale!). All that and Halloween and Hal-Con goodness to boot!
  • Suzie and Reg (as Khan) with John Rhys-Davies (WOW!)
  • We'll be back next week to check in on more of our regs of Supernatural, Grimm and Haven. Please bear with us as we spread the awesome out over time.
Time Coding
  • 0:00 - 1:41 Intro
  • 1:41 - 6:45 News
  • 6:45 - 45:00 HalCon 2012!!
  • 45:00 - 1:03:30 The Walking Dead Season 3 so far Ep 1 - 3 Seed, Sick and Walk with Me
  • 1:03:30 - 1:19:55 Paranormal Witness S2 Ep 11 and 12 The Hollywood Sign Haunting/The Good Skeleton and The Tenants (S2 finale)
  • 1:19:55 - 1:27:00 Alphas Season 2 Ep 13 (finale) God's Eye
  • 1:27:00 Outro 
Suzie's Hal-Con Coverage 
Overall Coverage
Q and A's
Workshops and Seminars
Vendors and Events
More Hexed Show Notes

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Alpha Series 2 Finale on Space - Wednesday October 24, 2012 at 9pm ET/6pm PT



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Hey Folks,

If you, like me, anxiously were awaiting the airing of the season 2 finale on of Alphas on Space last night and were perplexed and confused and seeing last weeks episode on instead, I have some good news for you. Space will be airing the Season 2 Finale on this Wednesday October 24, 2012 at 9pm ET/6pm PT or you can watch it online.

Here are the details from the Space Facebook Page:

"We’re really sorry, due to a technical error the Alphas season finale did not air last night.

Watch it online now (http://bit.ly/TQdPuG) or on SPACE tomorrow night at 9e/6p.

We apologize again for this mishap."

I was really sad the finale wasn't on, but I'm really happy that Space came through and will be airing the finale so soon in addition to having it available online. Now, we just have to make sure we don't inadvertently hear others talking about it!

Monday, October 22, 2012

Paranormal Pick of the Week: Alphas Season 2 Finale


Image from Alphas: Episode 12 Need to Know

We have a lot of finales this week and I did find it a bit hard to choose considering last weeks Alphas was so brutal, but I hope they finale with (or actually, preferable without) a bang. This science fiction summer series has been quite a treat the last two years, and I hope we are in for more next year as well. Either way, this weeks Paranormal Pick of the Week is:

Alphas Season 2 Finale
Monday October 22, 2012 at 10pm ET on Space

UPDATE
As the Finale didn't air at the timeslot due to a technical error, it will be broadcasted Wed Oct 24, 2012 at 9pm ET/6pm PT as well as being available online. See more details here.

Will it all come together? Will it all fall apart? Either way it feels like there is no going back as these humans with very specific abilities beyond the range of normal human capabilities go deeper and darker into destruction. How will it all go down? Tonight we will find out!


Image from Alphas: Episode 12 Need to Know



Also Awesome:

  • Paranormal Witness Season Finale - Wednesday October 24, 2012 on Space I've been a bit hot and cold with Paranormal Witness, but this second season has had some excellent episodes including the formidable "The Abduction" and clever "The Cabin"; I'm very curious to see what tale will be told as they send this season off
  • Hot Set Season 1 Finale - Tuesday October 23, 2012 on Space This reality competition show that pits set designers head to head comes to a close this week and it's been a really fun ride. It's wild to see the contestants create a fully functional and filmable set each and ever week, and I'm very much looking forward tot he finale.
  • Primeval Marathons continue on Space and complete with the airing of Season 5 on Sunday October 28, 2012 on Space. It's the final week of marathons for Primeval and I've been enjoying them each and every week! I can't wait for the beginning of the new series next week!
  • Halloween, Halloween 4 & Halloween 5 on AMC Canada If you haven't seen these three installments of the Halloween series now is your chance as AMC is playing this week at multiple times. First viewings are Monday October 22, 2012 evening for Halloween & Halloween 4 and then Tuesday October 23, 2012 evening for Halloween 5. I have no idea if I've seen 4 & 5 myself, so I may very well be checking these out! Check AMC Canada listings here.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Ep 116 Paranormal TV October 10 - 16, 2012



It's another epic week at Hexed as we take on the series premieres of Arrow and Beauty and the Beast, series 4 premiere of Vampire Diaries, have in depth discussions on Haven (including loving up Eric Balfour's performance this week), Grimm check in on Supernatural and Alphas. We also check in on Bedlam and Suzie clarifies some of the questions we had about how season 1 ended and the transition to season 2. Up last we chat with huge enthusiasm of the most recent episode of Paranormal Witness which has continued to wow us with amazing storytelling and compelling encounters.

We'll also decided not to chat Fringe right now as we aren't super connecting with this final season.

We'll be back next week to chat our regs and are hoping to do a 2-n-1 update for the beginning of season 3 of The Walking Dead.

Show Notes


Time Coding

  • 0:00 - 1:45 Intro
  • 1:45 - 17:30 News
  • 17:30 - 30:23 Arrow Series Premiere S1 Ep 1 Pilot
  • 30:23 - 38:50 Beauty and the Beast Series Premiere S1 Ep 1 Pilot
  • 38:50 - 52:30 Haven S3 Ep 3 The Farmer
  • 52:30 - 1:01:45 Grimm S2 Ep 7 The Bottle Imp
  • 1:01:45 - 1:13:00 Vampire Diaries Season Premiere S4 Ep 1 Growing Pains
  • 1:13:00 - 1:23:30 Supernatural S8 Ep 2 What's Up, Tiger Mommy?
  • 1:23:30 - 1:33:50 Alphas Season 2 Ep 12 Need to Know
  • 1:33:50 - 1:40:48 Bedlam Season S2 Ep 2 Pool of Tears & General Discussion
  • 1:40:48 - 1:49:40 Paranormal Witness S2 Ep 10 The Cabin; Ghost in the Garden
  • 1:49:40 - 1:51:40 Outro
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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Ep 115 Paranormal TV Oct 2 - 9, 2012


The season premieres continue to roll in and on this week's episode of Hexed, Suzie & Shannon chat premieres of Supernatural S8, Falling Skies S1 and Bedlam S2, continue to love Haven, Grimm and Alphas as well as living through a pretty challenging episode of Fringe. The big surprize of the week was that we absolutely ADORED the extra-long episode of Paranormal Witness which featured the 1975 Travis Walton abduction, a very dear to our hearts story and the show dealt with it extremely well. Our hearts go out to all of those involved.

We'll be back next week to chat more of all of our shows, plus check in on new series Arrow (which we discuss super-briefly here), Beauty and the Beast as well as the Season 4 Premiere of Vampire Diaries.

 Be sure to vote in our new poll of what new shows *you* are adding to your regular viewing schedule. With so much new to enjoy, it's hard to fit it all in! Show Notes
Poll Results: What Returning Shows Are You Watching This Fall?
  • 58% Once Upon a Time
  • 52% Vampire Diaries
  • 47% Supernatural
  • 41% Fringe
  • 35% Haven
  • 29% Tie: Grimm & The Walking Dead
Time Coding
0:00 - 1:10 Intro
1:10 - 13:45 News
13:45 - 28:10 Haven Season S3 Ep 2 Stay
28:10 - 40:00 Supernatural Season Premiere S8 Ep 1 We Need to Talk About Kevin
40:00 - 50:50 Alphas Season 2 Ep 10 & 11 Life After Death and If Memory Serves
50:50 - 58:55 Grimm S2 Ep 6 Over My Dead Body
58:55 - 1:10:45 Falling Skies Series Premiere S1 Ep 1 Live and Learn
1:10:45 - 1:20:15 Fringe Season S5 Ep 2 In Absentia
1:20:15 - 1:27:25 Bedlam Season Premiere S2 Ep 1 The Long Drop
1:27:25 - 1:44:30 Paranormal Witness S2 Ep 9 The Abduction
1:44:30 - 1:46:56 Outro  

The Fine Print (spoiler notations)
We talk about the shows in depth, so please watch first and then listen. We don't look ahead or watch trailers, teasers, look at casting info, so any predictions and commentary are from our own minds.
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Thursday, October 4, 2012

Ep 114: Paranormal TV Sept 25 - Oct 1, 2012



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Ep 114B Hello Hexed Listeners and welcome to the craziness of the fall season! This week Suzie &; Shannon share their thoughts on season openers of Haven & Fringe, Series openers of Last Resort, 666 Park Avenue & Elementary, talk about our summer regs including Alphas, Grimm and the completion of season 1 of The Almighty Johnsons. We also check in briefly Haunted Collector, and with so many shows to enjoy we are taking a wee break from some of the non-fiction shows this week. EDIT: There was so much audio goodness we had to split it into our regs on one episode (Haven, Fringe, Almighty Johnsons, Grimm and Alphas) and there series premieres on a separate episode 114B  to chat Last Resort, 666 Park Avenue & Elementary.  If you subscribe to our feed, both will appear in your podcatcher and you can listen to them online here through the 2 players. It's great to have a full line up to enjoy! Make sure you vote on our poll of which returning show you are enjoying over at the poll to your right. We'll be back next week with the season 8 opener of Supernatural, as well as chatting more episodes of Haven, Grimm, Fringe and Alphas, and maybe even the opener of Falling Skies.  Fingers crorssed!     Show Notes Ep 114 0:00 - 1:00 Intro    1:00 - 13:50 News    13:50 - 31:50 Haven Season 3 Premiere S3 Ep 1 301 31:50 - 49:40 The Almightly Johnsons S1 Ep 9 & 10 Hunting Reindeer on Slippery Rocks and Every Good Quest Has a Sacrifice 49:40 - 1:03:25    Alphas Season 2 Ep 8 & 9 Falling and The Devil Will Drag You Under 1:03:25 - 1:15:00 Grimm S2 Ep 5 The Good Shepherd 1:15:00 - 1:30:43 Fringe Season 5 Premiere S5 Ep 1 Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11 1:30:43 - 1:37:02 Haunted Collector  General Discussion 1:37:02 - 1:38:24 Outro    Ep 114B0:00 - 0:30 Intro 0:30 - 11:30 Last Resort Series Premiere S1 Ep 1 Captain 11:30 - 18:45 Park Avenue Series Premiere S1 Ep 1 Pilot 18:45 - 29:30 Elementary Series Premiere S1 Ep 1 Pilot 29:30 - 30:44 Outro   Subscribe with iTunes Subscribe in a reader  Add to Google Reader or Homepage New Feed Updated as of September 2012 Hexed: Sisterhood of the Supernatural All Supernatural TV.  All the Time. 

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Episode 112: Paranormal TV Sept 4 - 11, 2012



On this weeks episode of Hexed, Suzie & Shannon continue to enjoy the summer show offerings of Alphas, The Almighty Johnsons, Face Off and dive into Paranormal Witness deeply for the first time. It felt like a bit of a quite week, but the shows certainly packed a punch.

We'll be back next week with more discussions of all of these shows and hopefully will get a chance to see and share thoughts on the series premiere of Revolution which airs Monday September 17, 2012.

Time Coding
0:00 - 2:50 Intro
2:50 - 8:50 News
8:50 - 21:40 Alphas Season 2 Ep 7 Gods and Monsters
21:40 - 33:55 The Almightly Johnsons Ep 7 Bad Things Happen
33:55 - 45:40 Paranormal Witness S2 Ep 5 Lady on the Stairs
45:40 - 1:08:00 Face Off Season 3 Ep 3 Year of the Dragon & Ep 4 Alice in Zombieland
1:08:00 - 1:12:25 Outro

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Thursday, August 30, 2012

Ep 110 Paranormal TV July 23 - Aug 27, 2012





We're back! Suzie & Shannon are back for an epic end-of-summer catch up episode where we chat about a whole ton of our shows! We cap off the summers seasons of Teen Wolf, Continuum, Haunted Highway & School Spirits, dive into Season 2 of Alphas & Grimm, plus check out Face Off, Sinbad and The Almightly Johnsons. It was a pretty freaking awesome summer! We've also decided to keep with Grimm even though we didn't chat all through S1 (and Shannon only saw some of it), we're going to add it to the roster of chatting along with our regulars.

Show Notes

0:00 - 1:35 Intro
1:35 - 5:25 News
5:25 - 19:20 Teen Wolf wrap up S2 Ep 9 - 12
19:20 - 30:30 Continuum S1 Ep 8 - 10
30:30 - 36:00 Haunted Highway - S1 Ep 3 - 6
36:00 - 40:50 School Spirits - S1 Ep 3 - 6
40:50 - 53:10 Alphas Season 2 Ep 1 - 6
53:10 - 1:07:45 The Almightly Johnsons Ep 1 - 6
1:07:45 - 1:14:45 Sinbad Ep 3 - 7
1:14:45 - 1:33:05 Face Off Season 3 Ep 1
1:33:05 - 1:55:20 Grimm S2 Ep 1 Bad Teeth & 2 The Kiss
1:55:20 - 1:56:30 Outro

The Fine Print (spoiler notations)
We talk about the shows in depth, so please watch first and then listen. We don't look ahead or watch trailers, teasers, look at casting info, so any predictions and commentary are from our own minds.

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Monday, July 23, 2012

Paranormal Pick of the Week: Alphas Season 2 Premiere & The Almighty Johnson Premiere

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Images of Alphas's Laura Mennel as Nina Theroux and David Strathairn as Dr. Lee Rosen


Sometimes it's just not fair to pick favourites, that's why this weeks Paranormal Pick to the week is a double dose (and double bill) of awesome premieres on Space this Monday July 23, 2012:

The Almighty Johnsons
Series Premiere - Monday July 23, 2012 on 9PM ET on Space

Alphas Season 2 Premiere
Monday July 23, 2012 at 10PM ET on Space

Suzie & I really enjoyed Season 1 of Alphas last summer and chatted about each and every episode (see archive here) and have been excited for months that we are getting Season 2 and now it's finally here! This series featuring humans with enhanced abilities that when found are given the opportunity to works for an organization or be sent to 'the compound'; and it's all kept under wraps from the general public.

The Almighty Johnsons is a New Zealand series following brothers that have powers of Norse Gods. I a little leery that it might be slanted strongly to male audience, but it looks like it could be a lot of fun and now it's not long until we can decide for ourselves! We only recently confirmed that it's air dates here in Canada and now the time has finally come to check it out.


The Almighty Johnsons: 5 Boys (L-R) Anders (Dean O'Gorman), Mike (Tim Balme), Axl (Emmett Skilton), Ty (Jared Turner) and Olaf (Ben Barrington)

Also Awesome This Week:
  • Doctor Who Catch-Up Marathon Continues with Season 4 on Sunday July 29, 2012 from 6AM to 7PM on Space; check out "The Time Lord (David Tennant) reunites with human companion Donna Noble (Catherine Tate), to travel back to Pompeii on the eve of the infamous volcanic eruption. He also investigates a series of grisly murders with the help of Agatha Christie, journeys to the home world of the sinister Ood, and comes face-to-face with an old enemy."
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Images of Alpha's Ryan Cartwright as Gary Bell and Malik Yoba as Bill Harken


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Images of Alpha's Azita Ghanizada as Rachel Pirzad and Warren Christie as Cameron Hicks