Though they wear the orange jumpsuits associated with community service, there’s more to the trash-talking juvenile offenders of the BBC’s Misfits than meets the eye. While on their first job, lightning strikes the gang, and four of the delinquents find they’ve developed superpowers, making them a cross between The Breakfast Club and The X-Men. Slang-spouting Kelly can read minds, socially inept Simon can turn invisible, track star Curtis (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett) can reverse time, and self-obsessed Alisha becomes sexually irresistible. Irish loudmouth Nathan, however, appears to have gotten away power-free, and when his mom kicks him out of the house, he sleeps at the community center after hours. Unfortunately, the meteorological phenomenon also transforms their probation worker, Tony, into a raving loony, so they put a stop to his rampage, hide the evidence, and return to work under the watchful eye of Sally (Alex Reid), his replacement. Though they were acting in self-defense, they doubt anyone will believe their story.
