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“Haven’t we done enough for one week? We almost killed another probation officer. You had your first blow job. I died. Again. It’s nearly the weekend, let’s just dump her body and worry about that stuff next week.”
No, it’s not a sneak preview of the next series of Downton Abbey, but the return of everyone’s favourite Bafta Award winning drama series, Misfits.
The series begins apace, picking up just days after the events of the last series, as we follow a mysterious, masked vigilante sprint, flip and roll his way across the estates of London. However, in true Misfits style, the edgy style of the opening - with its use of widescreen and cinematic shots - is quickly undermined by Kelly’s potty mouth as a paper aeroplane hits her in the eye (“Ow you fucker!”)
The pace of Misfits is just one of its charms. I cannot be the first to point out (in a somewhat lazy generalisation) that Misfits is like a cross between Skins and Heroes. However, unlike its American counterpart, there is no room for dawdling, as Nathan is discovered to be alive within the first 10 minutes of the episode - something which could have easily been drawn out for a whole episode across the pond.
The episode doesn’t let up, though, as it soon becomes apparent that, back at the community centre, Simon’s old ‘friend’ Lucy (who gives him a run for his money in the creepy, bug-eyed stare stakes) was also caught in last series’ electrical storm and now has the ability to shape shift. When Lucy becomes jealous of Simon’s new friends, she uses her powers to cause mayhem. Under a range of disguises Lucy performs sex acts, questions the size of Nathan’s manhood (“I have feelings! And so does my cock!”), has the gang kill their third probation officer (sort of) and almost suffocates Curtis, but for the intervention of the masked vigilante.
Whilst the gang are, reassuringly, getting up to the same old mischief as they have in the past, it is the masked vigilante who has us looking to the future. Who is he? What does he want? He seems to have an extensive knowledge of the Misfits in this episode and a strong desire to help them (as well as a penchant for over-sized, digital clocks). He is obviously going to play an important part in this series.
Overall, the opening episode of series two is a confident one, as it bursts onto the screen offering the same tonal explosion that made the first series so popular. The episode is dark, sentimental, full of action and mystery and, most importantly of all, funny. Thank God Nathan (played by Robert Sheehan) is immortal, as he is the beating heart of the show. That’s not to take away anything from the other characters, who all play their parts excellently, but it is Sheehan who never fails to get a laugh. Whilst the all-action first scene is very impressive, it is from the moment we hear (via Kelly) the thoughts of Nathan masturbating six feet under, we know that Misfits is truly back in the swing of things, and are assured that the series is in safe hands.
Catch up with this opening episode of Misfits on 4od now.
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