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Misfits Series Two, Three Episodes In, Where Are We?

Published Fri, 26 Nov 2010 11:51:53 -0600

Obvious spoilers. No messing about, three episodes into Misfits Series Two and we know the identity of Super Hoodie. But who thought they'd really steal a play from Heroes to do it?

Showrunner Howard Overman has been quite specific, we wouldn't learn about what caused the storm that gave the Misfits, and much of the population of the unnamed town they live in, their powers. It wasn't a kind of Heroes show about the "mythology", it was the day to day lives of the characters.

But he just couldn't leave the idea of mythology alone could he. So while we may not know the past origins of the powers, we're getting a big idea where they are all going to lead. Buy, you know, seeing it play out in snippets.

Curtis was the natural vehicle to give us a glimpse, his reversed power showing us the superhero versions of himself and a future girlfriend. And now Simon has been revealed as Super Hoodie, with all the parkour and time travel-vased precognition skills that come with that. He is Alisha's future boyfriend, immune to her powers, from a world where they became famous. And she dies,

Just as Heroes stole directly from Uncanny X-Men's, Days Of Future Past with Hiro coming from the future to change the past, so a ripped, chiseled Simon from an indeterminate future point has travelled back to the past to – well- make sure it all happens like it should. I'm not really sure. He seems to be making everything happen as it always did, but also trying to save things – specifically Alisha. Is he changing the past? Is he preserving it? Save the good time girl, save the world? And where did he learn a backwards flip off a roof like that?

And we also have no idea how far off the future is. Just long enough for Simon to turn into a human being and, well, get pumped.

And of course while sci-fi-geeks like me get obsessed about time travel, structural storytelling and the positives and negative of bringing in these kind of complexities, the real story was, basically, Gaythan. And how his personality adapted so well to the change he was going through.

Gaythan makes his move…

And follows through.

And little does he know that Simon is sporting the kind of bod that, well, none of us were expecting.

And as for glimpses of the future go, here's the premise of next week's episode

Ollie, an environmental protester who has the power to teleport, starts his community service but is he really destined to become part of the gang?

Out on the estate Tim confronts the gang and demands money at gunpoint. They all escape bar Kelly who is taken hostage.

Once again the gang find themselves needing the help of the mysterious man in the mask.

And the upcoming Christmas Special…

'Tis the week before Christmas and all through the estate, not much of anything is happening, until one of the gang sees some graffiti that offers 'Money for Powers'. At the address advertised they meet Seth (Matthew McNulty), a drug dealer who was also struck in the storm and now has the ability to deal powers.

Nothing good comes of Seth's presence on the estate – certainly nothing which carries a festive message of peace and goodwill to all men. A disgruntled priest, quick-fix money-making schemes, lost powers, and a nativity scene that has to be seen to be believed, all add up to Christmas, Misfits style.

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