Well, let’s see:
There was the usual mundane story line to start off this offering of No Ordinary Family. (If you need a bit of a refresher on what’s transpired being it’s been a month since the last new episode, you can take a gander here.) But it was the interesting twists which took the show from “the usual” to rather spiffy this time around.
So, what about those twists? Did you see Watcher’s (Josh Stewart) turnabout coming down the pipe, especially with the renunciation of his powers in that exchange with Dr. King (Stephen Collins)? Because I sure didn’t. Yeah … there was that bit of give and take between “Joshua” and the good doctor a few episodes back, but this fling with Katie (Autumn Reeser) he has going on has really got him whipped and swoon-y. (Yet another thing I wasn’t expecting.) At least, that’s what his switch to “the good side” appears to be for the present. We’ll see going forward.
I don’t think this feel-good-all-over warmth is going to last, however. I’m willing to bet Joshua gets sucked back into the folds of Dr. King’s grand plans, entangled once again in the good doctor’s little bag of tricks.
And Katie’s “wiles”? They sure do seem to have Joshua hooked. Too bad the loss of his powers come with the consequence of losing control of his higher brain functions. No, no, no … I’m not talking about that; I mean his forgetting to ditch Stephanie’s journal Katie ends up finding after their little tryst. Rut roh … look out, Joshter! You’re in big, huge trouble now!
Just when you thought No Ordinary Family was getting a bit too comfortable, those guys over there at ABC decide to throw a wrench or two in the machine to get our hopes up. Works for me. Let’s see where this goes, eh?
Oh … yeah. And Ricky (or Rick, if you prefer) Schroder (Silver Spoons) made a guest appearance in this episode. (What? You didn’t think I was paying attention … ?!?)
Clacked by Michael Noble 
on Jan 05, 2011 @ 09:00 EST5EDT
I loved Ricky Schroder and Renee Walker’s family unit, but doubt any of the four will ever appear again.
This show needs a slightly bigger universe with more recurring characters, especially since they seem to insist on advancing each family member’s storyline at a snail’s pace. Every time they introduce someone who could throw a wrench into things, they’re killed off far too quickly, if not immediately.