A thought...
...about the Misfits Christmas special episode.
SETH: Are you buying or selling?
It niggled at me all the way through that episode, and during every rewatch, that we never had definitive proof that Simon had sold his invisibility, as he led Alisha to suppose he did, and not acquired a new one from Seth without letting the others know. Or simply changed his mind and left Seth's without losing or gaining any powers. I think the later two are both distinct possibilities because:
(a) I always had the impression of Simon that his family are fairly well-off, his parents probably middle class professionals (remember his Macbook in series 1), so it's not outside the realm of possibility that he has the money to buy a superpower.
(b) Seth's line - "buying or selling?" - leaves the question wide open, and I can imagine Simon either walking out right there or saying "I'm buying".
(c) it would not be uncharacteristic of Simon to keep a secret like that. Alisha lied to him, after all. He could very easily have lied to her as well...
(d) Simon is probably the misfit who has the most control over his power, so it wouldn't be too difficult for him to conceal the fact that he still had it from the rest of the group.
Other thoughts? If Simon did buy a new power from Seth when he was supposed to be selling his own, then it would not have been a power that could have saved Nikki when she got shot. ie. It couldn't have been Nathan's immortality, or Curtis' ability to turn back time.
On the other hand, if he just walked away from Seth's offer the first time, then that leaves an opening for him to get a second power at the end of the episode.
At some point, as many people have already speculated, Simon will have to acquire the power that makes him immune to other people's superpowers. This is most likely what enables future Simon to touch Alisha without being affected by her (ex-)power. He could have bought that power at two points in this episode: when he first visits Seth, and at the very end when they all go back with "Jesus's" money to buy back their powers.
Perhaps it makes little difference to the story, in the long run, but I think I like Simon when he is a little duplicitous, a little dark, and not always so very right.
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SETH: Are you buying or selling?
It niggled at me all the way through that episode, and during every rewatch, that we never had definitive proof that Simon had sold his invisibility, as he led Alisha to suppose he did, and not acquired a new one from Seth without letting the others know. Or simply changed his mind and left Seth's without losing or gaining any powers. I think the later two are both distinct possibilities because:
(a) I always had the impression of Simon that his family are fairly well-off, his parents probably middle class professionals (remember his Macbook in series 1), so it's not outside the realm of possibility that he has the money to buy a superpower.
(b) Seth's line - "buying or selling?" - leaves the question wide open, and I can imagine Simon either walking out right there or saying "I'm buying".
(c) it would not be uncharacteristic of Simon to keep a secret like that. Alisha lied to him, after all. He could very easily have lied to her as well...
(d) Simon is probably the misfit who has the most control over his power, so it wouldn't be too difficult for him to conceal the fact that he still had it from the rest of the group.
Other thoughts? If Simon did buy a new power from Seth when he was supposed to be selling his own, then it would not have been a power that could have saved Nikki when she got shot. ie. It couldn't have been Nathan's immortality, or Curtis' ability to turn back time.
On the other hand, if he just walked away from Seth's offer the first time, then that leaves an opening for him to get a second power at the end of the episode.
At some point, as many people have already speculated, Simon will have to acquire the power that makes him immune to other people's superpowers. This is most likely what enables future Simon to touch Alisha without being affected by her (ex-)power. He could have bought that power at two points in this episode: when he first visits Seth, and at the very end when they all go back with "Jesus's" money to buy back their powers.
Perhaps it makes little difference to the story, in the long run, but I think I like Simon when he is a little duplicitous, a little dark, and not always so very right.
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