• Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 4, 1985
Metascore
54

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 6
  2. Negative: 1 out of 6

Critic Reviews

  1. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Reviewed by: Eric Mink
    Jan 31, 2022
    70
    The show has definite possibilities. Young people, who tend to feel like misfits most of the time anyway, could well identify with the characters' feelings, if not their specific difficulties. [08 Sep 1985, p.F]
  2. Reviewed by: Noel Holston
    Jan 31, 2022
    70
    The premiere runs too long, but the cast is amiable and the special effects are amusing if not exactly eye-popping.
  3. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Steve Sonsky
    Jan 31, 2022
    50
    The problem with the show, from an adult standpoint, is that all the good humor in the world isn't going to make it watchable enough to overcome the stupidity of the premise. [04 Oct 1985, p.E7]
  4. San Diego Union-Tribune
    Reviewed by: Robert P. Laurence
    Jan 31, 2022
    50
    If you are over 12, you can look at it one of two ways: You can regard it as hopelessly silly or, if you're in a silly mood, just go along and enjoy it. [29 Sep 1985]
  5. Reviewed by: Jon Anderson
    Jan 31, 2022
    40
    Ingredients don't mix in Misfits.
  6. Reviewed by: Jeff Jarvis
    Jan 31, 2022
    25
    The premise of this one is about as dumb as you can get.