Favorable review. October 2.
§ The Gifted worked for me as a nice slice of episodic adventure television. By not anchoring itself to the X-Men universe, The Gifted has a lot of narrative freedom to explore minor characters from Marvel's mutant roster and give them much different storylines than would be required by a direct adaptation of existing comics. This show is much more of a family-focused look at what would happen if Mutant were hunted like criminals and looked at with disgust and should be ripe for countless ripped from the headlines stories. The first hour sets a great tone without blasting the viewer with overwhelming exposition and sets up what could be a very long running show. The Gifted is the X-Men story you never knew you wanted but that we have always deserved. If anything, it proves that you don't need costumes or huge action sequences to capitalize on the brilliant world of the X-Men.