Thirteen diligent minutes later she has to fake it, because heroic efforts are no match for superheroic powers.Īdded to the mix are Siobhán McSweeney as Jen’s chaotic mother (she can supposedly control technology but as she doesn’t understand how it works the results are mixed), her smug half-sister (who gets her power right on schedule at her 18th birthday party and is soon juggling sofas to entertain her guests), and the arrival of Jizzlord (Luke Rollason), a homeless cat who turns out to be only one of these things. He kisses her through clingfilm and dons rubber gloves before they go to bed, determined to manage things the old-fashioned way. One of the highlights of the first episode is Jen’s negotiations with another hookup, this time one with the power to make anyone come with a single touch and who discovered this when shaking his father’s hand on his 18th birthday. “I’m basically an appliance.” It’s quarter-life crises all round.Įxtraordinary is a fun, effortless watch – and though there are some hackneyed scenes, like a regrettable call to the non-boyfriend while on pre-dentist Valium, there are some good set pieces. In this version of reality, however, in which the background to every walk down the street is pleasingly filled by the sight of spontaneous fires, telekinesis at work and so on, her gift fits her for nothing better than a job at a local solicitors’ firm helping to settle inheritance claims via posthumous testimony in between making the bosses’ tea and coffee. Though this does mean that her other flatmate is Carrie’s useless, sponging boyfriend Kash (Bilal Hasna) – a drain on both their resources, except for the odd occasion when his power to turn back time comes in handy. Jen does have one good, if drippy, friend – her flatmate Carrie (Sofia Oxenham). And in this world, when a casual hookup wants to leave, they can just fly out of the window while you’re in the loo. Not only that but she is grieving, has a rubbish job (at a costume hire shop run by an ancient crone who hasn’t yet aged past 12) and a disastrous love life.
Sure, some are more impressive than others – you might get the gift of flight, invisibility or superspeed, but then again you might get the ability to turn “absolutely anything” into a PDF, or a bum that is also a 3D printer – but everyone has one ability. Twenty-five-year-old Jen (Máiréad Tyers) is powerless – literally – in a world in which everyone acquires a superheroic skill when they turn 18. There’s a bit of The Boys’ cynicism in there, too, and a dash of Sex Education’s youthful exuberance. E xtraordinary (Disney+) is Disney’s Encanto for grownups.
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