History Series / AlphaHouse

* {{Malaproper}}: Gil John, mostly because he doesn't give a damn. As soon as someone tells him about zingers and [=RINO=][[note]]Republican In Name Only[[/note]] issues, he's calling them "stinkers" and "hippo issues."

* ButNotTooBlack: Robert Bettencourt's upbringing. A black custodian at his office also comments that Bettencourt's campaign ads are clearly catered to white Pennsylvanians, which Bettencourt doesn't deny. Rosalyn (Wanda Sykes) later mocks him for this at a politicos' stand-up night.

* ClusterFBomb: Any time the Watt brothers are onscreen.

''Alpha House'' is a Creator/PrimeVideo original series created by [[ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}} Gary Trudeau]].

The series has received favorable reviews, and was the first of Amazon's shows to be renewed for a second season. Amazon, as of August 2015, has not yet decided if there will be a third.

It is a SitCom about four Republican U.S. Senators sharing a townhouse in UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC. Gil John Biggs (R-NC) (Creator/JohnGoodman) is a former college basketball coach who sees the Senate mainly as an easy paycheck and never-ending parade of perks; Robert Bettencourt (R-PA) (Creator/ClarkJohnson) is a bigshot in the party establishment who concentrates on getting big campaign donations while under investigation by the Ethics Committee; the fastidious Louis Laffer (R-NV)(Creator/MattMalloy) is a devout Mormon [[HaveIMentionedIAmGay who is likely a closeted gay man]], while Andy Guzman (R-FL) (Creator/MarkConsuelos) is a Marco Rubio {{Expy}} at first glance until we discover [[SexGod the size and extent of his libido]]. The show was released as a WebOriginal on Amazon Prime, with the first three episodes free. The show was Amazon's first foray into original programming, with it being the first of five 'pilots' that Amazon commissioned to series to debut online.

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* {{Cuckold}}: Robert, when his wife Eve shows up and surprises him with the news that she is leaving him for a wealthy auto industry magnate.

** Louis confesses that he and a synchronized-swimming teammate in college drank coffee before competitions. Coffee is strictly forbidden by the Mormon church.

* BadassGay: Colonel Eugene Drake, a battle-tested war hero.

It is a SitCom about four Republican U.S. Senators sharing a townhouse in UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC. Gil John Biggs (R-NC) (John Goodman) is a former college basketball coach who sees the Senate mainly as an easy paycheck and never-ending parade of perks; Robert Bettencourt (R-PA) (Clark Johnson) is a bigshot in the party establishment who concentrates on getting big campaign donations while under investigation by the Ethics Committee; the fastidious Louis Laffer (R-NV)(Matt Malloy) is a devout Mormon [[HaveIMentionedIAmGay who is likely a closeted gay man]], while Andy Guzman (R-FL) (Creator/MarkConsuelos) is a Marco Rubio {{Expy}} at first glance until we discover [[SexGod the size and extent of his libido]]. The show was released as a WebOriginal on Amazon Prime, with the first three episodes free. The show was Amazon's first foray into original programming, with it being the first of five 'pilots' that Amazon commissioned to series to debut online.

* TheMalaproper: Gil John, mostly because he doesn't give a damn. As soon as someone tells him about zingers and [=RINO=][[note]]Republican In Name Only[[/note]] issues, he's calling them "stinkers" and "hippo issues."

''Alpha House'' is an Creator/AmazonStudios original series created by [[ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}} Gary Trudeau]].

It is a SitCom about four Republican U.S. Senators sharing a townhouse in UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC. Gil John Biggs (R-NC) (John Goodman) is a former college basketball coach who sees the Senate mainly as an easy paycheck and never-ending parade of perks; Robert Bettencourt (R-PA) (Clark Johnson) is a bigshot in the party establishment who concentrates on getting big campaign donations while under investigation by the Ethics Committee; the fastidious Louis Laffer (R-NV)(Matt Malloy) is a devout Mormon [[HaveIMentionedIAmGay who is likely a closeted gay man]], while Andy Guzman (R-FL) (Mark Consuelos) is a Marco Rubio {{Expy}} at first glance until we discover [[SexGod the size and extent of his libido]]. The show was released as a WebOriginal on Amazon Prime, with the first three episodes free. The show was Amazon's first foray into original programming, with it being the first of five 'pilots' that Amazon commissioned to series to debut online.

* AllLesbiansWantKids: [[spoiler: Julie, having come out of the closet in the first season, shocks her befuddled boss again in the second season by announcing that she is pregnant by way of artificial insemination.]]
* AltarTheSpeed: When Louis finds out that [[spoiler: Julie is pregnant, he insists that she and her partner Katherine get married well in advance of the baby's birth. [[InsaneTrollLogic By his logic, an illegitimate child is a greater moral offense than a same-sex wedding]].]]

* {{Cliffhanger}}: Season two ends with [[spoiler: Bettencourt's recount up in the air and Louise deciding that she and Lola are going to live in the house again (which would evict the other senators).]]

* CrocodileTears: When Sen. Paul Mower (R-ID) dies [[spoiler: in the season 1 finale]], both Guzman and Armiston use the funeral to self-promote their respective agendas.

** [[spoiler: Rosalyn and Robert, after posing as a couple in order to one-up his ex-wife's new paramour, realize that they do, in fact, have feelings for one another.]]

* PutOnABus: A senator played by [[spoiler: Bill Murray]] is put on the bus in the first minutes of the pilot, which drives the plot of the first couple episodes as Guzman moves in. TheBusCameBack in the [[spoiler: closing credits of the season 1 finale, and the cold open of season 2]].

* {{RunawayBride}}: [[spoiler: Subverted. When Katherine and Julie find out that the small wedding they had intended has been turned into a major political event by the Republican National Committee, they flee the scene together, still wearing their wedding dresses.]]
* ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud: When giving his speech at Sen. Mower's funeral service, Laffer reads out, "Pause for laughter", apparently expecting there to be raucous laughter at one of his remarks about the things the late senator rejected

* TransparentCloset: Louis, whose fussy mannerisms and extensive expertise in fashion and interior decorating, make it obvious to his colleagues and staffers that he is a closeted gay man. This point is reinforced in the second season [[spoiler: when he develops a painfully obvious crush on Colonel Eugene Drake]].

** Louis confesses that he and a synchronized-swimming teammate in college drank coffee before competitions. Coffee and all forms of caffeine are strictly forbidden by the Mormon church.

''Alpha House'' is an Creator/{{Amazon}} original series created by [[ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}} Gary Trudeau]].

It is a SitCom about four Republican U.S. Senators sharing a townhouse in WashingtonDC. Gil John Biggs (R-NC) (John Goodman) is a former college basketball coach who sees the Senate mainly as an easy paycheck and never-ending parade of perks; Robert Bettencourt (R-PA) (Clark Johnson) is a bigshot in the party establishment who concentrates on getting big campaign donations while under investigation by the Ethics Committee; the fastidious Louis Laffer (R-NV)(Matt Malloy) is a devout Mormon [[HaveIMentionedIAmGay who is likely a closeted gay man]], while Andy Guzman (R-FL) (Mark Consuelos) is a Marco Rubio {{Expy}} at first glance until we discover [[SexGod the size and extent of his libido]]. The show was released as a WebOriginal on Amazon Prime, with the first three episodes free. The show was Amazon's first foray into original programming, with it being the first of five 'pilots' that Amazon commissioned to series to debut online.

It is a SitCom about four Republican U.S. Senators sharing a townhouse in WashingtonDC. Gil John Biggs (R-NC) (John Goodman) is a former college basketball coach who sees the Senate mainly as an easy paycheck and never-ending parade of perks; Robert Bettencourt (R-PA) (Clark Johnson) is a bigshot in the party establishment who concentrates on getting big campaign donations while under investigation by the Ethics Committee; the fastidious Louis Laffer (R-NV)(Matt Malloy) is a devout Mormon [[HaveIMentionedIAmGay who is likely a closeted gay man]], while Andy Guzman (R-FL) (Mark Consuelos) is a Marco Rubio {{Expy}} at first glance until we discover [[SexGod the size and extent of his libido]]. The show was released as a WebOriginal on Amazon, with the first three episodes free. Along with ''Betas'', which premiered at the same time, it was Amazon's first foray into original programming.

It is a SitCom about four Republican U.S. Senators sharing a townhouse in WashingtonDC. Gil John Biggs (R-NC) (John Goodman) is a former college basketball coach who sees the Senate mainly as an easy paycheck and never-ending parade of perks; Robert Bettencourt (R-PA) (Clark Johnson) is a bigshot in the party establishment who concentrates on getting big campaign donations while under investigation by the Ethics Committee; the fastidious Louis Laffer (R-NV)(Matt Malloy) is a devout Mormon [[HaveIMentionedIAmGay who is likely a closeted gay man]], while Andy Guzman (R-FL) (Mark Consuelos) is a Marco Rubio {{Expy}} at first glance until we discover [[SexGod the size and extent of his libido]]. The show was released as a WebOriginal on Amazon, with the first three episodes free.

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[[caption-width-right:400:From left to right: Andy, Gil John, Robert, Louis]]

'''''Alpha House''''' is an Creator/{{Amazon}} original series created by [[ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}} Gary Trudeau]].