Alphas first aired on the Syfy channel on July 11th, 2011 and the last episode aired on October 22, 2012. Created by Zak Penn and Michael Karnow. Also attached were two former Star Trek alumni: Robert Hewitt Wolfe & Ira Steven Behr!

Alphas ran for two seasons after which it was cancelled with an unresolved cliff-hanger. However, initial reports made it look like it would cancelled after the first season but shortly after Syfy renewed Alphas for a 13 episodes season two.

Alphas was already developed in 2006 with another name: Section 8. The show was shopped around and initially NBC and ABC where interested. ABC picked it up for a 6 episode order but because of the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike the project was derailed. In 2009 Syfy placed a pilot order. In August 2010 the pilot was done in Toronto, Canada. Alphas was ordered to series on December 10, 2010 by Syfy.

I always enjoyed the series myself, never purchased it on physical media until this month. Because the series was released on Blu-ray in Japan, I hold off the DVD set because I was hoping for a Blu-ray release in Europe and/or North America as well. Of course this didn't happen. Because it seems harder and harder to purchase this for a decent price lately, I thought, why not now. In total the two seasons cost me approximately $33. 

Season 2:

1. Wake Up Call
2. The Quick and the Dead
3. Alpha Dogs
4. When Push Comes to Shove
5. Gaslight
6. Alphaville
7. Gods and Monsters
8. Falling
9. The Devil Will Drag You Under
10. Life After Death
11. If Memory Serves
12. Need to Know
13. God's Eye

Cameron Hicks

Nathan Clay