The best episodes of Misfits

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  1. 01

    S02E06 · December 16, 2010 · 1h

    Episode 69.0

    The gang become celebrity super-heroes, known as the 'ASBO Five'. But, just as they start to enjoy their new status, they discover that one particular person is not a fan of theirs.

  2. 02

    S01E06 · December 17, 2009 · 1h

    Episode 68.9

    The gang realise something strange is going on in the town and it looks like the Virtue organisation is behind it, but all is not as it seems and Nathan investigates...

  3. 03

    S02E01 · November 11, 2010 · 1h

    Episode 18.7

    A mysterious masked man leads the gang to Nathan's grave. And strange things start happening when Simon snubs a girl he met at the psychiatric unit.

  4. 04

    S02E03 · November 25, 2010 · 1h

    Episode 38.7

    Alisha is saved from a mugging by the mysterious masked man and determines to discover his identity, but soon finds she's out of her depth. Meanwhile, Nathan begins to act strangely...

  5. 05

    S02E04 · December 2, 2010 · 1h

    Episode 48.5

    Ollie, an environmental protester who has the power to teleport, starts his community service, but is he really destined to become part of the gang?

  6. 06

    S01E05 · December 10, 2009 · 1h

    Episode 58.4

    Simon is torn when Sally starts seducing him to learn the truth about Tony. Nathan is obsessed with a lost child.

  7. 07

    S02E02 · November 18, 2010 · 1h

    Episode 28.4

    Nathan is shocked when Jamie, a long-lost brother he never knew he had, turns up at the community centre. The gang all go clubbing, where they take pills that affect their super-powers.

  8. 08

    S01E04 · December 3, 2009 · 1h

    Episode 48.2

    Using his powers Curtis returns to the night he was arrested and tries to correct the mistake that led to his community service and the end of his career but finds that correcting the one mistake may cause chaos back in the present.

  9. 09

    S02E05 · December 9, 2010 · 1h

    Episode 58.2

    Nathan is violently killed again and he suspects that Jessica, a charity worker from the community centre, is to blame. To make matters worse, Jessica targets Simon as her next victim.

  10. 10

    S01E02 · November 19, 2009 · 1h

    Episode 28.1

    Nathan discovers that other people were affected by the storm and fears for his mother. Someone appears to know about the gang's secret agenda.

  11. 11

    S05E05 · November 20, 2013 · 1h

    Episode 58.1

    Rudy takes Finn to the superpower support group to help him get over Jess. But a girl with a mysterious power becomes infatuated with Finn and goes to extreme lengths to be with him.

  12. 12

    S01E03 · November 26, 2009 · 1h

    Episode 38.0

    Alisha struggles to cope with her power when she grows closer to Curtis. Simon learns that the bodies may soon be discovered.

  13. 13

    S03E07 · December 11, 2011 · 1h

    Episode 77.9

    Seth finds a resurrection superpower and brings his dead ex-girlfriend Shannon back to life. But the new power has unexpected consequences.

  14. 14

    S05E03 · November 6, 2013 · 1h

    Episode 37.8

    Abby's childhood memories come back to haunt her. Meanwhile, Finn realizes someone has a crush on him and Rudy Two gets to know Sam, the mysterious superhero from the woolly jumper.

  15. 15

    S01E01 · November 12, 2009 · 1h

    Episode 17.7

    Five young adolescents begin community service under the watchful eye of their probation officer when a freak storm strikes them, granting them supernatural abilities.

  16. 16

    S03E08 · December 18, 2011 · 1h

    Episode 87.7

    The gang are shocked when a fake medium with a superpower brings familiar faces from their past back to life and they end up face-to-face with two probation workers they killed.

  17. 17

    S05E08 · December 11, 2013 · 1h

    Episode 87.7

    In the final episode, the gang discover that their community service is over and begin to contemplate life after the orange jumpsuits.

  18. 18

    S03E04 · November 20, 2011 · 1h

    Episode 47.6

    A plan using Curtis's old time-rewind power to assassinate Hitler makes a mess of history and creates an alternate world with a Nazi-occupied Britain.

  19. 19

    S05E06 · November 27, 2013 · 1h

    Episode 67.6

    As part of their community service, the gang have to look after a group of terminally ill patients. However, one of the patients seems intent on cheating death.

  20. 20

    S05E07 · December 4, 2013 · 1h

    Episode 77.6

    As the first anniversary of the storm approaches, Rudy's alter ego and Abby arrange a celebratory party at the community centre

  21. 21

    S03E02 · November 6, 2011 · 1h

    Episode 27.5

    Curtis takes advantage of his new power to rejoin the athletics he is still banned from. Things get complicated when he falls in love with another athlet called Emma and someone takes an interest in female Curtis.

  22. 22

    S03E05 · November 27, 2011 · 1h

    Episode 57.5

    When a coma victim named Jen manages to switch bodies with Kelly and walk away from the hospital, it's up to the gang to save Kelly's life before the life-support machine is switched off.

  23. 23

    S03E06 · December 4, 2011 · 1h

    Episode 67.5

    Rudy gets infected with a strange superpower STD after spending the night with a mysterious girl.

  24. 24

    S04E07 · December 9, 2012 · 1h

    Episode 77.5

    Alex sets off on a mission to try to recover what was stolen from him, but Jess is worried about how far he's willing to go. Meanwhile, the mysterious Abby arrives at the community centre and Rudy tries to find out more about Nadine.

  25. 25

    S05E02 · October 30, 2013 · 1h

    Episode 27.4

    When Rudy discovers that his father is seeing another woman than his mother, he pays his family a visit and learns an even more disturbing secret his father kept hidden from him. Meanwhile, Rudy Two meets a boy who can fly at his support group.

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