History Characters / Alphas

** Subverted in the season one finale "Original Sin" [[spoiler: when, against Rosen's pleas, she sends a heavily armed tactical squad to smoke out a group of Red Flag members discussing [[EnemyCivilWar going against their leader Stanton Parish, something]] [[NobleBigotWithABadge Wilson]] [[EnemyCivilWar might have drawn the line at]]. Unsurprisingly, a slaughter occurs; Alpha men and women are cut down, and Bill and Gary almost get killed in the confusion.]] Sullivan believes fully that it was a good thing. Surprisingly, [[DespairEventHorizon Rosen doesn't agree.]]

** Subverted in the season one finale "Original Sin" [[spoiler: when, against Rosen's pleas, she sends a heavily armed tactical squad to smoke out a group of Red Flag members discussing [[EnemyCivilWar going against their leader Stanton Parish, something NobleBigotWithABadge Wilson might have drawn the line at]]. Unsurprisingly, a slaughter occurs; Alpha men and women are cut down, and Bill and Gary almost get killed in the confusion.]] Sullivan believes fully that it was a good thing. Surprisingly, [[DespairEventHorizon Rosen doesn't agree.]]

->'''Played by:''' Liane Balaban\\

* TrueNeutral: While slightly (emphasis on ''slightly'') friendlier to Rosen and his team, she is aggressively neutral in the whole DOD/ Red Flag and DOD/ Parrish struggles. However, Parrish is able to get her to build machines for him thanks to MoreThanMindControl

* JerkAss
* MauveShirt
* TheMenInBlack
* NobleBigotWithABadge

** Subverted in the season one finale "Original Sin" [[spoiler: when, against Rosen's pleas, she sends a heavily armed tactical squad to smoke out a group of Red Flag members discussing [[EnemyCivilWar going against their leader Stanton Parish]]. Unsurprisingly, a slaughter occurs; Alpha men and women are cut down, and Bill and Gary almost get killed in the confusion.]] Sullivan believes fully that it was a good thing. Surprisingly, [[DespairEventHorizon Rosen doesn't agree.]]

* HealingFactor
* HeelRealization: Suffers one after [[spoiler: he slays Dani. That culminates with him trying to leave the Alpha Utopia for Rosen]].

* KissOfDeath

* BloodKnight

* CrazyPrepared

* BountyHunter

* NeverFoundTheBody

* SuperReflexes

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

* MakeMeWannaShout: With some buildup, his Alpha ability eventually lets Kerns do this.

* ThenLetMeBeEvil: He asks if Rosen can fix him so he can be "human", when the answer is no, this is his reaction [[spoiler: it might have been just a part of the ruse, but the implication is still there]].
* UncertainDoom: After "Need to Know", we aren't known of Scipio's fate. A downer example because because there will be no season three. After the news of the cancellation, Elias Toufexis (Scipio's actor) tweeted that he was just going to pretend Scipio died in episode 13.

* TheDarkChick

--> '''Kat:'''Yeah, and I don't know any of them. The only people I know are in that room, and they hung me out to dry.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: It probably wasn't his plan to [[spoiler:kick the psychotic Scipio's powers UpToEleven and burn down an entire forest, secret Alpha commune included]].

* {{Omniglot}}: Her Alpha ability takes this up to eleven.

* AwesomenessByAnalysis[=/=]HyperAwareness: Marcus's main ability is this, taken UpToEleven. He notices ''everything'' to the point that he can accurately predict the future. Further more he can influence the future and manipulate his environment to get any desired result.

** Curiously, she tries to be this for [[InvertedTrope Rosen]] a few times as well (Mostly on his HeWhoFightsMonsters routine)

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When she realizes that she [[spoiler: pushed her childhood friend into leaving his family behind and being with her.]] She thought she had a genuine relationship with him and was apparently unaware that she was controlling him the whole time.

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler: She causes Hicks to shoot John and makes Rachel kiss her, but once her true backstory is laid bare, it's hard not to feel for her and understand why she is the way she is.]]

* BodyHorror: His left side is pretty messed up, having been burned in a vehicle fire when he was deployed overseas.

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]].

* TortureTechnician: Rosen can be a utter master of psychological (no surprise, since he's a shrink) and physical torture, if pushed hard enough. Definitely ''not'' ExaltedTorturer, because most of the characters consider this to be a KickTheDog moment at least and a MoralEventHorizon at worst.

!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/DavidStrathairn\\

* TheDeterminator: Nothing will stop this man's quest to take down Red Flag.

A happily married FBI agent with SuperStrength. 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.]]

* CharacterDevelopment: Gained a bit in "The Unusual Suspects". Prior to that, he was just the [[{{Jerkass}} guy who went around detaining Alphas]]. The episode revealed that he was told it would be the fast track to promotion and ended up stuck in his position. Also, while he believes [[{{JerkassHasAPoint}} dangerous Alphas should be locked away or worse]], he tends [[{{PetTheDog}} to show leniency to those he considers mostly harmless.]]
* JerkAss: Started off as a big example of this, quickly became a solid example of JerkWithAHeartOfGold.

** Subverted in the season one finale "Original Sin" [[spoiler: when, against Rosen's pleas, she sends a heavily armed tactical squad to smoke out a group of Red Flag members discussing [[{{EnemyCivilWar}} going against their leader Stanton Parish]]. Unsurprisingly, a slaughter occurs; Alpha men and women are cut down, and Bill and Gary almost get killed in the confusion.]] Sullivan believes fully that it was a good thing. Surprisingly, [[DespairEventHorizon Rosen doesn't agree.]]

A woman whose Alpha ability allows her to understand and communicate (but not speak) 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.]] She and Gary become friends very quickly, and stay in contact even after the events of "Rosetta".

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 Parrish]].

* {{Archenemy}}: To Rosen.

%% * NotSoDifferentRemark: Argues this about himself and Rosen, while he does have some solid points, Rosen is less than convinced.

A GadgeteerGenius, 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.]]

* {{Deadpan Snarker}}

An Alpha and former patient of Dr. Rosen, with ablities similar to Hicks. Suffers from severe paranoia and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia aphophenia]] due the precognitive nature of his powers. Went around attacking the doctors who worked with him when he realised they were going to attempt to remove his Alpha ability through surgery. [[spoiler: Is shot by Clay and falls into a river below]].

* BadassNormal
** BadassBeard: In the Pilot and in season 2.
** BadassBoast: In "Memory Serves" see GoodIsNotSoft below.

* BadassBeard

!!!'''Played by:''' Erin Way\\

* NotSoDifferent: Argues this about himself and Rosen, while he does have some solid points, Rosen is less than convinced.