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"In its earlier years, Misfits would frequently and expertly filter super-powers into the world of young adult debauchery - but so far this series, the third Rudy terror aside, the gang&amp;#039;s powers have felt more or less incidental. Episode 4.06 though sees the show once more use the storm and its aftermath as a smart device to highlight character issues. It&amp;#039;s a welcome return to form, though it&amp;#039;s a shame that the numbers game is never satisfactorily explained - why was it only our gang that were affected, and what was even causing it in the first place? To summarise this week&amp;#039;s events... Rudy (Joseph Gilgun) takes Finn (Nathan McMullen) and Jess (Karla Crome) to a wild house party thrown by his druggie pal Richard Saunders. After an unfortunate diversion at an old woman&amp;#039;s wake, they finally arrive at Saunders&amp;#039;s pad, but the party&amp;#039;s surrounded by a weird bubble and each of the Misfits gang is branded with the number of people they&amp;#039;ve slept with\u2026 Jess of course is all about keeping her private life private, so naturally has the worst reaction to having her sex count literally stamped on her forehead. What&amp;#039;s more, she has to face the fact that potential boyfriend Alex (Matt Stokoe) is more sexually experienced, by a factor of 23.  &amp;quot;We could all fit into a Vauxhall Corsa\u2026 we&amp;#039;d have a seat left over,&amp;quot; she grumbles of her own conquests, but Alex makes it clear that he&amp;#039;s a reformed serial shagger and Jess soon becomes willing to make him her no. 3... But lest we forget, Alex has mo&amp;#039; problems and this week, we finally discover the real reason for his recent abstinence - he&amp;#039;s had his penis stolen by a super-powered transgender man. Only on Misfits could someone deliver the line, &amp;quot;My c**k is out there somewhere\u2026 and I&amp;#039;m going to get it back!&amp;quot; with a straight face. Meanwhile, Rudy - who&amp;#039;s somehow, bafflingly, convinced 99 women to fall for his dubious charms - is in search of something special for his &amp;quot;centenary f**k&amp;quot; and manages to convince Finn to hit up the old lady&amp;#039;s funeral for some &amp;quot;bereavement p***y&amp;quot;.  In a shocking turn of events, Rudy actually manages to unleash some hidden sensitivity and charm the sweet Nadine. It&amp;#039;s a wonderfully played scene and gives Rudy - a character who&amp;#039;s sometimes portrayed as simply a one-dimensional filth machine - a little depth. We&amp;#039;re glad that Nadine - and so Rudy&amp;#039;s sweet, good-natured side - will be back next week, since Rudy&amp;#039;s emotional growth is rudely interrupted here by the arrival of a psycho giant rabbit. Turns out Richard Saunders&amp;#039;s power brings his drug-fuelled delusions to life - chief among them, said giant rabbit. With Jess having stormed off after another emotional bout with Alex, she&amp;#039;s in danger of disappearing down the rabbit hole until the gang team up to save her in a fun climax - it&amp;#039;s always heartening to see the Misfits team up to face a common foe and it helps that by now we&amp;#039;re invested in each new character and their relationships; Finn and Rudy&amp;#039;s bromance, the Finn / Jess / Alex love triangle and so on...  One character we don&amp;#039;t know really yet is red-headed booze-hound Abbey - the latest revamp of the show&amp;#039;s title sequence informs us that she&amp;#039;s a new regular member of the Misfits troupe, but the character&amp;#039;s limited screen-time is limited still further by her drunken paralysis. Still, character development is what future episodes are for and Natasha O&amp;#039;Keefe makes a strong first impression as the newcomer - her heavy boozing here, coupled with the fact that she looks to be getting similarly sozzled next week, suggests to us that alcohol is somehow linked to her power... Up until this point in the series, episode 4.04 was this year&amp;#039;s strongest instalment, equipped as it was with the emotional heft of Curtis&amp;#039;s shock death. This week&amp;#039;s Misfits doesn&amp;#039;t have that to fall back on, but impressed us regardless with its strong central idea and visual inventiveness.  Rudy&amp;#039;s Wisdom of the Week \u2022 &amp;quot;Yes, there&amp;#039;ll be a buffet - a buffet of drugs, alcohol and shagging!&amp;quot; \u2022 Alex: &amp;quot;Any idea why I&amp;#039;ve got the number 46 on my head?&amp;quot; Rudy: &amp;quot;Yes, because you are\u2026 a f**king viking!&amp;quot; \u2022 &amp;quot;It is a psycho rabbit\u2026 and it is wearing a suit\u2026 and it has got a golf club!&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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