An android built by the government to use an assassin refuses to obey her orders. She escapes, and is befriended by Tina and Barry. In this episode a female android who is being trained to be an assassin escapes from a secret government agency and goes to Central City.<br/><br/>She gets a job at Star Labs where she meets Tina McGee and Barry Allen (The Flash), and they begin to notice something strange about her- like her super strength and x-ray vision.<br/><br/>This movie seems to borrow (or rip-off) a lot of sci-fi movies. Most obvious is Blade Runner (android thinks she's human), but also there's Short Circuit (she escapes and government goes looking for her) and the Terminator (android with super human powers). In fact, if this hadn't come out before Terminator 2, I would say it ripped off that movie when the female android fights a male android sent to catch her.<br/><br/>Anyway, this is an OK episode, but not as good as a lot of the ones that came at end of the series. An android built by the government to use an assassin refuses to obey her orders. She escapes, and is befriended by Tina and Barry. Alpha is another one of my favorite 'The Flash' episodes plus it was great seeing Sven Ole Thorsen and the scene in the apartment where his face popped off and reveal his metallic face was such a great special effect in general but also pretty good looking for the time that it was made. This episode felt like seeing The Flash going against The Terminator and in my opinion that made things even cooler as a whole. (10/10)
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