YOUNG SUPERPOWERED GIRL SERIES

The series know that humanity's real super-power is the extent to which we collectively refuse to grow and change, to answer the call to adventure. And it makes a clever and sadly convincing case for its answer: They're not what's truly driving the series.Įxtraordinary asks how something as miraculous as the sudden granting of mass super-powers would change humanity. There's Jen's mother Mary (the great Siobhan McSweeney, Derry Girls' Sister Michael), who has the power to control electronics - which would be wonderful, if only she could figure out how they worked.Īs Jen navigates her ordinary, underachieving existence by making a series of poor life choices (she keeps texting that aloof handsome guy who literally flies away after sex, for example), she strives to save money for a clinic that promises to unlock her super-power once and for all.īut while all (well, most) of the super-power gags getting tossed around here are clever enough, don't be fooled. Carrie's layabout boyfriend Kash (Bilal Hansa) can reverse time, but uses this power largely to spare himself embarrassment by skipping back a few seconds to erase moments when he says something stupid. There's her long-suffering best friend and roommate Carrie (Sofia Oxenham), whose ability to channel the dead has her wondering if anyone ever cares what she might have to say. She's not happy about this, and she's just self-obsessed enough to drag those she cares about down with her. The eight-episode UK comedy series, the debut of creator/writer Emma Moran, focuses on Jen (Máiréad Tyers) a 25-year-old Irish woman in East London whose power still hasn't manifested. Or the dude whose merest touch causes people to orgasm (note also his extensive collection of gloves, a requirement that allows the poor schlub to live in society without wreaking a uniquely satisfying, if messy, degree of havoc). Mostly, they come at you astride the thin, porous line between bawdy and vulgar, between clever and crass.ĭon't believe me? Meet the one minor character who's been gifted with a butt that acts as a 3D printer.

The jokes in Hulu's Extraordinary, set in a world in which every member of the human race acquires a super-power on or about their 18th birthday, come at you fast. Carrie (Sofia Oxenham), left, and Jen (Máiréad Tyers) get powered up in Extraordinary.

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