Sunday was another episode of Misfits and my, didn’t they pack a lot into an hour and 5 minutes! FYI there are a few spoilers in this post so if you weren’t watching on Sunday night, get thee to 4OD and then read on dear friend!
So, a few threads in this episode, most of which were nookie related! There’s Rudy’s problematic one night stand, Curtis’s teen pregnancy and Seth, unbeknownst to Kelly, playing god.
Despite the three plot strands, Rudy emerges as the star of Sunday night’s show. After an encounter with a girl he met at a party some rather nasty things start happening to his gentleman vegetables so he needs to find her and get it put right, unfortunately he can’t remember who she is… I loved this story! It’s like STI CSI but with a ‘Misfits’ edge :-) Rudy risked being a one dimensional character full of bravado and not much else, but I really think he’s great. Joe Gilgun moves effortlessly from one of the character’s personas to the other, making him a multi-faceted creation, he’s fast becoming one of my favourite Misfits.
After having issues with Curtis’s role in last week’s episode I really didn’t mind this week. It was interesting to say the least, Curtis/Melissa wound up pregnant and not really knowing what to do about it. I don’t think they could have done it any other way (Melissa couldn’t exactly have the baby, it’d be incest of the HIGHEST order). I’m kind of sad about Melissa’s departure, purely because Kehinde Fadipe is a really good actress, but they used up that character’s potential in episode 2 so it was about time she was off.
Seth lent his air of mystery to proceedings once more and not always in a good way. Kelly’s answerphone message to him was one of the sweetest things I’ve ever seen and it broke my heart when the twist of the resurrection power was revealed. This can only end badly.
I think the three elements of this episode were dealt with nicely. They were all given equal time to develop and I especially liked how Rudy’s thread resolved itself with a bit of self reflection and Curtis and Seth’s storylines linked up to give a teaser about next week. I also liked the safe sex message. It was pretty obvious to all involved what was being preached here but, because it was done in such a comedic way, it never felt like the message was being rammed down your throat.
I was quite disappointed with Simon’s contributions in this episode. It looks like they were trying to recreate Nathan and Simon’s relationship with Rudy replacing the former but they never quite achieved it. Rudy’s histrionics, as amusing as they are, over power their scenes and Simon never really gets a look in. It’s a shame because when it boils down, this is Simon’s show, it’s the story of ‘Superhoodie’ and there’s been a distinct lack of that mythology all the way up to this point. I mean it’s entirely possible that next week’s penultimate episode will be bursting at the seams with Superhoodie-ness, but if they’re gonna do that they haven’t given it sufficient build up and it runs the risk of being rushed.
This episode was a good one, definitely up there with my favourites of this series. ‘Misfits’ continues to chop and change characters breathing new life into the show week after week. Some may feel like they’re on rocky ground but I’m enjoying the ‘who’s next?’ mentality this series is instilling in the programme.
Next week looks AMAZING! Zombie cheerleaders FTW! And did anyone else get the whiff of hope that maybe Curtis’s new power might be used to bring Shaun the Probation worker back from the netherworld? Zombie Shaun could be EPIC!
Now, I reckon it’s time for…
Reasons to be Cheerful :-)
1. A whole host of new pictures have been released for the Doctor Who Christmas special. They are V.Christmassy :-) The ones of Bill Bailey and Arabella Weir in space suits are REALLY exciting! I can’t wait; it’s all my favourite people in one place!
2. Black Mirror aired it’s first episode on Sunday. I watched it on 4OD at daft o’clock Sunday night/Monday morning because I couldn’t sleep. This was probably a mistake… It’s a disconcerting show to say the least and I think contributed to my restless sleep. I don’t really know what I was expecting given that it was written by Charlie Brooker who wrote the excellent (if bleak) ‘Dead Set’. I think I enjoyed it, in fact it’s probably one of the best thing’s I’ve seen on TV all year, but it will floor you and possibly leave you with acute nausea as it did me. Rory Kinnear is superb in a role that I’m sure other, less capable actors, would have turned down and Brooker should be applauded purely for having the balls required to make something like this. I’m not going to say anything else about it but it sets its stall out pretty early on and you won’t know whether to laugh or throw up…
3. I’m going to link to his blog in the side bar but Rhys Morgan is 17 and I think is smarter than I will ever be! He’s a blogger and his posts about antineoplastons as part of a non-approved alternative cancer therapy at the Burzynski Clinic are nothing short of awesome. He’s just great; I want all teenagers to be like this! He’s a Ben Goldacre in the making and we TOTALLY need more people to be cut from that cloth! Follow him on Twitter and/or read his blog, he’s a hero :-)
4. We’ve had some clarification about Captain Moff’s involvement in the Doctor Who movie. It’s weird actually, I’d been writing a post about this based on the original comments from David Yates and I was almost finished when this info arrives on the scene so I had to scrap it all! Even so, the arrival of this news is a massive relief. I would have hated the thought of a non-BBC standalone ‘Who’ movie franchise, no matter who it was directed by.
5. ‘NerdyRachelMay’ favourite Richard Osman has been named ‘Heat Magazine’s Weird Crush 2011’. Can I just put my two penneth in? I don’t think there’s anything weird about having a crush on that man. He’s funny, clever, gorgeously tall and totally lush :-) Can I have one for Christmas please?
6. Muppet countdown: 66 Days to go!
Just a quick last thing about Lord Russell T Davis. His partner Andrew has been diagnosed with cancer and the couple have moved back to the UK
That’s all for today!
Goodbye till next time :-)
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