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"So last week, Misfits offed its one remaining original cast member - Nathan Stewart-Jarrett&amp;#039;s Curtis - and in the process produced one of its best episodes in a long while. The question is - how would the following episode deal with the aftermath of Curtis&amp;#039;s demise and could it possibly hope to keep up the quality? Let&amp;#039;s get this out of the way first - it&amp;#039;s hugely disappointing that this week&amp;#039;s Misfits barely even addresses Curtis&amp;#039;s death. The only nod we get to his tragic demise is a &amp;#039;counselling&amp;#039; session with the gravel-voiced Greg (Shaun Dooley) that Rudy&amp;#039;s subjected to - a scene played entirely for laughs. Would the gang really have overcome his loss so soon? That aside though, Misfits 4.05 is another solid episode. Having discovered that the man he thought was his father was, in fact, not his dear old dad, Finn (Nathan McMullen) goes in search of his real Pa, but finds only disturbing truths about his mother&amp;#039;s promiscuous past. (&amp;quot;Was it... vaginal?&amp;quot;)  The wide-eyed probationer ultimately tracks down his real father but there are a couple of catches - first, he has a half-sister named Grace and second, his &amp;#039;new dad&amp;#039; (played by terrific character actor Francis Magee) is dying of cancer. Grace is using a power to keep her dad alive - even though he&amp;#039;s suffering. From here, the episode starts to explore a dark and complex theme with real-world implications - is it better to let someone die or should they be kept alive by any means?  Finn is faced with the difficult prospect of having to convince Grace that she&amp;#039;s keeping their father around for selfish reasons and we see a different side to the character when he&amp;#039;s with his sibling. Finn admitting his genuine feelings for Jess is a particularly interesting moment - he&amp;#039;s forced to maintain something of a blokey resolve around Rudy (Joseph Gilgun), but feels comfortable enough around Grace to open up a little. This week&amp;#039;s script presents Nathan McMullen with his most difficult, most emotional, most varied material so far this series and happily the young actor rises to the challenge.  Elsewhere this week, Jess (Karla Crome) and Alex (Matt Stokoe) share an awkward reunion after he blew her off, which climaxes in her socking him in the face and - perhaps surprisingly - the pair making plans for a date. Finn&amp;#039;s determined to prove that Alex &amp;quot;from the bar&amp;quot; is up to no good - or failing that, that he&amp;#039;s gay - which leads to an awkward gathering at the pub... Jess soon begins to suspect that Finn might be right - Alex does own a dreaded pink shirt, after all - but it&amp;#039;s becoming increasingly clear that the hunky barman has some kind of sex-related problem... likely powers-related.  What&amp;#039;s fuelling his desire to see another man&amp;#039;s penis? Super-powerful STD? Sex turns him into a frog? This is Misfits so the possibilities are pretty much endless...  Overall, this is a Misfits episode where the dramatic elements work better than the humour. Nathan McMullen, and of course Joseph Gilgun, do their best to inject some comedy into the proceedings, but unusually for Misfits much of it feels out of place and the darker aspects of Finn&amp;#039;s story are far more involving.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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