Determined to find an alternative explanation for the mysteries revealed to her by Dee, Naomi enlists her friends’ help to investigate the apparent UFO crash from the day of her adoption in Port Oswego.

If the opening episode of Naomi left me feeling a little disappointed, this second instalment doesn’t do much to improve things. Once again, a likeable, charismatic lead is somewhat adrift in a show which doesn’t really know what to do with her.

Having had a portion of the truth about herself revealed to her by Dee, Naomi doesn’t take it all that well, and decides that the best way to get a handle on all this and prove that it’s not real is to investigate the very UFO sighting that occurred on the day of her adoption. If she can prove that wasn’t alien, then maybe she isn’t either?

The issue with this is that she has literally seen Dee unfold his wings in front of her and watched him fly by this point, but in spite of this and her experience in the forest with Zumbado, she’s determined that she’s just a normal girl and this must all be some giant set of coincidences and pranks. I can see where this might be an interesting way to approach the whole super power thing – after all, you would imagine that being told you’re really an alien with odd powers might be quite a bit to take on board for the average teenager. Certainly, this whole ‘this can’t really be happening to me’ schtick is a staple of the modern comic book TV/movie genre. The issue here is, it’s done really poorly.

For starters, Naomi has physically experienced her actual powers. She’s also seen the powers and abilities of another. She’s also a massive fan of superhero comics. It all adds up to the show not feeling as if it really understands its own set up, and it feels botched.

Additionally, having characters explicitly tell us how star-spangled amazing Naomi is, with her charm and wit and ability to get on with everyone, isn’t the get out the writers seem to think. I still need to know why she’s like that. Is it part of her abilities? Is she just one of life’s natural winners? It’s hard to care about a protagonist who’s not only super-powered and apparently invincible, but also has no discernible flaws of any kind – where is the struggle or conflict that these kinds of stories need to fuel them going to come from?

What makes it worse is how quickly her friend accepts a truth she fights so hard against. How eagerly all her friends follow her once more into danger and ridiculous situations with no particularly compelling reason to do so. It all feels half-baked, contradictory and worse – dull.

Verdict: It isn’t doing anything to make me feel more positive towards it so far, that’s for certain. 4/10

Greg D. Smith