![]() But importantly, most of the mutants are only just learning how to control and use their powers, which is one of the things that made a movie like X-Men: First Class such a delight. As for the powers, we’ve only seen glimpses and they vary widely, from the manipulation of light and tracking abilities to the creation of portals and extreme destruction (and the effects are very good). Lauren and Andy are teens, and that should matter narratively here, it does. Despite all of the action and intensity, there are lighter moments, which a show like this needs. Though most of The Gifted’s beats are typical of a drama pilot (it movies quickly and explains a lot, but not with distracting exposition), there are elements to Nix’s script that suggest a superhero series that wants us to really know its characters beyond their abilities. Sean Teale, Jamie Chung, Emma Dumont, and Blair Redford make up the core group who help to save other mutants and resist the ban but after Dumont’s Lorna is captured for using her power in public, she becomes a bargaining chip for Reed in getting the group to house his family. They each have a particular set of skills, the full power of which is not yet known (at least, to non-comic readers like myself). The other faction are the Mutant Underground, who are pretty generic and still Heroes-y, but not an unlikeable group. With Lauren and Andy, the show takes that concept back to its purest form. The X-Men have always been a metaphor for those who are different and excluded because of it, or who feel they can’t reveal their true selves. As for Lauren, her “perfect” image would be besmirched by a mutant reveal, so she represses it. The pilot doesn’t have enough time to really dive into it, but it’s clear enough. It’s that scene, and the build-up to it, that helps The Gifted stand out. The revelation of those “gifts” works very well, as Lauren (the protective and outgoing older sister) keeps hers quiet until troubled younger brother Andy lets his be known in an explosive, Carrie-esque scene. Reed Strucker ( Stephen Moyer) prosecutes mutants, which makes it complicated when his wife Caitlin ( Amy Acker) tells him that their children Lauren ( Natalie Alyn Lind) and Andy ( Percy Hynes White) are mutants themselves. Here is a twist: set in Marvel’s X-Men universe, the series was created by 20th Century Fox TV, which has recently. The Gifted’s pilot (directed by X-Men regular Bryan Singer) splits its time between those families before bringing them together for the cliffhanger ending. ![]()
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