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Misfits is a British science fiction comedy-drama television show, on E4, about a group of young offenders sentenced to work in a community service programme, where they obtain supernatural powers after a strange electrical storm. The show premiered on 12 November 2009 and concluded on 11 December 2013 in its fifth series.
Misfits: Created by Howard Overman. With Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Joe Gilgun, Iwan Rheon, Lauren Socha. A group of young offenders doing community service gets struck by lightning during a storm and start to develop superpowers.
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- 2012-07-19
- Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
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Oct 12, 2023 · Misfits, a British sci-fi dramedy, has a similar premise of young delinquents gaining supernatural powers, complicating their lives and forcing them to work together. Both Gen V and Misfits...
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Misfits is a British Speculative Fiction series about a group of young offenders on a community service programme, who get caught in a freak electrical storm that imbues them with superpowers. The series debuted in November 2009 and the second series aired the following year with a bonus Christmas special.
The premise of ordinary people gaining superpowers has been done before, but this irreverent yet gritty drama stands out from the crowd by making its heroes a group of young offenders doing...
- (13)
- November 12, 2009
- Robert Sheehan
Grim antiheroes make addicting TV but terrible role models. Read Common Sense Media's Misfits review, age rating, and parents guide.
A group of young offenders doing community service gets struck by lightning during a storm and start to develop superpowers. Nathan, Kelly, Simon, Alisha, and Curtis were expecting their community service to be boring, but after a freak thunderstorm they discover that it is anything but.
