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Product Description ------------------- The Powells are about to go from ordinary to extraordinary. After 16 years of marriage, Jim (Michael Chiklis, “The Shield,” “Fantastic Four”) feels disconnected from his workaholic wife, Stephanie (Julie Benz, “Dexter”), and two teenage children, Daphne (Kay Panabaker, “Summerland”) and JJ (Jimmy Bennett, “Star Trek”). To encourage family bonding time, Jim decides the family will join Stephanie on her business trip to South America. When their plane ces into the River, they barely enjoy a moment to celebrate their survival before returning to the grind of everyday life. But they will soon realize that their lives have been forever changed. Each member of the family starts to show signs of new, unique and distinct super powers. Will their newfound abilities finally bring them together or push them further apart? Disc 1: 215 min total Ep 101: No Ordinary Pilot: 43 min Ep 102: No Ordinary Marriage: 43 min Ep 103: No Ordinary Ring: 43 min Ep 104: No Ordinary Vigilante: 43 min Ep 105: No Ordinary Quake: 43 min Disc 2: 215 min total Ep 106: No Ordinary Visitors: 43 min Ep 107: No Ordinary Mobster: 43 min Ep 108: No Ordinary Accident: 43 min Ep 109: No Ordinary Anniversary: 43 min Ep 110: No Ordinary Sidekick: 43 min Disc 3: 215 min total Ep 111: No Ordinary Friends: 43 min Ep 112: No Ordinary Brother: 43 min Ep 113: No Ordinary Detention: 43 min Ep 114: No Ordinary Double Standard: 43 min Ep 115: No Ordinary Powell: 43 min Disc 4: 227 min total Ep 116: No Ordinary Proposal: 43 min Ep 117: No Ordinary Love: 43 min Ep 118: No Ordinary Animal: 43 min Ep 119: No Ordinary Future: 43 min Ep 120: No Ordinary Beginning: 43 min Bonus Material: 12 min .com ---- After spending time down in the dark as, respectively, the terrifyingly immovable object at the center of The Shield and Dexter's unsuspecting love interest, it's more than understandable that both Michael Chiklis and Julie Benz would look for an rtunity to kick back a bit. The all-ages superhero show No Ordinary Family takes a few episodes to get into gear, but eventually achieves an appealing balance between wide-eyed goofiness and fanboyish in-jokes. Series creators Jon Harmon Feldman and Greg Berlanti (Everwood) quickly establish their origin story: following a mysterious plane c in the jungle, a squabbling family develops powers (invulnerability for Dad, warp speed for Mom, mind reading and super-smarts for the kids). While struggling to comprehend the nature of their new abilities, they come into contact with a weekly succession of mutated baddies--Earthquake Girl, Smoke Man, Wolverine Dude, etc.--created by a sinister CEO (Stephen Collins, having a ball) with his own mysterious intentions for the family. While a promising foundation for a series, the elements do admittedly take a while to jell, slogging through some mundane story lines involving muggers and jewel thieves and the like before raising both the stakes and the effects budget. By the second half of the series, a satisfying mythology has snapped into place, particularly with the introduction of a Freon-blooded supervillain played by the terrific Lucy Lawless. Thankfully, even when the plot falters, the performances remain top-notch throughout. Chiklis and Benz both make for appealingly fallible parental figures, attempting to maintain order while also secretly delighting in their new abilities. As the younger members of the team, Jimmy Bennett and Kay Panabaker also impress, especially in the case of the latter, whose developing ability to tamper with the minds of others leads to some intriguingly thorny subplots. While the lack of a second season unfortunately keeps No Ordinary Family from reaching the potential hinted at by the last few episodes, Chiklis and Co. do their best to keep things soaring. --Andrew Wright