This ain't your daddy's Tomorrow People.
A glossy US revamp of the classic UK sci-fi series, starring rising star Robbie Amell as Stephen Jameson, recently launched on The CW - and as you might expect from the network that brought us The Vampire Diaries and Arrow, there was a dollop of romance, a little soulful brooding and a whole ton of shirtlessness.
These new Tomorrow People are just as concerned with breaking up as they are with breaking out - join the Week in Geek for a 12-point breakdown of the adrenaline-fulled, hormone-pumping pilot episode!
> The Tomorrow People: Revisiting ITV's original sci-fi classic
An Amell, shirtless, on The CW - standard
Robbie's shirtless in his very first scene - The CW ain't messing around when it comes to some Amell abs action.
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Stephen's unintentional three-way
Random teleportation can lead to some awkward situations - Stephen (Amell) is lucky to escape from this one 'intact'.
Stephen's
Sarah Clarke plays Stephen's really quite understanding mother - clearly the one-time 24 villainess has reined in her wicked ways...
Robbie's got his shirt off again...
It's been 10 minutes, after all.
It's Mark Pellegrino!
And he's ruthless, blowing away a poor powerless sap in his very first scene. He's not evil, he insists, just concerned for humanity - we ain't buying what you're selling, Jedikiah.
Downton's Dan is voicing the computer!
Yes, the Tomorrow People's super-computer TIM is voiced by none other than Dan Stevens, who broke hearts across the world by quitting Downton Abbey last year. TIM, we're told, is "kind of like HAL, just… not evil" - though he looks more like a fancy overhead projector.
Classic 'kicking the bully's ass once you've got super-powers' scene
A standard for any superhero origin tale - see 1978's Superman or 2002's Spider-Man for previous examples.
Stephen uses his powers in Ultra headquarters!
So he's what... homo superior superior?
Bullet time!
The spirit of The Matrix lives on as Stephen displays "some serious next-level skills" - stopping a bullet in mid-air and freezing Jedikiah and his goons...
Love triangle klaxon!
This is The CW, after all - John (Luke Mitchell) insists that he's not jealous, but how long can it be before Cara (Peyton List) catches sight of Stephen's stunning abs? He gets his shirt off every five minutes, lest we forget.
"Call me Jed!"
MIND. BLOWN. Jedikiah is Stephen's uncle - and if he's also, as we suspect, John's father... does that make Stephen and John cousins? And Cara a potential home-wrecker?
Robbie. Shirtless. You know the score.
One more time before the episode wraps. It would be wrong not to.
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