Alphas/Characters: Difference between revisions

=== Dr. Lee Rosen ===

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A neurologist and psychologist who specialises in the study of "alphas". He leads the DOD-sponsored team of Alphas, but is slowly becoming disillusioned as the team's mandate shifts from finding and helping Alphas in trouble to fighting dangerous Alphas and locking them up. He started investigating the Alpha phenomenon after {{spoiler|discovering that his daughter was one}}.

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=== Nina Theroux ===

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A young woman who used her Alpha ability -- [[Charm Person|"pushing" people into doing what she wants]] -- for petty personal gain, until an accident brought her to Rosen's attention. She's been on the team for longer than anyone else, and serves as Rosen's [[Number Two|second]]. Has oodles of [[UST]] with Hicks.

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* [[Number Two]]

* [[Team Mom]]

 

=== Bill Harken ===

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A happily-married FBI agent with [[Super Strength]]. Bill was suspended from the Bureau after getting angry with a colleague and accidentally shoving him through a solid wall; he only planned on staying with Rosen's team until his suspension was over. {{spoiler|He's since decided to stay on the team, even though the Bureau offered to reinstate him.}}

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* [[Happily Married]]

* [[Hour of Power]]: Can only have his power activated for 5 minutes.

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Has martial arts training, which he does use in concert with his [[Super Strength]]. As a result, he can keep up with [[Super Reflexes|Hicks]] in a down-and-out brawl well enough to win. In this case, notably, his [[Super Speed]] didn't really come into play.

* [[Made of Iron]]: He can stand still and take a beating from three armed men, one of whom is ''tasing'' him continuously, without moving. Partially explained by his ability to control his adrenaline rushes, as adrenaline is known to make it easier to ignore pain. The aches, pains, and injuries he must logically have collected don't seem to effect him later, either.

=== Rachel Pirzad ===

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A very introverted young woman with [[Super Senses]], who was a CIA linguist before joining Rosen's team. She's under constant pressure from overbearing parents that want her to settle down rather, and the downside of her ability -- [[Sensory Overload]] -- makes things difficult in social situations.

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=== Gary Bell ===

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A high funtioning autistic man with the ability to [[Technopath|see and interact with the electromagnetic spectrum]]. Gary still lives with his mother and is very dependent on the team's help, but over the course of the first season he becomes more and more self-sufficient. {{spoiler|He develops an odd friendship with Anna, one of the leaders of Red Flag, which prompts him to start thinking of the relationship between alphas and humans.}}

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=== Cameron Hicks ===

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A former Marine Corps sniper and minor-league baseball player with [[Super Reflexes|hyperkinesis]]. Hicks first encountered the team when a Red Flag villain used him as the patsy in an assassination; after freeing him from the villain's [[Mind Control]], Rosen recruited Hicks onto the team to keep him safe from the DOD. He has a young son that he rarely sees, and lots of [[UST]] with Nina.

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* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]

* [[Le Parkour]]: As a part of his [[Super Reflexes]].

* [[Super Reflexes]]

 

== Department of Defense ==

=== Don Wilson ===

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An FBI agent who liaises between the government and Rosen's team. {{spoiler|Killed off in episode 3.}}

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* {{spoiler|[[Mauve Shirt]]}}

* [[The Men in Black]]

* {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lamb]]}}

 

=== Nathan Clay ===

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The head of a DOD tactical-operations unit that deals with rogue Alphas and runs the Binghamton facility.

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** His interactions with the body reader Eric where pretty friendly , and he even authorized Parole for him because he was not a threat.

* [[The Sixth Ranger]]: When the team needs armed backup, it's usually Clay heading the charge.

 

=== Kathy Sullivan ===

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A government agent and official liaison between Rosen's team and the DOD.

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* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: She's a much friendlier, more level-headed boss than Wilson.

** Subverted in Season one Finale Original Sin {{spoiler|when against Rosen's pleads she sends a heavily armed tactical squad to smoke out a group of Alpha Flag members discussing [[Enemy Civil War|going against their leader Stanton Parish]]. Unsurprisingly a slaughter occurs with Alpha men and women are cut down and Bill almost gets killed in the confusion.}} Sullivan believes fully that it was a good thing. Surprisingly [[Despair Event Horizon|Rosen doesn't agree.]]

* [[With Us or Against Us]]: When it boils down to it , she views Alphas as a problem to be contained.

 

== Red Flag ==

=== Anna ===

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A woman whose Alpha ability allows her to understand and communicate in any language. In the episode "Rosetta", the team initially find her in a Red Flag safehouse and believe her to be a captive of the group, who use her abilities to encrypt their communications. {{spoiler|Turns out, she's one of the leaders of Red Flag.}} Her and Gary become friends very quickly, and stay in contact even after the events of "Rosetta".

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* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}: {{spoiler|In the DOD raid during "Original Sin".}}

* [[Omniglot]]: Her Alpha ability takes this up to eleven.

 

=== Dr. Kerns ===

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An obstetrician and member of Red Flag. He's completely blind, but has a sonic-based Alpha ability that allows him to "see" using echolocation. {{spoiler|He planned on giving deliberately-altered pre-natal vitamins to pregnant women in the hopes of creating more Alphas, but Rosen's team caught him first, and he was later killed by Griffin.}}

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* [[Lethal Harmless Powers]]: {{spoiler|Turns out his sonic powers are way more dangerous than just sonar.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Make Me Wanna Shout]]}}: With some buildup, his Alpha ability eventually lets Kerns do this.

 

=== Stanton Parish ===

The immortal leader of Red Flag and one of the oldest-known Alphas, his existence wasn't discovered until the season 1 finale, "Original Sin". He's determined to wage war on humanity and to keep the existence of Alphas a secret from the general public.

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** [[Immortality Immorality]]

* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Despite showing up for only a few minutes in one episode, he firmly plants himself in this category.

 

== Other ==

=== Dr. Vanessa Calder ===

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A medical doctor working for the CDC, who meets Rosen and the team while investigating a possible disease outbreak in "Never Let Me Go".

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=== Skyler Adams ===

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A technopath, and one of the first Alphas that Rosen's team ever helped (well before the start of the series). She goes on the run in "Catch and Release" from {{spoiler|her NSA handlers, after reneging on a deal to create advanced technology for the government. At the end of the episode, Rosen helps her disappear.}}

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* [[Pet the Dog]]: The Department of Defense let her live a normal life for many years after her Alpha ability was discovered, whereas they tried to kill or lock up every other Alpha the team had encountered during the series.

* Technopath

 

=== Griffin ===

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A bounty hunter whose Alpha ability allows her to move through people's "blind spot" and remain almost undetectable. She's hired by Red Flag in episode 9 to retrieve Dr. Kerns.

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* [[Bounty Hunter]]

* [[Invisible Man|Invisible Woman]]: Never actually turns invisible (her power doesn't affect recordings), but she might as well be.

 

=== Danielle Rosen ===

Dr. Rosen's estranged daughter, whose Alpha ability lets her force emotions onto other people. After stealing something from Red Flag, she meets Rosen again in the season 1 finale when he saves her from a Red Flag assassin. {{spoiler|Secretly working for Stanton Parish.}}

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* [[Abusive Parent]]: Danielle accuses Dr. Rosen of being this. When his marriage was in trouble he had Danielle use her power on her mother to calm her down. He continued doing this for years after he found out about his daughter's Alpha power and that using her power was causing serious damage to her.

 

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