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Where is airing: ABC
For what age: 8+
How many episodes in 1 season: 20 episodes
With Stephanie's career as a research scientist taking off, and their teenage children growing up faster than Jim would care for, the family patriarch seems to be less and less relevant at home. Making matters worse is a unhappy armed robber at large in the city and Jim's job as a police sketch artist has thus far been unsuccessful in helping to catch the criminal. In a last ditch effort to bring his family together and fill the void in his life, Jim organizes a trip to South America where his wife Stephanie is researching a strange plant she has recently discovered.
Jim goes after bank robbers but Stephanie discovers what he's up to and insists that he stop putting his life at risk. However, he soon discovers that she's secretly using her powers. Meanwhile, Daphne tries to control her abilities, JJ explores his newfound hyper-genius but realizes there are consequences, and George is angry when Jim refuses to become a superhero and stop a gang of bank robbers.
When a band of robbers steal Stephanie's ring during a wedding, Jim and George set out to get it back. Meanwhile, Stephanie discovers that King wants a blood sample from her to approve grant funding, Daphne considers telling her secret to a friend, and JJ asks Daphne to use her telepathy to confirm if a girl likes him.
While patrolling the park at night in an effort to catch a mugger, Jim is mistaken for a cuddleous vigilante who has begun targeting the robbers; Stephanie makes a discovery that could explain how she and her family got their powers; Daphne uses her telepathic abilities to get into an exclusive party reserved for only the cool high school kids; and JJ tries out for the football team - with a lot of help from his power.
A robber purportedly uses concussion grenades to steal anti-epileptic drugs from pharmacies, but George and Jim suspect the criminal has superpowers. Meanwhile, Daphne telepathically confirms that a teacher is having an affair with one of his students, and Jim and Stephanie learn JJ's secret.
When Stephanie's hard-to-please parents, Barbara and Allan Crane, pay an unexpected visit, the Powells must curb the use of their powers for fear of giving away their secret. But Barbara and Allan begin to suspect that something's awry when they witness some strange behavior. Meanwhile, when friend Trent Stafford and his parents are the victims of a home invasion, Daphne uses her abilities to help Jim try to track down the thugs responsible for the unhappy act.
Jim's secret identity is at risk when he tries to take down a dangerous mobster who has eluded George for years; Stephanie continues to look into Dr. Volson's previous research of a mysterious plant - against Dr. King's wishes; Daphne convinces a reluctant JJ to use his powers to help her become more knowledgeable in order to impress a boy; and JJ goes to extreme measures to help Katie get a date.
Stephanie tries to determine why Jim has lost his powers; Katie gets a boyfriend; Mr. Litchfield catches JJ hacking into the school computer; and Daphne uses her powers to impress a boy.
Jim and Stephanie plan a romantic evening away from the kids to celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary, but instead find themselves teaming up and using their superpowers to deal with a serial arsonist who is exhibiting some special powers of his own.
After George is mistaken as a hero for thwarting a robbery that Jim was responsible for stopping, tempers flare between the two friends when George thinks Jim is jealous of the attention he's receiving, and Jim feels that George is taking credit for something he didn't do and hogging the limelight.
After Jim saves Dave Cotten's life, he and Stephanie become fast friends with Dave, his wife, Michelle and their kids. But Jim begins to suspect that the Cottens may be leading their own secret lives. Meanwhile, Daphne throws her hat into the high school ring for student council president, and Katie reveals a secret to Stephanie about her relationship with Joshua - aka The Watcher.
When Jim's brother Mike learns that his brother has powers, he attempts to use JJ's powers to win at the horse track. Meanwhile, Katie receives a promotion, and Daphne comes to believe a student accused of drug use is innocent.
While Internal Affairs officer Rachel Jacobs investigates reports of a rogue cop, Jim risks revealing himself as the prime suspect when the police station is overrun by a group of thugs, and he is the only hope of survival. Meanwhile, while trying to nurse an ailing Joshua back to health at the lab, Katie and Stephanie run into Human Resources VP Victoria Morrow and begin to suspect that she isn't who she says she is.
After a friend is attacked, Stephanie tells Jim that she wants to join forces with him to help catch the perp. But when Jim informs Stephanie that he's built for crime fighting - and she's not - the competition is on to see which one of them can solve the case first.
Dr King orders Victoria to use her abilities to slip into the Powell home and hug one member of the family. Meanwhile, JJ and Daphne investigate the passing of Natalie's mother.
Jim feels guilty after his actions inadvertently injure a bystander. The Watcher proposes to Katie, Chris steals the trilsettum serum and injects it into his crippled father, and Mr. Litchfield forces JJ to join the academic decathlon team.
King's mysterious superior, Mrs. X, sends a super to seduce Jim and George with her ability to compel men to obey her. Meanwhile, Chris suspects that Daphne and her family have special abilities, and Stephanie has to compromise her principles to maintain her cover as a loyal worker for Dr. King.
While a new super stalks the family on Mrs. X's orders, Daphne and Chris ditch school for a music video shoot, JJ tries to determine Mr. Litchfield's plans, and Katie learns more about her former fiance.
Stephanie ends up traveling to the future and seeing her family's secret revealed, and the consequences that result. Returning to the present, she tries to prevent the future from occurring. Meanwhile, Jim and George track down the criminal responsible for the passing of a cop, and Mrs. X assigns someone to watch the pregnant Katie.
Mrs. X employs a super to abduct J.J. so she can force the teenager to solve the trilsettum permanency problem. Meanwhile, Joshua returns to see Katie and his unborn child, and King makes his move to win Stephanie's heart.