EXTRAORDINARY-Quirky Comedy Anything But Ordinary on Hulu

The new comedy series on Hulu, EXTRAORDINARY,  is clever, bizarre and definitely different from ordinary sitcoms.  This twenty-something, contemporary comedy is set in London, everyone is bestowed a superpower upon turning 18 and we don't know why this is accepted as a fait accompli.  Ordinary people mingle through la vie quotidienne accepting nonchalantly, the supernatural as only natural.  The potpourri of powers prove pervasive in scope and unknown in advance to the individual.  The first episode explodes with intriguing possibilities.  People flying or climbing buildings are viewed mundanely. One gentleman offers his inflamed fingers to light a woman's cigarette.  One man, not nearly as chivolrous, waves water aside but it splatters our heroine Jen, leaving her drenched.  Jen (a harried Mairead Tyers) is perpetually out of sorts.  She's among the few who have not discovered their superpower despite having past 18.  It's possible Jen's power may reveal itself at anytime or she may be amongst the few to be pitied for not possessing a trait that marks them as great.   Jen lives with her best friend Carrie (an effervescent Sofia Oxenham) and Carrie's boyfriend, Kash, in a two bedroom walkup strewn with flotsam and jetsam and then some.  Carrie's special gift permits her to summon and speak as the dead.  Carrie, in a successful attempt to cheer Jen, contacts Hitler so Jen can torment him by letting him know how history condemns him and how well the Jewish people have flourished.  Kash has the ability to reverse time by several minutes which come in handy at times.  Jen's lover Luke, has the enviable ability to fly which he exercises as soon as they've finished having sex.  Jen is searching for a relationship and employment outside her part-time job in a costume shop.  Her interviewer has the power that makes others speak only the truth.  This proves disastrous for Jen but raucously funny for us.  Jen befriends a stray cat she brings home.  The cat is actually a shapeshifter.  The cat transmutes to his natural form in his natural state in Jen's bedroom while she's undressing.  The situational comedy is plentiful, credible and outlandish.  At the center of the show is Jen's vulnerability and cringeworthy audacity.  Still, her friendship with Carrie is heartfelt.  Jen is overheard speaking with her beloved father on her cell which we learn is Carrie transmitting Jen's late father through.   Jen has a younger, more accomplished sister with whom she harbors a bickering rivalry.  It doesn't help when sis gets super strength on cue at her 18th birthday party,  The show offers an omnipotent mixture of a floundering ingenue in a world that's gone somehow askew.  I plan to stay tuned and recommend you do too.