Misfits Season 3 Spoilers

Futurecrook · 20-12-2010 12:16AM

ixoy wrote: »

Best birthing scene ever

Very funny and the ending was nicely done and leaves them a lot of creative room for next year. I wonder if they'll go as far as to give them powers from the pool of powers the guy already has? Or if they'll get more than one power each? Also why didn't the priest buy immortality (just not enough money perhaps?)

Only odd thing was how Nathan became a doting father. Seemed very out of character! Or was there a super power at play there that I missed?

I reckon if they're going to go down that route it's the baby whose got a superpower, not the mum. Like that kid in the last season.

wil · 20-12-2010 12:21AM

ixoy wrote: »

Only odd thing was how Nathan became a doting father. Seemed very out of character! Or was there a super power at play there that I missed?

Not at all, exactly in-character.
How he attempted to get his dad to take responsibility for his brother, and its the second time he's been holding the unwanted baby (literally).

He is as he is due to his own fathers apathy to him and he yearns to be the complete opposite of his dad in a mixed up kind of way.

Sorry my "speaking German" reference was my own speculation on whether the jew killed Hitler and what could have hapened to the world if he suceeeded. Sometimes I'm too cryptic for my own liking.

matrim · 20-12-2010 12:24AM

wil wrote: »

Not at all, exactly in-character.
How he attempted to get his dad to take responsibility for his brother, and its the second time he's been holding the unwanted baby (literally).

He is as he is due to his own fathers apathy to him and he yearns to be the complete opposite of his dad in a mixed up kind of way.

I agree that it's not completely out of character for him. He's an ass but he does seem to have a sense of loyalty and care about his friends. Although it was very sudden so there might be other forces in play.

Also, was the actress who played Marley in anything else? I think I recognise her but am not sure

Killer_banana · 20-12-2010 12:25AM

wil wrote: »

Sorry my "speaking German" reference was my own speculation on whether the jew killed Hitler and what could have hapened to the world if he suceeeded. Sometimes I'm too cryptic for my own liking.

If it makes you feel better I got it. =P

phasers · 20-12-2010 12:25AM

I wondered the same about the baby, there's got to be a reason for it so it's got to have a power of some kind. I actually thought when the baby was born it would have some kind of power that would defeat Jesus, the locker thing was a bit of a cop out.

DOC09UNAM · 20-12-2010 12:27AM

phasers wrote: »

I wondered the same about the baby, there's got to be a reason for it so it's got to have a power of some kind. I actually thought when the baby was born it would have some kind of power that would defeat Jesus, the locker thing was a bit of a cop out.

If the baby killed jesus i'm sure it would have been seen as a cop out too tbh.

ixoy · 20-12-2010 12:28AM

wil wrote: »

Not at all, exactly in-character.
How he attempted to get his dad to take responsibility for his brother, and its the second time he's been holding the unwanted baby (literally).

He is as he is due to his own fathers apathy to him and he yearns to be the complete opposite of his dad in a mixed up kind of way.

Fair point but it was rather quick then! He just met her - Nathan's hardly been the most selfless and responsible of people. Despite his previous history, it just seemed too rapid for him to look after a child not even his own. I dunno if this was put in to give Sheehan an exit window or not.

Oh and I love the idea of a birth in a Christmas special being from someone who doesn't know who the father is, not because of immaculate conception, but because she slept around so much

phasers · 20-12-2010 12:30AM

the baby wouldn't have done it :rolleyes: but the possibilities of using it/ it's powers are practically endless. Also the fact that Jesus for some reason didn't get immortality was silly, understandable but silly,

Killer_banana · 20-12-2010 12:34AM

ixoy wrote: »

Fair point but it was rather quick then! He just met her - Nathan's hardly been the most selfless and responsible of people. Despite his previous history, it just seemed too rapid for him to look after a child not even his own. I dunno if this was put in to give Sheehan an exit window or not.

I agree it was a bit fast but Nathan and Marnie do seem well suited. I'm not saying it makes it any more believable but they did kinda have instant chemistry if you get me?

jolley123 · 20-12-2010 12:41AM

Someone better buy that immortality, can't just let it go to waste. it was by far the best power.

jill_valentine · 20-12-2010 01:00AM

ixoy wrote: »

Only odd thing was how Nathan became a doting father. Seemed very out of character! Or was there a super power at play there that I missed?

I think that was probably supposed to feel like a natural progression from his beef with his own dad and brother, but it was far too sudden for me to buy it.

I loved their characteristically warped take on the very idea of a Christmas special, but I thought the characters were far too quick to do stuff that should have required a bit more convincing, at least. Enjoyed it a lot, just not as much as I enjoyed last season's closer. This whole season lacked a bit of the previous degree of clockwork precision.

duckysauce · 20-12-2010 01:09AM

Great epsoide and best tv series this year hands down , looking forward to series 3.

Don't want to poke the baby in the eye

wil · 20-12-2010 01:22AM

I get the impression production puts as much in to the visuals as the storyline although to the honest the baby born in a manger Xmas special is almost standard fare. (young ones)

Clever that power-is-money.com goes straight to E4Misfits, but only as I would expect these days.

Like the way the pregnant Marnie shot cut to the "pregnant" santa visually mirroring the probably similar backgrounds and personalities, hence perhaps the instant attraction.

Amusing that Simon is jealous of future Simon and that he is already practising to be a superhero.
Poor Barry

There is plenty more going on in the scenes which makes it worth more than one look.

As for JC not having bought immortality - how do we know?

Tonights episode sponsorred by Fishermans Friends.:pac:

AlmightyCushion · 20-12-2010 01:25AM

wil wrote: »

I get the impression production puts as much in to the visuals as the storyline although to the honest the baby born in a manger Xmas special is almost standard fare. (young ones)

Clever that power-is-money.com goes straight to E4Misfits, but only as I would expect these days.

Like the way the pregnant Marley shot cut to the "pregnant" santa visually mirroring the probably similar backgrounds and personalities, hence perhaps the instant attraction.

Amusing that Simon is jealous of future Simon and that he is already practising to be a superhero.
Poor Barry

There is plenty more going on in the scenes which makes it worth more than one look.

As for JC not having bought immortality - how do we know?

Tonights episode sponsorred by Fishermans Friends.:pac:

Yer man who sells the powers said that all the powers were still available apart from the rewind one.

InchicoreDude · 20-12-2010 01:57AM

Very disappointing episode - Probably the weakest ever. I was sure it would be revealed that Simon never sold his power. In fact, it looked like he didnt believe Alisha when she told him that they had to sell their powers. And we never saw Jesus become invisible. To be honest, I thought Simon was more astute than to sell his power and it goes against his core belief "We were given the powers for a reason". Would have preferred Simon to have been the one to kill Jesus - Would be a good development along his path to becoming a super hero. Was definitely out of character for him to sell his power.

hmm wonder if Nicky returns. I hope so because her character was really under utilised in this series - there is definitely more ways they could use somebody who can teleport.

The pregnant girl was quite good but it was a bit ridiculous at the same time.

I'm guessing Alisha told Simon about his future during the three months but I still would have liked to know how. Seemed a bit of a cop out to me. Although so much was going on in that episode I suppose it was easier than trying to fit it in, especially since we've already seen it play out once.

I agree it was a cop out. Or maybe the writers should overlooked it. Nathan asks "How did it all work out so well for you?" which makes me wonder if Simon got together with Alisha without knowing about the future first.

I wonder too if the guy who can deal powers gained the power to deal powers from the storm

ixoy · 20-12-2010 02:01AM

InchicoreDude wrote: »

And we never saw Jesus become invisible.

Well I just assumed he didn't buy Simon's power.

To be honest, I thought Simon was more astute than to sell his power and it goes against his core belief "We were given the powers for a reason". Would have preferred Simon to have been the one to kill Jesus - Would be a good development along his path to becoming a super hero. Was definitely out of character for him to sell his power.

Agreed but then I just put it down to the fact he's in love and acted stupid as a result.

I wonder too if the guy who can deal powers gained the power to deal powers from the storm

I assume so. He was a pretty crap seller to be honest - I mean he wasn't able to sell immortality at a bargain price of 40k?!

AlmightyCushion · 20-12-2010 02:05AM

ixoy wrote: »

I assume so. He was a pretty crap seller to be honest - I mean he wasn't able to sell immortality at a bargain price of 40k?!

True but in fairness I would be pretty wary of buying immortality from someone (even if I knew he had sold powers that worked). There's no way you can test if it actually worked without running the risk of killing yourself. If I was loaded and had cash coming out my tits (now that's a super power) then I'd definitely buy on the off chance it'd work but otherwise I wouldn't waste my money.

wil · 20-12-2010 02:06AM

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Yer man who sells the powers said that all the powers were still available apart from the rewind one.

and yet JC had Alishas and Nickys

(so he could have been fibbing, wheeler dealer that he is)

If not really begs the question why wouldnt he take immortality first. Outbid?

</insert Reason to be written by Howard\>
Aaahhh Brilliant:rolleyes:

InchicoreDude · 20-12-2010 02:07AM

Just watched the start of the episode again; Didnt realise that Nathan only got 2K for his power!

blockedPaT · 20-12-2010 02:10AM

wil wrote: »

and yet JC had Alishas and Nickys

he said he sold curtis but still had nathans simons and kellys he said nothing about them two powers

valor · 20-12-2010 02:14AM

I thought this episode was absolutely awful, by far the weakest of the entire series

CR 7 · 20-12-2010 02:33AM

I actually enjoyed the episode, the whole new powers thing is enough to make me look forward to the next series. There was so much they had to fit in that they'd never be able to please everyone.

I thought the "Ah, you must be Barry." was the funniest part.

wil · 20-12-2010 02:38AM

blockedPaT wrote: »

he said he sold curtis but still had nathans simons and kellys he said nothing about them two powers

Wouldnt trust him - not in his interest to return or sell Curtis power - because after a rewind he's lost a lot of business, maybe everything, one to keep or bury.

The rest "they are still available, at a price"

Hmmm.

Would you buy a used power from this guy?

"Potestas est Pecunia"

blockedPaT wrote: »

he said he sold curtis but still had nathans simons and kellys he said nothing about them two powers

No just wondered why he wouldnt have picked Immortality when it was in the middle.
Funny that a priest wouldnt have twigged that it was the most godlike power. Perhaps was buying crowd pleasers for the earning potential. Maybe saving up for the biggies.

ixoy wrote:

Best birthing scene ever

remember this 5.40

tvnutz · 20-12-2010 03:38AM

Surprised with most people thinking this was good. It was a great second season but I felt this was just tacked on because they needed a Christmas special or something. It felt rushed, badly written and just so out of place.

So we are to just assume Alisha told Simon about everything even though she never would have orginally only for Simon followed her to future Simon's hideout.But that never happened because Curtis rewound time. I hate when shows do that. It seems like a massive mistake,that they forgot none of anything in the Thursday's episode actually happened but in tonights episode it seems like it did. So we just assume they revealed everything to each other? NO! That is such a cop out and bullshit. I really hate when shows do that. It is lazy and bad writing.

The whole thing with Nathan and the pregnant girl was stupid,he suddenly loves her and wants to look after the baby for no reason at all? totally out of character and a load of nonsense.

There were good parts obviously,seeing if they will have different powers will be interesting. Obviously Simon will get a power of time travel and agility,Alisha will hopefully get a decent power because hers was always shit. The afterbirth scene was disgusting but brilliant.

Apart from that,I was really looking forward to this but I personally thought it was very shoddy and badly written. Really let down by it.

sioda · 20-12-2010 10:29AM

Does anyone think that simon bought a new power but told no one. Just because the dealer said was he buying or selling....

Just a thought.

Ep wise i enjoyed it but treated it a little bit as a standalone ep tbh

Average-Ro · 20-12-2010 11:31AM

sioda wrote: »

Does anyone think that simon bought a new power but told no one. Just because the dealer said was he buying or selling....

Just a thought.

Where would Simon get 40k from? But for arguments sake I'm going to agree with you, what if Simon bought immortality because he knew he had to go back and get shot to protect Alisha?

He needed Alisha to fall in love with the present version of him, so he pretended that he was dying. He had Alisha burn his body so that she wouldn't be suspicious when his body dissapeared. When he re-genereates he just walks out of there with everyone thinking he's dead.

Might not be the last time we see super-hoodie:D

It's interesting now that there might be different powers in the table. Also interesting that they wont be able to rely on rewinding time to get them out of a mess now either.

elekid · 20-12-2010 12:02PM

I was hoping they would do something more original with the reset button in episode 6 but didn't mind it too much because it was so entertaining. On the other hand I thought the lactose intolerant reveal was one of the most painfully clunky pieces of exposition I've ever seen. If they showed Curtis refuse pizza without saying why, then revealed he's lactose intolerant just as you think he's about to be killed, it would have been soooo much better. The lack of sound made "Oops, There Go My Brains" starring Nathan Young a lot less disturbing than I expected, but that was made up for by the images of them lying dead with strings of cheese hanging out of their mouths.

I really enjoyed the Christmas episode but I agree it was disappointing not getting to see what really happened with Simon and Alisha. I can live with believing it happened exactly the same as in the alternate future but the Nathan thing really bugs me. If he was the father it would kind of make sense given his past, but it felt jarringly out of character if he's not under some external influence. At the end of season 1 he gave a big speech about how life should be a never-ending party, we've seen how irresponsible he is, we've seen how he enjoys sleeping around and we've seen him shoot himself in the head to get rich, but now he's selling his immortality and handing all of the money over to someone he only just met because he wants to take complete responsibility for her baby!?

Overall I thought it was another fantastic season with a couple of disappointing choices towards the end and I'm dying to find out what happens next with the new powers.

Jet Black · 20-12-2010 01:27PM

Im wondering, if Nicky were given immortality now would she be brought back to life?
Its the only way I can see her returning.
How does Simon travel back in time considering that ability is apparently gone?

Average-Ro · 20-12-2010 01:40PM

Jet Black wrote: »

How does Simon travel back in time considering that ability is apparently gone?

They are two different types of powers. Curtis had the power to REWIND time; that is, he was still a part of that fabric. There is no Future Curtis or present Curtis, it's the same guy. He control time like a DVD, rewind or fastforwarding to whenever he wants.

Simon obtains the power to TRAVEL through time, in that he jumps into a moment in time exactly as it was. He's there, but so is the version of himself that existed there at that time.

RibenaHead · 20-12-2010 02:04PM

Average-Ro wrote: »

Where would Simon get 40k from?

He could have used his invisibility to steal money as in the GTA episode

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