- No Ordinary Proposal Before I get on to that revelation, I want to address those who think I’m overly tough on this show. The problem I have with No Ordinary Family isn’t unique. I had it with FlashForward last year. Because, as a viewer, I find it incredibly distracting if the story doesn’t join up, as I wonder if the omission is going to be back-filled at some point. Except what we’ve seen here is that the writers just give up trying to come up with any meaningful reasoning, and assume, as this is ‘comic book’ content, it just doesn’t matter. I’ve news for the writers: it’s just not good enough to do that. I know they’ve not got that, because this entire story is built on an event that makes no sense, and at the end it was never addressed. As an actor, I really like Anthony Michael Hall. He was superb in The Dead Zone, so why he’s reduced to appearing in this, I’ve no idea. But the biggest disappointment was that the start of the show offered the possibility of an interesting ‘collateral damage’ subplot, where a kid gets hurt when Jim deflects a bullet from a guy he’s fighting. This had real potential for exploring a classic super-dilemma. But in the end, it bookended events, and the resolution, where, while they’re digging for the bullet they find a tumour, was remarkably silly. What I really liked in this was that it gave much more depth to the Joshua character, with him leaving after being dumped by Katie and possibly the anti-power serum starting to work. It will be very interesting to see what happens to him, as I can’t believe he won’t reappear before the season (and possibly show) is done. I also liked that the very irritating teacher, Mr. Litchfield, is now working for Doctor King, and possibly getting JJ to solve his science problems by the back door. If I’m honest, I don’t think the show is redeemable. But I’m hoping that, in the four stories left, they can at least deliver something interesting, and positively, this story had its moments. I just hope that Anthony Michael Hall gets a better gig than this soon, as he’s much better than the material he got handed here. Read our review of episode 15, No Ordinary Powell, here.
