Season 1 | ||
July 11, 2011 - September 26, 2011 e | ||
Season 1 | Season 2 |
The first season of Alphas premiered on July 7, 2011 on the network Syfy in the United States.
The plot revolves around a group of people with so-called Alpha abilities, led by Dr. Lee Rosen, who work as a government controlled program to counteract the underground Alpha movement Red Flag.
Cast[]
Main Characters[]
- David Strathairn as Dr. Lee Rosen
- Ryan Cartwright as Gary Bell
- Warren Christie as Cameron Hicks
- Azita Ghanizada as Rachel Pirzad
- Laura Mennell as Nina Theroux
- Malik Yoba as Bill Harken
Recurring Characters[]
- Mahershalalhashbaz Ali as D.O.D Tactical leader Nathan Clay (5 episodes)
- Valerie Cruz as D.O.D Special Agent Kathy Sullivan (4 episodes)
- Kathleen Gati as Zahra Pirzad (4 episodes)
- Jane Moffat as Sandra Bell (3 episodes)
- Rachael Crawford as Jeannie Harken (3 episodes)
- Callum Keith Rennie as DHS Agent Don Wilson (2 episodes)
- Liane Balaban as Anna (2 episodes)
- Daniel Kash as Mr. Pirzad (2 episodes)
Episode List[]
Image | Title | Writer(s) | Director(s) | Airdate | # |
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Pilot | Zak Penn & Michael Karnow | Jack Bender | July 11, 2011 | #101 | |
When a grocery clerk commits an impossible assassination, the government calls in Dr. Lee Rosen and his team of "Alphas": unique individuals with neurological mutations that give them special abilities. The team must determine who the killer is and track him down, but soon discover that a greater plan is in motion. | |||||
Cause & Effect | Julie Siege | Constantine Makris | July 18, 2011 | #102 | |
Rosen tries to cope with his Department of Defense liaison and a former Alpha patient with the ability to understand causality who wants him dead... or does he? | |||||
Anger Management | Ira Steven Behr & Robert Hewitt Wolfe | Nick Copus | July 25, 2011 | #103 | |
The team deals with a runaway teenage Alpha setting off riots up and down the East Coast. Meanwhile, Rosen discovers that the government isn't so willing to cooperate with him as he believed. | |||||
Rosetta | Zak Penn | Karen Gaviola | August 1, 2011 | #104 | |
While trying to thwart a Red Flag operation, Rosen and his team find a captive woman, Anna, who can translate any language. While the others try to track down the Red Flag leader, Gary bonds with Anna over their similar conditions. | |||||
Never Let Me Go | Jordan Rosenberg | Jeffrey Hunt | August 8, 2011 | #105 | |
An unknown Alpha is apparently responsible for several deaths in a small-town high school. | |||||
Bill and Gary's Excellent Adventure | Adam Levy | Leslie Libman | August 15, 2011 | #106 | |
While Bill and Gary take on a case of their own, Nina and Cameron grow closer. | |||||
Catch and Release | Michael Karnow | Kevin Hooks | August 22, 2011 | #107 | |
A young Alpha with the ability to create powerful inventions from common items goes missing, and Rosen and his team are called upon to find her... and protect her. Meanwhile, Gary challenges his mother and Bill contemplates fatherhood. | |||||
A Short Time in Paradise | Michael Chamoy | John Showalter | August 29, 2011 | #108 | |
Cameron and Nina fall under the influence of a cult leader who can make his followers see visions of Heaven... and feel the suffering of Hell. | |||||
Blind Spot | Ira Steven Behr & Robert Hewitt Wolfe | Michael Watkins | September 12, 2011 | #109 | |
After capturing an Alpha working as an obstetrician, the team takes on an Alpha with the ability to remain unseen and undetectable against any opponent. | |||||
The Unusual Suspects | Marc Bernardin | J. Miller Tobin | September 19, 2011 | #110 | |
The DoD imprisons Rosen and his team after they suspect that one of the members is a Red Flag traitor. | |||||
Original Sin | Zak Penn & Michael Karnow & Ira Steven Behr & Robert Hewitt Wolfe | Nick Copus | September 26, 2011 | #111 | |
Rosen and his team must choose sides when the DoD launches a full-out assault on Red Flag. Rosen reunites with his daughter Danielle, who was being hunted by Red Flag. | |||||