I just finished watching the third episode of the fourth season of Misfits -- nearly halfway through the 8-episode season, and I figure I'd post some thoughts on it.
There's dark humor, and then there's season four of Misfits; we're talking pitch black humor heavily tinged with an extra heaping scoop of sadistic, sexual themes. We have someone restrained to a bed with ropes; we have someone musing about a fake past filled with a pedophile uncle; we have a choking sexual fantasy scene ending with a stabbing; we have two power trips with one ending in sex and cake; we have a crazed not-really-a-stepmother fellation of a weak-minded guy; we have a father whose-not-actually-married-wife is not too much older than his not-actually-his-real-son.
If the first season of Misfits made prudes uncomfortable, season four would result in a constant wince. I don't mind it all. What does bother me, is the severe lack of continuity of cast and story line.
Gone are Lauren Socha (for being an idiot), Iwan Rheon and Antonia Thomas. Gone was the glimmer of hope that these Misfits would go on to do something useful with their powers. The franchise is facing the question every series must answer: where are you going?
I guess the answer for Misfits is: probation until you die.
I know, it's not a satisfying answer, but that's what it is.
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