Being Human (UK)/Being Human (US)

[DanaC]

K. It's official. I'm now a total Sam Witwer fangurl. Lovin' his vampy antics in Being Human (US).

The more I see of this remake the more impressed I am. There have been a few scenes in particular that were so well-directed, and well-conceived they blew me away. Sally's revenge fantasy in episode six was stunning.


Meanwhile back in Blighty: the main villain from season 1, who was George's first and only (so far) kill has returned from the dead. I was worried that this might be Being Human's shark-jumping moment. I really should have had more faith. His return, rather than being the grandstanding villain I'd expected, was a lot quieter and more destructive than I could have imagined. The episode as a whole was a tightly drawn piece, taking place entirely within the confines of the ex-guest house they are renting. The Guardian's review described it as pinteresque, and I'd say that fits.

They are slowly making the vampire, Mitchell into an unsympathetic character. He's losing his grip on those fragments of humanity he was trying to hold onto, and at the same time is almost more human for his descent into paranoia and selfishness. I'm intrigued to see if the SyFy series is brave enough to make their vampire as unlikable when he starts to fall away.