I’d been hearing rumors that Lost‘s Rebecca Mader was joining the cast of No Ordinary Family, and tonight was the night. She is going to make for an interesting character, that’s for sure. Unfortunately, the quality of the episodes seems to be slipping, and tonight was no exception.
Before we really get going, let’s resolve last week’s cliffhanger. Read More »No Ordinary Family 1-12: No Ordinary Brother
We’re barely into the new year, and already lots of shows are starting up with new episodes. I’m not going to lie; I’m enough of a TV addict I kind of like it. Tonight was No Ordinary Family’s first new episode of the new year. I enjoyed it, but it was pretty predictable.Read More »No Ordinary Family 1-11: No Ordinary Friends
For the first time, we had two A stories in tonight’s episode, with just a little bit thrown in related to the ongoing story of the season. Both were rather predictable, but they were better than last week’s.
Jim and Stephanie are celebrating their 18th anniversary just as a serial arsonist hits town. Read More »No Ordinary Family 1-9: No Ordinary Anniversary
As I expected, the major advances in the overall plot we got last week were hardly build on this week. But it was still an enjoyable episode with a major flaw in the resolution of one plot thread.Read More »No Ordinary Family 1-8: No Ordinary Accident
Well, after a couple of episodes of not much development for the story, this week saw things jump forward by leaps and bounds. I can hardly wait to see where we will be going from here. All this and Amy Acker (Fred from Angel) .Read More »No Ordinary Family 1-7: No Ordinary Mobster
Okay, before we move on to the recap, there’s something you need to know about me. I fall for happy, sappy endings every time. So, even though tonight’s episode of No Ordinary Family was predictable and actually did little with any continuing story line at all, I loved it.
I’m a California native, and if there is one cliché I hate about my state it is the earthquake. They show up way too frequently on TV. Way more frequently than they actually happen to us. But I didn’t mind at all on tonight’s episode of No Ordinary Family. And why is that? Because they weren’t real earthquakes.
In fact, this was pretty much a perfect episode of the show as far as I am concerned.
This show is always about the family. I get that. I won’t deny it. But it seems each week focuses on a different member of the Powell family. (And yes, I’m slow in just now realizing it, although I was pretty sure that was what… Read More »No Ordinary Family 1-4: No Ordinary Vigilante