However, the rectal ennui was pretty well in effect. I found myself fast-forwarding through a lot of it. Character development is one thing. Drawn-out melodrama is another.

I also didn’t care for how no one, except the Japanese man, likes their powers. Everyone else is either emo, suicidal or scared. The little brother seems accepting, but it may turn out that it’s not his power. The Japanese’s acceptance and belief is probably due to him being an otaku. Clearly, nerds are better equipped emotionally to handle strange phenomena.

It seemed like it wanted to be both X-Men and X-Files (Glasses-wearing Man? Doesn’t sound as intimidating.) and got the lesser parts of both.

It did have pretty good twists at the end. I didn’t see the climax of the brother arc or Daddy’s return coming.

As for the powers, I don’t mind that some aren’t immediately obvious. Creativity would be nice. I would guess Ali’s character has a psychic projection with it’s own personality that was able to freely manifest when her conscious mind wasn’t in the way.

I might give the next ep a chance, but the preview didn’t seem too promising. (Comic book?)