Máiréad Tyers in Extraordinary
(Picture: Laura Radford/Disney+)In many ways, the premise of new Disney+ show Extraordinary is, contrary to its title, actually pretty familiar. A group of twentysomethings living together in an inexplicably nice East London flatshare, thrust headfirst into navigating the intimidating adult world of dead-end jobs, dating and friendships with hilarious and heartwarming consequences.
So far, so ordinary (apart from how an unemployed person, a party shop attendant and a legal assistant can afford a split-level, of course). That is, until our 25-year-old protagonist, the hilariously candid Jen (Máiréad Tyers), flunks a job interview (in which, among listing far too many of her worst qualities, she blurts out that “sometimes I wonder if I’m a little bit racist”).
