No Ordinary Family: "No Ordinary Sidekick" - Dec. 7 - Grade & Discuss

[Aragorn]

Spoiler: 1x10: "No Ordinary Sidekick"

When George gets credit for one of Jim's secret crimefighting activities, animosity breaks out between the two friends. Meanwhile, Daphne suspects something is wrong with Katie's new boyfriend, JJ discovers a problem with his powers, and Stephanie and Katie disagree over a personal matter.

 

[Trekker4747]

Re: No Ordinary Family: "No Ordinary Sidekick" - Dec. 7 - Grade & Disc

Ah, gave him the old "Donkey Kong" treatment. Nice.

 

[Anwar]

Re: No Ordinary Family: "No Ordinary Sidekick" - Dec. 7 - Grade & Disc

Okay, so Watcher has TK, telepathy and can erase memories. How are they going to fight this guy again?

 

[LaxScrutiny]

Re: No Ordinary Family: "No Ordinary Sidekick" - Dec. 7 - Grade & Disc

Okay, so Watcher has TK, telepathy and can erase memories. How are they going to fight this guy again?

Reed'll whip up a gizmo, Ben'll clobber 'im, Johnny will flame out and Sue'll get 'im by lookin' so good.

Oops, wrong team.

 

[Anwar]

Re: No Ordinary Family: "No Ordinary Sidekick" - Dec. 7 - Grade & Disc

Well, JJ can just think of several math equations at lightspeed. He'll go "WTF?" when he's trying to figure out what JJ's thinking and this distracts him long enough for Steph to smack him 500 times in a second.

Or, if they go for a "Heartwarming" moment he tries to immobilize Jim with TK but Jim thinks of how Steph and the kids will be dissected by Dr. King and his will to save them allows him to resist Watcher. Watcher pumps enough TK into him that he starts to bleed out of his nose and eyes but Jim can't be stopped. Either Watcher passes out from over-straining his brain, or Jim just chokes him/smacks him out.

 

[Aragorn]

Re: No Ordinary Family: "No Ordinary Sidekick" - Dec. 7 - Grade & Disc

This episode had the most potential by far, but once again it was written way too simplistically and without any regard to common sense issues like someone seeing them using their powers out in the open (such as the criminals Jim beat up).

I knew I recognized the recurring scientist they offed in this episode. He was one of the Kobayashi Maru test administrators in the last Star Trek movie.

 

[Jack Bauer]

Re: No Ordinary Family: "No Ordinary Sidekick" - Dec. 7 - Grade & Disc

I remember him as a bad guy on Prison Break. It was season one of that show IIRC. The Daphne amnesia cliffhanger was just lame. It's just a cliche.