Misfits S5E2 - "Episode 2" Recap

The gang spots Rudy's dad and Rudy ducks down to hide, as his parents think he is away at university getting a Master's degree. His dad is kissing another woman despite still being married. Rudy and Rudy Two argue over whether to tell their mother. Abbey finds a scarf in the loo and is entranced by its aroma.

Rudy asks Jess to give him a lift to visit the woman with whom his father has been having an affair. There is a hiccup in the plan when he spots his dad there. Jess tells him to confront his father but he is scared and asks Jess to come with him. He chickens out when Jess rings the doorbell and pretends to be selling cheese, prompting the woman to slam the door. They overhear a commotion and go around back to look in a window. They see his dad threatening and abusing this woman.

Rudy heads home to visit his parents and finds his dad acting kind, cheerful, and completely unlike what he had previously seen. He tries to get his father to confess to his affair but his parents instead think Rudy is trying to admit he homosexual. They then ask him why he has never brought a girl home and Rudy insists he has a reputation as a slag. He again chickens out of confronting his father about his affair.

Rudy and Jess head to the woman's flat again where they find Rudy's father burning her clothes in the backyard and attempting to clean a bloodstain out of the carpet. Jess has Rudy call his dad to go out for a beer, during which she will sneak into the flat to try to figure out if he has indeed murdered this woman. Jess calls Rudy while hiding, saying that his dad is back, but Rudy tells her that his dad is still sitting across from him. Rudy then asks his dad if he has a twin and his father confesses that he split into two, much like Rudy. Any and all negative qualities split off from him and that was the version they saw burning the clothes. He catches Jess and Rudy barges in to rescue her. He says he won't let Jess go until they tell her where Tina, the woman he has been seeing, is but they tell him they thought he had murdered her.

Greg, the probation worker, catches Finn showering in the community centre. Finn says he likes to shower before community service and prefers the hot water of the centre. The encounter is highly awkward. Abbey is still wearing the scarf and smelling it.

Rudy spots Tina during community service and tells her about his father's power and the fact that she has been dating the bad version. She tells them he took all her money and put into his account. Rudy and Jess think that Rudy's real father could get her money back. Alex and Finn see a boy getting mugged and Alex intervenes. The three thugs threaten them with a knife so Finn uses his power to move a shopping cart, causing them to walk away. The boy they rescued flies off but Alex and Finn don't see him do it.

Rudy, Jess, and Rudy's original father meet Tina at the pub. Rudy's father has gotten her stolen money and apologises for the trouble his evil copy has caused. Abbey finds a girl in the pub named Laura to whom the scarf belongs to. They strike up a conversation.

Evil Rudy's father confronts his original self. Rudy Two tells Rudy he wants to meet their parents but Rudy shoots him down. During dinner with his parents, Rudy realises his father is actual the evil version. While his mother is out of the room, Rudy is knocked out by the evil copy and hidden under the table. The man takes Rudy's mother upstairs to have sex. Jess comes to check in on them and finds Rudy's father bound and gagged in the boot of his car.

Rudy wakes and barges in on his parents. The evil copy attempts to beat Rudy and his mother but Jess knocks him out just in time. Rudy tells his mother that Jess is his girlfriend. Rudy's mother threatens the evil copy, saying she will kill him if he comes anywhere near her or her family again. Despite the fact that Rudy lied about Jess being his girlfriend, the rouse appears to make them see each other in a new light.

At the super-power support group, the boy Alex and Finn rescued from the mugging attends for the first time. He tells them his name is Sam and says he can fly. This catches Rudy Two's attention, as one of the people on the super-power jumper given to him was shown to be flying.

Misfits airs on Wednesdays on E4.