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Misfits: It's like Heroes, but good

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Norwegian Wood said:
Another great episode.

I feel sorry to see all of this coming to an end. :(

Would there be a season 3? I hope so i have really grown to like all the characters even the asshole probation worker
According to the Wiki, a third season has been pretty much confirmed. So we're in for more of this next year.
 
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Regarding the milkman
I wonder what they did after Curtis punches him? Kill him? Seems... irresponsible... to let a sociopath walk around with the ability to kill anyone that drinks milk.
 
wayward archer said:
Regarding the milkman
I wonder what they did after Curtis punches him? Kill him? Seems... irresponsible... to let a sociopath walk around with the ability to kill anyone that drinks milk.
had to kill him or he would have ended up knowing about his power and posting it everywhere. i doubt they'll be like "Don't do this and that and we'll let you go"

the best scene was when
Nathan was talking to the girl and he pulled out his cock while she wasn't facing him and then she started foaming at the mouth as her hand touched his cock :lol
 
7aged said:
shit, I didn't notice the smile in the end. That's creepy :lol

I figured it was just Simon realising Nathan's just joking around and they're friends rather than taking it as bullying and getting angry like he would have at the beginning of the series.
 
McLovin said:
I agree that probation workers actions where lazy writing. But that reset button was inevitable, I knew it was going to happen. Aside from the beginning and ending it was a good overall episode.

I didn't have an issue with the probation worker, lazy has pretty much been his sole characteristic this season. I just don't get when they didn't write the agent to come in whilst they were frantically trying to work out what to do about the papz and explain to them that she could sort everything out.

DMPrince said:
the best scene was when
Nathan was talking to the girl and he pulled out his cock while she wasn't facing him and then she started foaming at the mouth as her hand touched his cock :lol

I like how it actually worked :D

Still, the healing girl looks to be a loose end; I mean she already won an award for her power?
 
I hope Curtis tries to find that Healing girl since he is the only one that remembers her.
She could literally be a goldmine. Blank checks to heal the richest people in the world, and then a little charity work on the side.

This show is actually starting to remind me of The 4400 (another show that was way better than Heroes) with some of the powers showing up now. The healing chick and now this Jesus guy in the next episode.
 
I freaking loved the episode! So good! The milkman... his power reminded me of
Avatar's blood bending technique.
And I didn't think he had the shittiest power ever, to me, Alisha's is still worse.

So I guess Nathan's power is getting better since he blew up a chunk of his brains and he came back to life quickly. I was really surprised to see milkman turn Nathan into a vegetable, that was smart on his part. I agree about the probation worker thing being lazy writing. The whole situation went on too fast, same with the agent.

It was kinda predictable that Curtis would rewind time since they killed Kelly, and the foreshadowing with all of them eating pizza was too obvious. Next episode reminds me a lot of X3 with Alisha selling her powers... very Rouge. I hated that plot in the movie and I know I will hate it this time too.
 
SaintZ said:
I freaking loved the episode! So good! The milkman... his power reminded me of
Avatar's blood bending technique.
And I didn't think he had the shittiest power ever, to me, Alisha's is still worse.

So I guess Nathan's power is getting better since he blew up a chunk of his brains and he came back to life quickly. I was really surprised to see milkman turn Nathan into a vegetable, that was smart on his part. I agree about the probation worker thing being lazy writing. The whole situation went on too fast, same with the agent.

It was kinda predictable that Curtis would rewind time since they killed Kelly, and the foreshadowing with all of them eating pizza was too obvious. Next episode reminds me a lot of X3 with Alisha selling her powers... very Rouge. I hated that plot in the movie and I know I will hate it this time too.
it's okay though.

alisha will tell simon and they'll have the worst sex ever
 
SaintZ said:
I freaking loved the episode! So good! The milkman... his power reminded me of
Avatar's blood bending technique.
And I didn't think he had the shittiest power ever, to me, Alisha's is still worse.

So I guess Nathan's power is getting better since he blew up a chunk of his brains and he came back to life quickly. I was really surprised to see milkman turn Nathan into a vegetable, that was smart on his part. I agree about the probation worker thing being lazy writing. The whole situation went on too fast, same with the agent.

It was kinda predictable that Curtis would rewind time since they killed Kelly, and the foreshadowing with all of them eating pizza was too obvious. Next episode reminds me a lot of X3 with Alisha selling her powers... very Rouge. I hated that plot in the movie and I know I will hate it this time too.

Yeah, the
vegetable thing was VERY surprising. i wasn't really worried for Nathan, thinking he can't be killed. Never would of thought about making him a vegetable.
 
this is goodbye, so long and fuck off.



christmas special looks awesome


iam going to kill jesus


excellent music as always as well.
 
Gowans007 said:
Yeah it's awesome shows get some trust on them and get to grow and gather support, US shows seem the opposite.


Its been awesome so far, unlike Heroes which was sent out to die in the second season.

loved the look on their faces when they went for milk boy
:lol :lol :lol
 
Norwegian Wood said:
Its been awesome so far, unlike Heroes which was sent out to die in the second season.

loved the look on their faces when they went for milk boy
:lol :lol :lol

Heroes was screwed over by the writers strike.
 
this show is based off some shows idea but they put it with the misfits twist. which i say works very well.

and milking gif incoming :lol

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^ Fuckin' Nathan. What a dick move :lol

Subliminal said:
Heroes was screwed over by the writers strike.
Heroes was fucked long before the strike. They shot their wad in S1 and never recovered.
 
pulga said:
Yeah, the
vegetable thing was VERY surprising. i wasn't really worried for Nathan, thinking he can't be killed. Never would of thought about making him a vegetable.
But wouldn't him heal after some time? Some cheese on your CNS can be worst than a bullet.
:D
 
Youta Mottenai said:
But wouldn't him heal after some time? Some cheese on your CNS can be worst than a bullet.
:D

I think he'd have to die in order to heal. A bullet through the cranium would probably do the trick.
 
I'm disappointed, GAF. I thought you would have found the apparent plothole in this episode.

This is the episode where, presumably, the Asbo (?) 5 were outed to the world. Alicia watched an interview of herself, discussing her powers, on the television in Future Simon's base. However, this particular timeline is erased from existence by Curtis, and so in future Simon's timeline, this video should not exist, and he could not possibly have brought it back.

Now, you could make the case that they will LATER reveal themselves, as that exact interview was not shown in this recent episode, but that doesn't make much sense either. Alicia is shown in the video wearing her orange Community Service jumpsuit. Unless they go back to Community Service in a future season, this is a plothole by the writers.
 
^
may they are going with the
time traveling mask dude never happened route
which is fine by me.

parasight said:
I think he'd have to die in order to heal. A bullet through the cranium would probably do the trick.

I thought his immortality comes with a healing factor and does repair injuries/illnesses, remember he got an std and then it cleared up later on its own, or was it the healing girl? I forgot!
 
Feep said:
I'm disappointed, GAF. I thought you would have found the apparent plothole in this episode.

This is the episode where, presumably, the Asbo (?) 5 were outed to the world. Alicia watched an interview of herself, discussing her powers, on the television in Future Simon's base. However, this particular timeline is erased from existence by Curtis, and so in future Simon's timeline, this video should not exist, and he could not possibly have brought it back.

Now, you could make the case that they will LATER reveal themselves, as that exact interview was not shown in this recent episode, but that doesn't make much sense either. Alicia is shown in the video wearing her orange Community Service jumpsuit. Unless they go back to Community Service in a future season, this is a plothole by the writers.

Future simon didn't sacrifice himself like past simon did. First part of him falling for alisha happened but during the wrong time. Future simon did everything right so when simon falls for alisha is when she loses her power which turns out to be when they have sex.


Ducarmel said:
I thought his immortality comes with a healing factor and does repair injuries/illnesses, remember he got an std and then it cleared up later on its own, or was it the healing girl? I forgot!
i think she was alive when it worked :lol.
 
DMPrince said:
Future simon didn't sacrifice himself like past simon did. First part of him falling for alisha happened but during the wrong time. Future simon did everything right so when simon falls for alisha is when she loses her power which turns out to be when they have sex.
No offense, but I had severe trouble understanding what you just said.

Future Simon did not "change" anything, for the millionth time. Everything he did, had happened before. Ad infinitem.
 
Feep said:
No offense, but I had severe trouble understanding what you just said.

Future Simon did not "change" anything, for the millionth time. Everything he did, had happened before. Ad infinitem.
no. it's okay. i read and i'm offended by what I wrote too.
 
I was really glad when
future Simon died. Seriously I just want one time track going, not have to think about the implications of future stuff on the past.
.

And the ending to S2E6
where Curtis went back in time made me feel sad about the future of Misfits, every time from now on I'm just gonna think oh, well if anyone dies, then Curtis can just rewind time
.

Anyone think that they might do a Skins kinda thing where they do a few series with some characters, and then Season 3/4 just ditch them and start up fresh. Could work well
with better thought out powers, the current batch make the show have a low shelf life
.

Still, love the show, that's why I care enough to worry about it.
 
@Feep -
What I understand from this time travel plotline is this: the surviving, present Simon continually pushes back the time of death of his friends. For example, the SuperHoodie/Future Simon that we have been exposed to during this season did not sacrifice himself in front of Curtis before he traveled back in time, as DMPrince had written in his post. This means that in SuperHoodie's timeline, Curtis never rewound time, and thus the ASBO 5 had all died at the hotel, with the exception of Curtis (unless he successfully gets stabbed). If so, this Future Simon would have had access to the interview video, as their exposure had occurred, but not erased.
Of course, this is just my take of the whole plot. It is still a plot hole unless the writers do a quick 5-10 minute part which explains/summarises all the times Simon had traveled back in time.

@Meadows -
In my opinion, the attraction of this show, at first, was always the characters and their personalities, but not their powers. So, I think giving refreshed characters better thought out powers would completely change the show to more of the typical superhero story. However, I had noticed that they are concentrating more on their powers now, instead of themselves as people, so maybe your suggestion would be one of the logical considerations.
 
Feep said:
No offense, but I had severe trouble understanding what you just said.

Future Simon did not "change" anything, for the millionth time. Everything he did, had happened before. Ad infinitem.


Logically, yes. But I think it's clear now that the writers are going for a Doctor Who-esque "future can be changed" plot. Otherwise, as you pointed out, Alisha's interview makes no sense.

Well, it would still be hard to understand, though. Super-Simon's first (known) action was to save Nathan for the mind-controlled crowd. In that timeline, everyone will be controlled by the telepath until she dies. So we have to assume that she indeed died soon after she used her power on the ASBO 5, that they went on with their lives; allowing Simon to travel to the past? Ugggh :lol
 
Feep said:
No offense, but I had severe trouble understanding what you just said.

Future Simon did not "change" anything, for the millionth time. Everything he did, had happened before. Ad infinitem.

Apart from the 'picking up litter was the best part of my life line.' Simon only said that after Curtis rewound time. I am happy with the contradictions and that the show doesn't definitively go one way or another about what timeline the future Simon is from, whether we are still on that track or not. We get glimpses into their potential, on how quickly and how credible Simon can change, about how vulnerable Nathan actually is. I don't think it's a throwaway episode just because all the development in the characters became redundant in terms of plot.

Curtis needs more development as a character though, given his power. No one can perceive Curtis' groundhog day power, but it never seems to take much for everyone to believe him. And the girls don't really use their power much anymore, I don't remember Alisha using hers since series 1. And I feel Nathan and Kelly are a bit sidelined in the later half of this series. Nathan is still a big presence because of how he is, but their stories never go beyond one episode.
 
Yeah, maybe Future Simon's timeline was one where he never got told he was a superhero by Alisha, never stood in front of Curtis, Curtis got stabbed, everyone but Simon ends up dead. He decides to make up for it by becoming a superhero and goes back in time somehow. So we aren't in Future Simon's timeline any more.
 
RedShift said:
Yeah, maybe Future Simon's timeline was one where he never got told he was a superhero by Alisha, never stood in front of Curtis, Curtis got stabbed, everyone but Simon ends up dead. He decides to make up for it by becoming a superhero and goes back in time somehow. So we aren't in Future Simon's timeline any more.


No, that would make no sense. If Future Simon is to be believed, he was dating Future Alisha before he went back in time.

But even if he's lying about this, if Simon decides to come back in time after the hotel massacre happened, why would he decide to die saving Alisha from the video game guy? He knows that something horrible will happen after his death (the millk guy reveal). His actions would accomplish nothing in the end.
 
Future Simon's (time travelling) powers haven't been explained yet. Maybe he sees alternate timelines and can insert himself into anyone? The show has been smartly written so far so I'll give it the benefit of the doubt.
 
I watched the first ep of this and was left unimpressed. Probably one of the worst power origin stories I've seen and you can tell it has a low budget.
 
Charred Greyface said:
Future Simon's (time travelling) powers haven't been explained yet. Maybe he sees alternate timelines and can insert himself into anyone? The show has been smartly written so far so I'll give it the benefit of the doubt.
I think the Christmas special on Sunday is going to explain some of this.
 
It's a bit of a shame that the writers seem to forget about Kelly's and Alisha's power though. It would be nice if those would get a bit more use.
 
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