Misfits

Plot synopsis:
In Reno, Nevada, Roslyn Tabor (Monroe) is a 30-year-old woman who has just gotten a quickie six-week divorce from her inattentive husband Raymond (McCarthy). After leaving the Washoe County Courthouse, Roslyn's best local friend, Isabelle Steers, (Ritter), who is also a divorcee, takes her to a bar at Harrah's Reno for drinks to let the reality of her divorce sink in. While there, they meet an aging cowboy named Gaylord 'Gay' Langland (Gable) and his tow truck driver friend Guido (Wallach). They invite Roslyn and Isabelle to Guido's place in the Nevada country to help her forget about the divorce, after Gay tells Roslyn that he is also divorced. They arrive at the unfinished house Guido built for his late wife, who died several years earlier during childbirth. They drink and dance. Roslyn has too much to drink, so Gay drives her home to Reno.
Eventually, Roslyn and Gay move into Guido's half-finished house and start to work on it. One day after breakfast, Gay tells Roslyn how he wishes he were more of a father to his own children, whom he has not seen for some years. Later that afternoon, Roslyn and Gay argue when Gay states his intention to find and kill the rabbits which have been eating the vegetable garden they planted outside Guido's house.
When Guido and Isabelle later show up at the house, Gay suggests that they round up wild mustangs to sell. They plan to go to a local rodeo in Dayton to look for and hire a third man for the job. Along the way, they meet Perce Howland (Clift), a cowboy friend of Gay's who is also on his way to the Dayton rodeo to compete. Gay offers to pay for the broke Perce's $10 rodeo entry fee if he helps the group round up wild mustangs for slaughter afterward. Isabelle sees her ex-husband Charles and his new wife Clara, and decides to invite them to her home instead of going to the rodeo with Gay, Guido, Perce, and Roslyn. Before the rodeo, Guido, Perce, Roslyn and Gaylord all drink heavily at a Dayton bar, where wagers were made and won on Roslyn's ability to play a game of paddle ball. The group is nearly involved in a fist fight when another patron at the bar spanks Roslyn's bottom.
At the rodeo, Roslyn becomes somewhat upset when Guido tells her how the horses are made to buck with an irritating flank strap. She declares that all rodeos should be banned. Later, Perce is thrown by a bucking horse and Roslyn begs him to go to a hospital, but he insists on riding a bull he had already signed up and paid to ride. He gets thrown again, resulting in a head injury.
Later, after Roslyn dances with Perce, he passes out in a back alley. When he regains consciousness, he sees her crying over him. He says that he never had anyone cry for him before and that he wished he had a friend to talk to. He tells her how his mother changed after his father died, giving his stepfather the ranch Perce's father wanted to leave to Perce. A drunken Gay then fetches Roslyn, telling her that he wants her to meet his kids, whom he claims he unexpectedly ran into. When Gay discovers his children have already left, he causes a public scene.
Later on, during the drive home to Reno, a drunken Guido asks if Roslyn has left Gay and offers to take his place. Back at Guido's house, Guido, intoxicated and sleepless, attempts to finish the patio he started. Perce awakens and nearly tears his bandages off, forgetting about his recent injury. Roslyn puts him to bed and sits down with Gay. He asks her if a woman like her would ever want to have a child with him. She avoids the issue, and Gay goes to bed.
The next day, Gay, Guido and Perce prepare to go after the mustangs, and Roslyn reluctantly tags along. After they catch a stallion and four mares, Rosalyn becomes upset when she learns that the mustangs will be sold for dog food. She then tells Gay she did not know she was falling in love with a killer. He tells her that he did things for her that he never did for any other woman, such as making the house a home and planting the garden.
After the horses are captured, Roslyn begs Gay to release the horses. He considers doing it, but when she offers to pay $200, it angers him. Guido tells Roslyn that he would let them go if she would leave Gay for him. She rebuffs him, rightly telling him he only cares about himself. Perce also asks her if she wants him to set the horses free, but she declines because she thinks it would only start a fight. He frees the stallion anyway.
After Gay chases down and subdues the horse all by himself, he lets it go and says he just did not want anybody making up his mind for him. They get into Gay's truck. As they're driving Roslyn tells Gay that she will leave the next day. Gay stops the truck to pick up his dog, and watches Roslyn joyfully untethering it. Gay and Roslyn realize that they still love each other, and drive off into the night.

Tags: romantic

Review:
The season begins with the crippling blow of Robert Sheehan (who played the best character, Nathan and who often gave the show some much- needed humour) leaving the show and never really recovers, stumbling along adequately but never really finding its footing, unfortunately.
Regardless, Misfits' third season is a sufficiently made, enjoyable slice of science fiction comedy-drama which is always great fun to watch, albeit Joe Gilgun can't fill Sheehan's size 55 shoes and that Hitler episode was so stupid.
I may watch a compilation of Nathan's best moments on YouTube to make me feel better, however.The first season is extremely witty, dark, quirky, and hilarious.
I'm *not* slating these shows, I'm just saying that as quite a comic-book fan, it's difficult to watch or read something about characters with superpowers without ripping it apart- getting irritated by the plot lines that are taken, or 'influenced' from other sources and neither does it have an impossibly good looking set of people living a life you can't help but envy, no matter what drama has unfolded in their life due to partying too hard.
Misfits is very unique and while you can guess some plot lines of the show, you can never guess what'll happen next episode.What Misfits provides is a group of interesting, likable and believable characters involved in well thought-out stories that are not over-complicated but still challenge the audience.To complete the show, the episodes are also full of thick, dark humour.Overall, it is an excellent show..
Though it's not the most original concept (freak lightning storm strikes and gives a ragtag bunch of community service workers special powers) this show rises above Heroes and the many clones by bringing enough freshness to the table.
All the misfits are perfectly cast and brilliantly acted with just the right amount of cynicism and pathos and the situations don't seem forced like Heroes often does but emerge logically and organically from the characters.
Misfits is about some ordinary late-teenagers getting super powers - Heroes is about Hollywood characters receiving superpowers and saving the world by being superheroes.The storyline of Misfits is twisted and clouded.
It is very dark, very twisted and quite often very very funny.Initially I found Robert Sheehan's character 'Nathan' to be really irritating to the point that I thought he would ruin the programme, but as the show progresses he really is the heart of the whole thing and by the end of it I realised he was far and away the best thing in it !Sheehan is certainly a face for the future, so too Lauren Socha who as 'Kelly' again initially seems like a real 'Chav' before blossoming into a very rounded character who you can sympathise with.
Following her work in the Arctic Monkey's 'Scummy Man' promo she could also be one to watch.If this was US produced I dare say we'd have had a minimum of 12 episodes to season 1, but the six we do get are excellent.It would be a real crime if this doesn't reappear for a Second Series by the end of the year..
Misfits the same, season 1 and 2 I was thinking WOW, and then 3rd and 4th season I was bored to watch a full episode cause they screen was stupid and also they had destroyed the awesomeness of every character.
The characters are a lot darker and proud of it which brings a completely different show to the viewer than just a Superhero like show.What i feel obliged to complain about is series 3, it crashes, the whole feel of the show, and the direction it was going so strongly in just vanishes and i felt like i was watching a completely different TV show.
very bad choice of actor imo and the new writers should hang their heads in shameI have watched the first 2 series in the last week and now i could care less about what happens to everyone.
The target audience must be cutesy types wanting to be misfits so people will see them, as they are generally invisible in real life.The ratings are good, so there must be a lot of these candy cane types watching this show, and taking their piggy bank money to buys things that remind them of it, at toys are us.
It didn't sound original or worth watching, I thought it looked like a British version of Heroes but thank god I watched it when the first episode came on.
The show is FANTASTIC and I know both shows have few similarities but Misfits is a lot better than Heroes.Misfits is now on its second series and I'm not giving away any spoilers but judging by the first episode it will not disappoint.
But of course you can't judge a series after its first episode, so I gave it another try.I am still not sure if I watched the same thing as anybody else?
I loved the characters, especially 'Nathan Young', he was incredibly funny, albeit annoying at times.
Horrible, but in a great way, going full circle with everything.If you want to watch something entertaining, then Misfits is probably for you..
Every single episode is pure gold, the characters are original and different, although they feel natural an not forced.This is not about superheroes, but about five teenager "criminals" that get superpowers, and the way they use them.
The special thing is that you get it all in this series: thriller, action, comedy, sex, irony, mainstream items, super good soundtrack, family (or not), the good life, the bad life, detective moments, hot young people, love, hate, lots of boobs, frustration, climax after climax, street life, bad language, team work, crime, good production, good acting, good editing, no censoring ..
Hello?!I'm exhausted just thinking about it.But there's a valuable lesson to be learned here – CHECK YOUR PLOT HOLES especially when working with time travel!But it is good, and I do highly recommend watching seasons 1-2.
Season 3 got a bit lame, half the good characters left and that's always a downer, so I stopped watching.
Actions all have consequences, but the show doesn't forget to have a sense of humor.The key is that the super powers are all closely tied in with the characters' wishes, dreams, and personality; they stories are nothing like how this situation would be portrayed in the US.
The show turns that Heroes concept on its head, as a freak storm changes people in weird ways and they then try and live their lives.I discovered this show a couple of weeks ago and am now in the middle of season 2, so I can't speak beyond that point, but so far this is brilliant.
While its take on gaining superpowers seems truer than that of Heroes, it is not any less ridiculous, and I wouldn't say it was better than Heroes' first terrific season, but it's different and refreshing and well worth seeing.Also, as a middle-aged guy who often finds series about young people grating, it's proof that the real problem is most U.S. series about young people are just truly awful.
I just wish that they kept the full cast for season 3, one of the funniest characters is gone but its not like there's no reason or they don't come back you'll see.
It had no emotion to it like normal, the new characters weren't really introduced properly, they killed off the only remaining ties we as an audience had to the Pilot episode, leaving Rudy the only true character that can bridge a gap between the first "generation" of Misfits leaving us with a new cast, which is okay, only there's no true empathic connection within the characters anymore and that's what seemed to be really missing from Season 4's writing, that and the lack of power usage, this is a show about 20 somethings with powers.
It's a pretty cool series but it lost my interest after season 2 when they messed up the original cast.
The cast is very good and the characters, through their flaws, seem like they exist in real life.
Do people really talk like the characters in Misfits- I am thinking about Nathan in particular who is singularly irritating and crude.
Misfits is a "wet your pants" when your not expecting it funny that comes from so far left field, even when you see it coming, your brain keeps thinking they won't go through with it.This is a totally disarmingly understated, yet over the top, British comedy.What it lacks in color and clever dialog, it completely makes up in with situational comedy whose timing is so normal until you realize how ludicrous it is.This is the only show where shagging a turtle might even make sense.This group of super powered people have no peer..
I love that he is no longer in the show, although I have yet to watch season 3 I am so looking forward to a Nathan free Misfits :)Update to this review, I just watched episode 4 (season 1) and it was very good (very good indeed) but Nathan is even more of an arse in this episode and I really do not get the whole Nathan is wonderful vibe.FURTHER UPDATEI have now watched all 3 series (yes, I became hooked) and although it is not the amazing show that some make it out to be, it is certainly worth a view, you just have to make it through the first 2 or 3 episodes of Nathan hating and you should be fine for viewing the rest.The 2nd and 3rd series were the best for me, especially the 3rd since Nathan is not present (I kinda miss him though, he 'grew' on me through series 1 and 2 since he exhibited slightly less moronic behaviour in each successive episode - or maybe I just became more childish and moronic, I really cannot be certain)My favourite episode is most definitely series 3, episode 7, the 'zombie episode', it was hysterical, couldn't have been been funnier (or sadder), the producers outdid themselves with this one despite the critics reviews of series 3..
Mixed with a great cast full of sharp personalities and even sharper dialogue thanks to the likes of Lauren Socha and Robert Sheehan makes Misfits an absolute blast to watch.Throughout the series the writers made great emphasize on exploring every character in-depth.
Watching the progression of all the characters spark some brilliant acting in later seasons most notably from Iwan Rheon who plays Simon, a very socially awkward teenager.
None of the acting feels forced and is very fluid throughout the entire series making Misfits a very enjoyable rare delight given the context of the story.Since watching Seasons one through three, Misfits has permanently earned a spot in my Top 3 shows.
If you enjoy gritty depictions of young adult relationships, comedy and an incredible story depicted by colourful and unique characters you will not walk away from this show feeling unsatisfied.Misfits is one of the top 5 shows you must watch before you die..
Simon, who feels invisible in the world, develops invisibility as a super power, and so begins to experience the advantages to be had in being invisible.The English have again made a TV series we'll be watching over and over for years to come..
Just as in life and following the tradition of ancient Greek heroes, every aspect of the characters' powers and the characters themselves exist in ambiguity.I would recommend this series to anyone with an interest in psychology, great acting, sociology, fantastic production value and cinematography, or Homer-worthy story epics..
Misfits is hands down one of the best shows i have ever watched and had me hooked 15 minutes into the first episode.
One thing which makes this great is they aren't the only ones effected with every episode it showing more people with different powers.The characters are great and there is quite a lot of emotion and backstory that really adds to the humour.
To all those not big on British shows, I too find it hard to embrace many of them, but after watching a few episodes of this series I became addicted, so I recommend giving it a chance..
Having finally watched four seasons in their entirety, I feel that I can now give the series a just review - though I shall avoid spoilers.The show is most definitely entertaining, there is rarely a dull moment (at least not one that lasts for very long) and with five interesting characters usually taking centre stage there is always something going on.Mixing both dark and comedic elements (though not so much so that I personally would call it a black comedy) keeps the episodes fresh and hold it above the average British drama.
I have never written a review on IMDb before, and I have loved series like Lost (season 1), 24, Dexter, the Tudors, and I am a Brit who has been pining for our native talent and broadcasters to come up with something that will hit the same spot for me.
Despite it being kind of sci-fi fantasy, the emotional core of it is rock-solid, bold, human reality, there are even sex scenes that are not schmaltz or over romanticised but so true and right and genuinely passionate- in the way humans are- not movies.Man I totally love this and had to write a review to let everyone know, its a tricky start to the first season, but soon the humour kicks in and the plot threads start to intertwine in the most intriguing way, and you are hooked and it totally, totally pays off- at least so far.
The setting, music, characters, plotlines, powers, everything is unique and characteristically 'Misfits'.The main cast being made up of young people on probation is great because how often do we view a story through the eyes of characters that are 'bad guys' turned 'heroes'?
Personally, I think to rate the show significantly lower based on the changes to casting alone is incredibly small-minded and proof that those viewers felt 'Misfits' was solely built around Robert Sheehan's character, Nathan, which of course, it wasn't.
A great series to binge-watch, especially the first three seasons which were far superior to the final two.
Its a rare thing i give something 10 out of 10, but this deserves it, at least the first 3 series anyway.You will recognize more than one actor from Game of Thrones.I was searching around looking for something to binge watch, i saw this and only watched the first episode because i could not find anything else, i mean the premise did not sound like much.But after episode 1 i was hooked.Sure it doesn't have the budget or special effects of a big American super hero series, but it doesn't matter, the story lines more than make up for it.Sure the stuff they get away with are pretty absurd, but thats the point.
The two best episodes of the entire series are in season 3..
After season 3 I, like most other people, was devastated after losing so many characters.
BUT, with that being said, I got bored the other day and decided to watch the 4th season and the first couple episodes of the 5th now.
Still one of the best shows out and should not by any means be canceled; and most likely wouldn't be if people would stop moanin' about the losses like I did and just watch through the first couple episodes of the 4th season-You will almost certainly continue on until before you know it you'll be awaiting impatiently for the next weeks episode!lol.
I will try to watch 1-2 episodes of season 4 and see if I want to continue.The show is awesome, characters funny, normal, and strange at the same time..
Misfits was one of my favorite series around, because it was so original and excellently made with a fantastic cast and the plots were so thrilling at times.BUT, the new (fourth) season, while still not finished, is turning out to become some kind of teenager soap series with childish artificial drama that tends to be targeted to a much broader audience and everything is much more "politically correct" and less violent.
Season 3 gave way to news that left me a little gloomy; overall, something i'd show to only deserving friends because this is grade-A beef!The writing is great, the characters are amazing..
My recommendation is to watch the first 2 seasons and finish with the series..
The first thing that irritated me about the third season (other than the absence of Robert Sheehan) was the new found powers of the characters.
But since the end of the second season (Nathan's departure) I just feel like I am watching a different show.
It seemed as though the writers were out of good ideas and desperate or something, like they tried to hard:/ I watched all seasons hoping that things would turn around, but I was sadly mistaken:(.
I don't know if it gets better but from what I've heard the cast is changed and it's such a waste.The series starts great, kids on community service get superpowers and they're all lewd and rude.
well i guess it goes to show how different reality is from whats on paper.the plot of this show and the reactions of the characters are so wildly unreal that it makes me feel sorry for the writers for thinking thats the way people behave.how can nathan who spent a full day (at least!) in a coffin acts like it never happened?
This is teenage action drama, full of English dark humor, at the same time original story and parody on superhero genre.Misfits has 5 seasons, total of 38 episodes.
i loved the episode so started at the beginning of the series.i've watched one after the other and am on season 5.
(I bet they don't even pay tax :-)All the plausibility and realism I could relate to in earlier episodes got lost and Misfits became a completely different series in the end of Season 2 (more like Marvel comics).