Misfits (2009)

Misfits: Series 4 Episode 4 review

With the last original Misfit dead we're left with a substantially smaller cast than we're used to, which hopefully means we can really focus on the interaction between the three until we get some new blood.

Misfits, 4.3 - episode three review

I haven't been very impressed with series 4 so far, but episode 3 was a definite improvement.

Misfits series 4 episode 3 review

Crucially, with a third Rudy thrown into the mix, the episode utilises the characters still left on the show and makes us forget for a time that anyone ever left.

When Joe Gilgun's on screen it's difficult to take your eyes off him - so mesmerising is he as split-personality superhero Rudy. Tonight there's three of him cussing and wise-cracking: his evil alter ego has come back to terrorise the other two (only slightly evil) Rudys. Even by the show's demented standards it's beyond belief and yet Gilgun manages to make it completely convincing.

Jess, meanwhile, is falling for the barman, Finn's step-mum gets a little too close and Curtis has a run-in with the new probation officer.

After a third, violent and incredibly sinister version of Rudy is released from prison, two things become quickly apparent: he has a disturbing obsession with Jess, and he even terrifies his other two (already pretty unsavoury) doppelgängers. With Finn trying to ward off advances from his horny step-mum and Curtis attempting to prove his bad boy credentials to trainee probation worker Lola, this certainly shows a darker side of Misfits. The new Rudy, played with disturbing and brilliant intensity by Joe Gilgun, exudes a simmering menace throughout, Jess's vulnerability gives her some much-needed depth and Finn comes off as both sympathetic and a total idiot. But Curtis and Alex feel slightly superfluous, the latter's brief appearance suggesting that the big 'reveal' regarding his fear of women is set to be a frustrating slow-burner.

Misfits: Series 4 Episode 3 review

Though we're far from the camaraderie of the first two series we can see this cast starting to gel together, and Episode 3 is proof the show is beginning to hit a comfortable stride.

Misfits series 4 episode 2 review

This week's episode of Misfits has Caroline warming to series four, which is going back to the show's dark, barmy roots.

Misfits: Episode 4.2 review

Overall, Episode 2 was slightly better than last week's tortuous griminess, but still not back to full strength.

Last week we were left wondering why new boy Finn has a woman gagged and bound to his bed. Naturally, it has to do with the occasionally wonderful but mostly weird superpowers with which all the Misfits are endowed - this one is possibly the most inventive yet.

Meanwhile, ex-EastEnder Shaun Dooley growls, gnashes his teeth and generally has a whale of a time as the terrifying new probation officer. But it's still Joe Gilgun as Rudy who gets the lewdest, crudest gags and all the best lines. This week Rudy is surprised to discover he has principles.

Misfits: Series 4 Episode 2 review

Love him or loathe him (and we love him), Rudy is without a doubt the character that Misfits' writers have the best grasp of, which is why Joe Gilgun consistently and brilliantly steals focus in an episode that's meant to explore newcomer Finn (Nathan McMullen).