Misfits

Misfits (2009) 

The plot is basically a fully serious science fiction series about people with superpowers (like Heroes) that uses humour to avoid being logically bulletproof; humour that is very incorrect, harsh and vulgar, which is good. I’m liking the characters and their one-liners so far, and also each of the stories. Thanks to the humour, the show won’t have the same problems as Heroes (a tangled story with omnipotent characters, where all the logic has collapsed), but the excessive repetitiveness could be a problem. Most of the episodes follow the structure “villain of the week” + “one-liners” + “sex” + “time jump if someone dies”… “happy end”. But in the thirteen episodes so far, it’s still good. PS: I would give it five stars, but the incredible blunder in the script of the last episode (spoiler for the 2nd season finale: the characters know what the time travel erased in the previous episode) makes me go down, at least until the creators try to explain it in the next season. PS 2: Misfits without Nathan will be like... The Big Bang Theory without Sheldon… HIMYM without Barney…  Esmeralda… without Esmeralda. That bad :-/ (08.08.2011)