Anyone reading this is unlikely to know what the show Misfits is, the one word answer is its Awesome but let me elaborate a bit. Misfits is a live-action superhero drama that has just concluded its first series on E4 (a British television station) The show can best be described as Heroes meets The Breakfast Club, interested yet? You should be!

Misfits tells the story of 5 teens working community service for various crimes who get caught up in the middle of a freak storm only to be given powers, I’ll admit the idea of being struck my lightning and getting superpowers isn't anything new but the storm itself is realized onscreen in an interesting way. The characters we follow are Nathan (The Comic Relief), Simon (The Shut in), Kelly (The Tomboy), Curtis (The Sports Star) and Alisha (The Party girl) to go into to much detail about the characters and their various personality traits would be taking half the fun away from actually watching the show so I will leave it up to you to watch and discover the fun of the 5 fantastically realized characters.

The show isn't really about Superheroes as much as its about the group coping with their powers as they try to cover up a murder. They aren't superheroes and they aren't setting out to be (a problem Heroes had) but they do bump into the occasional powered up folk here and there. The powers themselves are a lot different then you’d expect, its not all flying around and shooting lasers out of eyes its more subtle, think Heroes in it’s first season. We've got Time Travel, Invisibility, Thought Reading and an awesome twist on the “Don’t Touch her” Rogue ability. There are some out there powers that other characters have and one of the main cast doesn't realize their power for some time but again I wont say anything as the show NEEDS TO BE WATCHED.

As I mentioned the show just finished its first series (season) in the U.K. and has thankfully been picked up for a second. This being a British show you wont be getting 20+ episodes, instead you get a very concise 6 45 minute episodes but all 6 episodes are fantastic to think of it I can’t think of anything I disliked about the first season minus the fact that its ONLY 6 episodes. The production value is top notch considering the rather low (I assume) budget. The powers are simple enough so that the producers didn't need to break for them to be effective. The soundtrack is fantastic including the shows theme song “Echoes” by The Rapture (download it now!).

In case you couldn't tell I highly endorse this show. The show is what Heroes should still be, namely good. Heroes first season set a high mark for Superheroes on television but by the second season that bar began to dip, Misfits on the other hand climbs the bar of Heroes first season and builds it up even higher. Hopefully Misfits doesn't suffer the sophomore slump that started Heroes down it's doomed road. Some advice I have for the makers of the show, don't give everyone and their mum a power!

Torrents are your friends when it comes to finding it, no word yet on if it will come to a station like BBC America so if you’re going to wait for it to hit U.S. airwaves you may be waiting a while. If you find yourself jaded from Heroes like so many out there and are looking for a super powered fix then look no further then Misfits.

Final Verdict

9 out of 10

Sinatra Loves Misfits