Okay, brace yourselves for this.
I think that the first two seasons of Misfits might be the best television I have ever seen. I cannot speak for anyone else, but I can tell you NO SHOW in history pulled me in like that show did, and it really was the best of everything. It was gritty, funny, and very fucked up, tackling subject matter I never thought I would see in a show disguised as a teen drama.
Misfits also has Robert Sheehan in the first fourteen episodes as Nathan Young, who may be, and I do mean this, one of the most memorable characters from all of fiction. Why he is not a mega superstar is beyond me. I know it sounds like I am going a bit overboard, but really, this show is perfect.
Misfits is about a group of juvenile delinquents serving community service who get granted insane super powers during a freak electrical storm. It sounds silly, but by the end of the first episode, this show will be crack, and you will be reaching for the lighter.
First you have Nathan, whose power I will not ruin because half the joy of season one is trying to figure out what it is. He is brash, cocky, and utterly hilarious. A more engrossing character you are not likely to see anytime soon. Sometimes despicable, but always entertaining, he will draw you in and get you watching.
You have Curtis, the fallen track star who can rewind time when his guilt gets bad enough.
You have the gutter snipe, Kelly, who suddenly goes all Professor-X and can read minds.
You have the very sultry, Alisha, who is cursed with sending people into a sexual frenzy (I have that curse, too).
And you have Simon who, well, you’ll see. He has many layers to his character, and by the end of season two, he will have blown your mind, many times over.
Though the show fell off quite a bit when Robert Sheehan left, it is still well worth watching, but those first two seasons are so good they cast a spell on you. Watch them and try to tell me I’m wrong on this.
