Creator: Howard Overman
Starring: Joseph Gilgun, Karla Crome, Matt Stokoe, Natasha O’Keeffe, Nathan McCullen, Shaun Dooley
Certificate: 15
Extras: Behind The Scenes
E4’s finest ASBO superheroes have been a personal highlight from the channel over the last few years, and we’re not going to lie – we had mixed emotions when it was announced that this series would be its last. But did the last offering of MISFITS give it the send off it deserved?
Going into MISFITS series five, you start to wonder just how long they can play the whole community service card without it getting boring, but it is still as refreshing as the first episode. It’s the same faces from the series previous, so we kind of know what we are dealing with now. While the cast change in series four was a bit touch and go, the creative team behind MISFITS seem to have found their footing, absorbing in a great back-story and using the talented cast to give us a great last series.
The gang at MISFITS have even more bizarre moments in the lead up to the first anniversary of the storm (yes, all this has happened within a year!). They have been attacked by satanic club scouts, relationships with tortoises (or turtles, they haven’t quite decided yet), and discover that even their parents were hit by the storm too. It’s an absolute spectacle; a mixture of WTF and jaw dropping moments that makes you wonder how they actually got permission to film…and it’s great to watch.
But it is the cast that really win you over in this series. The casting director for MISFITS deserves some sort of lifetime achievement award because they have just got it right every single time. Even when you think they might have found a dull character in the form of Alex ‘The Handsome Barman’ (Matt Stokoe), he comes back with killer comedic timing and slowly becomes your favourite character. Our MVP of the series goes to (surprise surprise) Joseph Gilgun. Not only does he have this ability to make your sides hurt with laughter, but his complete change when performing as Rudy’s real life split personality Rudy Two just shows how much of a talent he is. It does not take a super power to sense that there is a BAFTA award nomination in his future.
Sadly, all good things must come to an end, but what a great ending it was. MISFITS’ last series was enough to attract the new audiences and keep the original audiences satisfied. While we are sad to see it go, we could not have asked for a better send off from Howard Overman.
EXTRAS: Short but sweet behind the scenes looks at how the series was filmed in Thamesmead. Judging by the interviews from the cast, they’re just as heartbroken as we are to see it go.
MISFITS SERIES FIVE is out now via 4 DVD. 
Check out the trailer for MISFITS series five below:
