They are an ordinary family where no one really gets along, the Dad is a police sketch artist who can't connect with his work-aholic scientist wife, his daughter won't put out for her boyfriend and the son just can't seem to get a decent grade. Mum has to travel to Brazil, so Dad sees this as the perfect opportunity for the family to reconnect on a holiday. However, things don't go very well when their plane crashes into a river during a storm. Soon after they all arrive home (the pilot didn't make it - perhaps this pilot shouldn't have either!), Dad catches a bullet in his hand and finds he can leap over tall buildings. Mum is always rushing around, working, looking after the family and her home and finds she has super-speed. The daughter finds she can start to read people's thoughts but the son has nothing and resents everyone's gifts. But by the end of the episode he finds he can solve complex problems and can get through an exam with ease! The main story sees the introduction of a villain who also has powers to de-materialise and materialise rapidly, which makes him difficult to catch but he is eventually killed. Later we see the Mum's boss, played by Stephen Collins (Star Trek The Motion Picture) with the villain's body in a lab. What is he up to?
This was OK, but it didn't grab me. The casual way people accepted these incredible powers was just unbelievable for me (the fact a man can catch a bullet is OK though!) and the daughter was the weakest link for me. She looks about twelve (obviously she is older in the show) but to hear her talking back to her parents and swearing and talking about sex was too disturbing for me. I always give new shows two chances to become good, so one more episode and we will see how this goes.
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