The essential episodes of Misfits
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Misfits — each pick states its reason.
- 01
Five young adolescents begin community service under the watchful eye of their probation officer when a freak storm strikes them, granting them supernatural abilities.
- 02
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.
- 03
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.
- 04
Simon is torn when Sally starts seducing him to learn the truth about Tony. Nathan is obsessed with a lost child.
- 05
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...
- 06
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.
- 07
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.
- 08
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...
- 09
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?
- 10
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.
- 11
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.
- 12
Seth finds a resurrection superpower and brings his dead ex-girlfriend Shannon back to life. But the new power has unexpected consequences.
- 13
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.
- 14
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.
- 15
In the final episode, the gang discover that their community service is over and begin to contemplate life after the orange jumpsuits.
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