EPISODE
No Ordinary Family - Season 1
After a plane crash in the Amazon, it seems that things will be difficult and perhaps the family of Powells themselves are equipped with great powers and strange. Over time, the husband finds himself carrying tremendous strength and the wife can travel at amazing speed and on the other hand their child becomes frightened and genius at the same time.
30 December 1982, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2 October 1977
5 December 1976, Dallas, Texas, USA
1975, New Jersey, USA
1 December 1974, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
September 28, 2010
Perhaps they will find a way to make future episodes more entertaining with a less world-weary tone. But after the pilot, some viewers may be hard-pressed to give this less-than-super Family another chance.September 28, 2010
With believable chemistry together, Chiklis and Benz help create a solid TV couple and, let's hope, no ordinary series.September 28, 2010
Fertile as the concept might be, then, the first tall building to leap will involve motivating enough viewers to keep the show airborne.September 28, 2010
It's too bad that the so far ordinary but at least well-meaning No Ordinary Family is facing off this fall against the phenomenon that is Fox's Glee.September 28, 2010
No Ordinary Family requires a lot more work for a measurably reduced payoff.September 28, 2010
It's not clear whether this series - a hybrid of family drama and graphic novel - can sustain interest once the premise is fully established.September 28, 2010
t's like witnessing a concert pianist execute an elaborate version of Chopsticks.October 11, 2013
If you're up for some fun, straight-forward action and comedy, served up from an extremely likeable cast, you've come to the right place.September 28, 2010
Though No Ordinary Family bears many hallmarks of an interesting failure, it falls slightly short of the distinction on account of its resistance to being consistently interesting.September 28, 2010
Viewers might need to call on their super-patience before the promising concept behind this disappointing drama begins to pay off.