The essential episodes of Misfits
Watch these 10 in order and you've got Misfits — each pick states its reason.
- 01
A group of misfits with nothing in common must perform community service, but get caught in a freak storm that gives them superpowers.
- 02
The gang realizes that there's something weird going on in town and it looks like the mysterious, straightlaced "Virtue" organization is behind it.
- 03
A new probation officer assigns the group to an art class for the mentally ill. A mysterious hooded figure follows the Misfits for unknown reasons.
- 04
Nathan is shocked when Jamie, a long-lost brother he never knew he had, turns up at the community center.
- 05
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?
- 06
After their superpowers are exposed to the world at large, the gang becomes celebrity superheroes, known as the ASBO Five.
- 07
Simon saves Peter, a geeky comic book nerd, from being mugged.
- 08
Rudy and his downbeat doppelganger are forced to unite as they have to confront a long-forgotten face from their shared past.
- 09
To help him get over Jess, Rudy takes Finn to the superpower support group, where a girl becomes infatuated with him.
- 10
The gang's community service is over and they are forced to face the future, while Dark Rudy finds that his new group isn't quite what he expected.
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