With last week’s No Ordinary Family still firmly planted in my mind, I lugged over some uncharacteristic hopefulness this week’s episode would offer some reveals setting the tone for future airings. And, on several levels, it did not disappoint.
Let’s touch on a point of contention I have about Jim’s (Michael Chiklis) bowling scene and his subsequent cleaning establishment heroics. Under pressure (focused pressure, mind you) at the bowling lanes, he demolishes the pins. Hokay … I can see that. However, under pressure (immediate and needed pressure) while foiling the bad guys at the cleaners, you’d think that hit of one of the bad guys to the back would cause a vertebrae or three to exit a belly button and pulverize on an opposite wall. But … this is just me being picky …
(Additionally, I don’t care who you are, you had to be chuckling at the ungainliness of JJ (Jimmy Bennett) giving the bowling ball a toss down the lane. Poor kid – he may be brilliant of mind, but his body has yet to catch up.)
But, hey … I noted this was a “penis reference” episode up there, didn’t I? Let’s bullet point a few of’em:
Then there was the Daphne (Kay Panabaker) / Watcher incident at the conclusion. I loved the fact you could feel Daphne’s fear as Watcher projected his powers of manipulation at her. And! Then! To discover not only does he have abilities of physical coercion … but, in some way, shape or form, he can ‘mind wipe’ as well! Ooooooooooooo, he’s a devious one. Nice cliff hanger!
Last word: “Joshua”? That’s the best Watcher could come up with? “Joshua”?
Overall, just as spiffy an offering as last week’s episode.
(P.S. Did you hear NOF is up for a People’s Choice Award?)
Clacked by Michael Noble 
on Dec 08, 2010 @ 16:18 EST5EDT
I think NOF firmly occupies that superhero world where a punch that will rip through steel plate just sends a punk flying across the alley with no permanent injuries.
I don’t know if I was cringing more at all the clumsy penis humor or at watching the nasty Cordero turn into a sniveling toady.
I figured Joshua just had minute control over his TK, rather than another power. He can tweak the physical brain to induce memory loss rather than injury or death, but doesn’t have the ability to pick and choose which memories to erase, or even limit it to a few weeks rather than three months.
I hope that Stephanie quickly develops some suspicions about Dr. King. I hate those series where the bad guys can perfectly manipulate all information and events to keep the heroes in the dark long past the suspension of disbelief.