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Misfits

Thu, Nov 12, 2009
  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • Drama
  • Comedy
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

When five young outsiders on Community Service get caught in a strange storm, they discover that they have developed superpowers.

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Cast

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  • Joseph Gilgun
    Joseph Gilgun
    as Rudy Wade
  • Karla Crome
    Karla Crome
    as Jess
  • Nathan McMullen
    Nathan McMullen
    as Finn Samson
  • Matt Stokoe
    Matt Stokoe
    as Alex
  • Shaun Dooley
    Shaun Dooley
    as Greg
  • Natasha O'Keeffe
    Natasha O'Keeffe
    as Abbey
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Episodes

5 seasons · 36 episodes

Ended · 36 aired
Season 1
6 episodes · 6 aired
▾
  • E1
    Episode 1
    Aired · Thu, Nov 12, 2009 · 60m

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

  • E2
    Episode 2
    Aired · Thu, Nov 19, 2009 · 60m

    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.

  • E3
    Episode 3
    Aired · Thu, Nov 26, 2009 · 60m

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

  • E4
    Episode 4
    Aired · Thu, Dec 3, 2009 · 60m

    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.

  • E5
    Episode 5
    Aired · Thu, Dec 10, 2009 · 60m

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

  • E6
    Episode 6
    Aired · Thu, Dec 17, 2009 · 60m

    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...

Season 2
6 episodes · 6 aired
▾
  • E1
    Episode 1
    Aired · Thu, Nov 11, 2010 · 60m

    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.

  • E2
    Episode 2
    Aired · Thu, Nov 18, 2010 · 60m

    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.

  • E3
    Episode 3
    Aired · Thu, Nov 25, 2010 · 60m

    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...

  • E4
    Episode 4
    Aired · Thu, Dec 2, 2010 · 60m

    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?

  • E5
    Episode 5
    Aired · Thu, Dec 9, 2010 · 60m

    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.

  • E6
    Episode 6
    Aired · Thu, Dec 16, 2010 · 60m

    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.

Season 3
8 episodes · 8 aired
▾
  • E1
    Episode 1
    Aired · Sun, Oct 30, 2011 · 60m

    The gang start to come to terms with the new powers they have following their deals with Seth. Unfortunately not all of them have got what they wanted. Meanwhile a new group start their community service at the centre; including Rudy, who literally has a split personality, and whose actions soon place the Misfits in danger again.

  • E2
    Episode 2
    Aired · Sun, Nov 6, 2011 · 60m

    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.

  • E3
    Episode 3
    Aired · Sun, Nov 13, 2011 · 60m

    When Simon in his disguise as SuperHoodie saves a geeky comic-book nerd named Peter from getting robbed, Simon finds in Peter a new friend who soon turns into a stalker who endangers his secret identity.

  • E4
    Episode 4
    Aired · Sun, Nov 20, 2011 · 60m

    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.

  • E5
    Episode 5
    Aired · Sun, Nov 27, 2011 · 60m

    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.

  • E6
    Episode 6
    Aired · Sun, Dec 4, 2011 · 60m

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

  • E7
    Episode 7
    Aired · Sun, Dec 11, 2011 · 60m

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

  • E8
    Episode 8
    Aired · Sun, Dec 18, 2011 · 60m

    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.

Season 4
8 episodes · 8 aired
▾
  • E1
    Episode 1
    Aired · Sun, Oct 28, 2012 · 60m

    New misfits Finn and Jess zip up their jumpsuits for their first day of community service, but things get strange when a man stumbles into the community centre with a power that infects the whole gang.

  • E2
    Episode 2
    Aired · Sun, Nov 4, 2012 · 60m

    Finn isn't as innocent as he looks: a dark secret he's been hiding at home is revealed. Can Seth be persuaded to come out of retirement and take a power before someone gets forced into submission?

  • E3
    Episode 3
    Aired · Sun, Nov 11, 2012 · 60m

    Can Rudy and his downbeat doppelganger put aside their differences to confront a dangerous face from their past?

  • E4
    Episode 4
    Aired · Sun, Nov 18, 2012 · 60m

    Finn and Rudy find that their living arrangement is straining their friendship. Curtis realises that Lola is manipulating him and decides to use his resurrection power to gain more information about her, a decision that will have tragic consequences...

  • E5
    Episode 5
    Aired · Sun, Nov 25, 2012 · 60m

    Finn decides to search for his real father, but things don't turn out quite the way he expected. His attempts to impress Jess are even less fruitful, especially after she finally gets a date with Alex "the guy from the bar" who it seems is definitely not gay. Or is he?

  • E6
    Episode 6
    Aired · Sun, Dec 2, 2012 · 60m

    The gang go to a wild house party where they are stalked by a mysterious killer rabbit. While tracking it down, Rudy meets the enigmatic Nadine and finds himself head over heels.

  • E7
    Episode 7
    Aired · Sun, Dec 9, 2012 · 60m

    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.

  • E8
    Episode 8
    Aired · Sun, Dec 16, 2012 · 60m

    Rudy tries to persuade Nadine that they have a future together, but there is a dangerous obstacle to their love.

Season 5
8 episodes · 8 aired
▾
  • E1
    Episode 1
    Aired · Wed, Oct 23, 2013 · 60m

    There's a mysterious superpower support group on the estate where people with powers go to talk about their problems. Meanwhile, Alex is in the hospital recovering from being stabbed and a group of Devil-worshipping scouts turn up at the community center.

  • E2
    Episode 2
    Aired · Wed, Oct 30, 2013 · 60m

    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.

  • E3
    Episode 3
    Aired · Wed, Nov 6, 2013 · 60m

    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.

  • E4
    Episode 4
    Aired · Wed, Nov 13, 2013 · 60m

    Since attending the superpowers support group, Rudy Two has developed more of an identity of his own. Meanwhile, when the gang are doing their community service they come across a bumbling old man who may be more than he seems.

  • E5
    Episode 5
    Aired · Wed, Nov 20, 2013 · 60m

    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.

  • E6
    Episode 6
    Aired · Wed, Nov 27, 2013 · 60m

    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.

  • E7
    Episode 7
    Aired · Wed, Dec 4, 2013 · 60m

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

  • E8
    Episode 8
    Aired · Wed, Dec 11, 2013 · 60m

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