Last week was my mother's birthday so I was unable to watch or review episode eight and this is late because I was busy last night. Anyway, here's a recap of eight and a quick review of nine.
1.8 - NO ORDINARY ACCIDENT - Recap
Jim's enemy, a group of carjackers, crash into Mr. Litchfield, JJ's math teacher, and pierces Litchfield's aorta, prompting Stephanie and JJ to operate on him. Meanwhile, Jim starts to lose his powers, and Daphne tries to impress Brett by lying about her speaking Japanese (from Wikipedia).
1.9 - NO ORDINARY ANNIVERSARY - Review
On Jim and Steph's eighteenth wedding anniversary a series of arson attacks on random buildings are being undertaken by another super. George persuades Jim with help from Steph to leave their posh dinner to take on the task on tracking down the criminal. They soon do and in the process discover Jim is fire-retardent as he does battle with the serial arsonist who is finally clobbered by Steph. But, the Watcher breaks the arsonist out of a police van but Jim and Steph stop him by crushing him to death. In punishment in his failure to release the genetically modified arsonist, the Watcher does not receive what seems to be a regular dose of 'powers'. Doctor Francis Chiles, who works at Global Tech and has been spying on Steph for Dr King, sees Dr King dispose of the Watcher's injection fluid.
Elsewhere, as the parents are out JJ in a bid to gain money for a stereo, sets up a poker game against the jocks of school. He starts to win with his super-brain but when the rules change he has to ask Daphne's help to win. But, after Katie and new boyfriend Will (secretly the Watcher) visit and Will blocks Daphne's powers, Jim's anniversary present is broken. So, the siblings venture to their school to fix it giving away their prize money to a dim-witted night guard. The gift is repaired and the parents do not find out.
Another example of just how good No Ordinary Family can get with the write dialogue and action. It seems ABC has saved wisely before splashing out on inch-perfect CGI with the arsonist/Steph warehouse chase scene. This episode was jam-packed with superb high octane action which saw Julie Benz's Steph introduced to Jim's crime-fighting ways. Also, it's good to see the heroes aren't so good and perfect as they finally kill the arsonist. Sadly, the sub-plot concerning the siblings was just another repitive storyline where they used their powers for money or greed. If only the pair were put into a proper plot which was the main one and was much more interesting than what they're constantly put in. However, the return of the heavily featured story arc cheered me up as the mysterious Watcher's story is unveiled and Dr King is slowly turning into the dominating villain.
Thanks, Josh,
