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Maybe some Euros know about it but according to the above blurb, only Hulu + peeps in the US could see it starting in June of 2011.Misfits is a British science fiction comedy-drama television series about a group of young offenders forced to work in a community service programme, where they obtain supernatural powers after a strange electrical storm. The first series started broadcasting on 12 November 2009 on E4, and was produced by Clerkenwell Films. The show aired in Australia in 2010 on ABC2. In June 2011, it was made available online in the United States via Hulu,[1] where it became one of the service's most-watched series
The series starts out a little cheesy with the initial freak storm that gives early 20's community service workers their powers. The show is really all about character development with little special effects so don't worry so much about that. The rest of the time it takes place mostly in a run down building.
People complain (me included) about TV series not taking time to develop and no continuity between episodes. Episodes of Misfits are about 43 minutes in length without commercials and you really need three full episodes of character development before the payoff in episodes 4-6. It's asking a lot to stick with a series for that long but you'll be rewarded with some great shows in the latter half because of all the development in the first 3 shows. It's not that the first three or bad, more like the last three of season one are great because of them.
The most talkative of the five delinquents has no apparent powers. The rest of the bunch have powers they don't like or can't control well. They're pretty much fuck ups and not very likeable initially which is why taking three full episodes to flesh out the characters is so important in this series. Even early on, in episode two, among the crazy shit that's happening, there are some touching moments that you don't expect thrown in. At the same time, they never break character so while something might be happening that emotionally pulls at you one way, you still might end up laughing despite it due to the character's reactions.
If you stick with it through three episodes, episode 4 provides one of the best time travel series of events I've seen. It's time travel with consequences and at the same time, this episode introduces you to the characters right before they got in trouble and were sentenced to community service.
The first season is only 6 episodes long and the story builds straight through. It's the Anti Terra Nova although there are some elements contained within a single episode, I don't think you'd really enjoy any of them much without watching from the start of the series.
It's all hardcore British street accents and there's even making fun of a girl that they can't understand due to her harsh accent but there's never a point where you can't understand what's going on.
While the show features paranormal happenings, it's more about the people. Their budget on this show had to be very low which makes it all the more impressive.
I watched all six episodes over the past two nights. 3 Sunday and 3 today. I laughed out loud several times while watching this. (means there's some witty stuff as I don't give up the vocals often)
Highly recommended for something to watch if you like character development.
Hardest part is finding where to get the shows.
If you have newsgroup access and a search, you can find a high quality set posted 36 days ago (as of this post) in alt.binaries.multimedia:
(????) - "avchd-misfits-s01e01-720p-bluray"
(????) - "avchd-misfits-s01e02-720p-bluray"
(????) - "avchd-misfits-s01e03-720p-bluray"
(????) - "avchd-misfits-s01e04-720p-bluray"
(????) - "avchd-misfits-s01e05-720p-bluray"
(????) - "avchd-misfits-s01e06-720p-bluray"
They're about 2 GB files and HD.
Demonoid has the series well seeded for Seasons One and Two but they are the 349mb files for 43 min episodes which = pretty bad quality, not something I'd want to watch on a big screen.
http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2564064/21340540/
I'd highly recommend the HD versions over those though. I only downloaded one episode but after about 30 mins of watching I grabbed the rest.
For anyone that likes a little anti heroe drama with some humor thrown in, keep this series in mind if you find a way to watch it. I doubt many have premium subs to Hulu so that means torrents or newsgroups for now. If you're in the UK, you can watch the shows online here:
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/misfits/4od#3018432 (works with a UK VPN IP, just tried it)
