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Nooooooo! Noooooo!
Being Human (UK) came to a devastating conclusion on Sunday night. I'm still slightly shellshocked by it.
Won't go into detail just in case any of you US dwellars are following, as I know BBC America is a few weeks behind us on broadcast.
Without doubt the strongest series so far. Managed to keep the disturbing darkness that came with series 2, whilst re-establishing the warm camaraderie of series 1.
I read a review recently that said John Mitchell is just about the best supernatural character to be created on tv. I have to agree. Of alll the vamps and wolves and oddities roaming the cable channels right now, John Mitchell is my alll time favourite. Wonderfully flawed. A young soldier from the ww1 trenches, he's spent a century killing and stacking the cards in a game with fate. I am so impressed with how brave the show is. It's rare a show is willling to take its central and most loved character and unravel him completely, in such a way that for half the series you actually want him to face justice, so far from grace has he fallen. A brilliant tragedy, a timeless love story and a tale of two 'brothers' in arms, the road to damnation and redemption.
And God they've alll grown up so much! As actors I mean. Aidan Turner, Russell Tovey and Lenora Crichlow all put in stunning performances in this last series, as did Jason Watkins who plays Herrick, but he's a veterann performer, so that's to be expected. This was Aidan Turner's first tv job. He's a baby in acting terms! But such a brilliant actor.
I've focussed on Mitchell in this post, because to a large extent series 2 and 3 were Mitchell's story. His actions have driven the arc, his growing paranoia led the way.
Also still loving Being Human(US), and am wondering if they'll make Aidan half as unsympathetic as they have recently with Mitchell.
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