Monday 19 December 2011

Whats been on the Box --> Misfits

 We come to end of another series of Misfits, when it started there was a certain sense of trepidation due to the departure of audience favourite Nathan, with many left asking whether the show will live up to its previous high standards.  But the addition of Rudy was highly complimentary to the original four and provided many of the laughs throughout the series.
Particular stand out episodes include the zombie outing where Curtis gained the power to bring people back to life, but it sadly resulted in a zombie outbreak, as the resurrected were just walking corpses, leaving only the gang to save the world from infestation. It was well created  and had the right combination of gore and humour, and the zombie cheerleaders were particularly shocking especially when we find out Rudy has an irrational fear of cheerleaders! There was then episode 4 where the Nazi's won the war and managed to take over Britain, and once again it was the five "asbo youths" that had to return the country to its normal, democratic state. It had a certain amount of tension and threat, creating an alter reality that still contain the humour and wit that has come to define Misfits.
SPOILER- Attention must be drawn to the concluding episode, and the unexpected death of Alisha; actual shock!!! and this news was made more final with the announcement on the Twitter page of actress Antonia Thomas(Alisha) that she will not be returning for the 4th series and this likely means that Simon also will not be returning, so this is both sad news due to the exit of potentially two of the main characters, but also quite curious as there is a certain sense of anticipation as to who the new cast members will be....