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The Devil's in the RemoteAugust 3, 2012

This Week on TV (July 15 – 22)

 Alphas

With Dr. Rosen’s public broadcast outing the alphas going live, it wasn’t difficult to forsee the kind of repurcussions it would have. The government is already known to not be too welcoming of them and with no reason to hide themselves any longer, the alphas  with volatile personalities have taken to bolder attempts at crime. What I didn’t expect was the falling out within the group. Though Dr. Rosen is the glue that holds them together, they had bonded well enough over the past year to have been able to stick together. But somehow in the course of eight months, everything’s fallen apart, and only Hicks and Bill are together fighting crime; but barely at that.  Gary gets loaned to the NSA and because they don’t understand his special needs perfectly (or at all), he has an episode and gets sent to Building 7 in Binghamton. Rachel has recede all the way back into her room above her parent’s laundry, no longer able to control her ability. Nina seems to be just as lost and more insecure than ever; pushing guys to spend time with her and call her “beautiful”.

A planned mutiny inside Building 7 forces Nathan Clay to bring Dr. Rosen out of the mental institute where he’s being treated for his “delusions”. Dr. Rosen is able to bring together the team to help him avert a larger crisis; he’s the only one who is able to both help them and utilize their abilities without hurting them. However Stanton Parish is the mastermind behind the plot and has got a few years on the doctor; and the detainees who’ve managed to escape are his followers. Now that they’re out, petty crimes have been moved up to full scale terrorism acts (with bad CGI). Staton’s army of alphas is out to rule over the humans, but Rosen’s rag-tag team of vagabonds must calmly explain to them that they need to live together in harmony. It’s probably going to be pretty violent.

  • All the Gary love; so much good will winnning. Wanted them all to group hug.
  • As long as there is never a Peter Petrelli-esque leeche alpha, I’m cool with whatever other ability they let those guys have.

 

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One last love letter...

April 24, 2021

It has taken us some time and patience to come to this decision. TMS would not have seen the success that it did without our readers and the tireless team that ran the magazine for the better part of eight years.

But… all good things must come to an end, especially when we look at the ever-expanding art and literary landscape in Pakistan, the country of the magazine’s birth.

We are amazed and proud of what the next generation of creators are working with, the themes they are featuring, and their inclusivity in the diversity of voices they are publishing. When TMS began, this was the world we envisioned…

Though the magazine has closed and our submissions shuttered, this website will remain open for the foreseeable future as an archive of the great work we published and the astounding collection of diverse voices we were privileged to feature.

If, however, someone is interested in picking up the baton, please email Maryam Piracha, the editor, at [email protected].

Farewell, fam! It’s been quite a ride.

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