Introductory episodes done, main arc nicely set up and BLAM!
Wow. What a great episode. The two big arc plots are reaching some kind of conclusion.
Firstly, Annie the Ghost confronted Owen, her old boyfriend, and murderer, and despite a moment of WTF?! he got over it pretty quickly and showed his true colours. What a nasty piece of work. I thought the scene where he was comforting his current girlfriend whilst attacking Annie was brilliant. And eventually she gathered enough strength to get back at him, sending him slightly mad by a secret whisper; presumably something about the afterlife?
Secondly, the Vampire plan. Mitchell returns to the vampires, feels good, realises they’re trying to take over the world and are farming people. Changes his mind. I like the fact that all of this decisions seemed real, nothing forced, he was driven back by the behaviour of humans, but ultimately he wants to live with humans, not overthrow the world. The vampire plan is nice and sleazy and underground, a secret war.
Mixed in with the action and the emotional bits were some great laughs again, this episode got the balance just right. George is particularly funny when raiding the Vampire funeral home; “We're like the world's gayest ninjas.”
It ended with a cliff-hanger and I can’t wait to see the next episode. Very enjoyable, and for BBC3, impressive. They’ve even made a pretty good website with extra stuff.
And the extra good news, Being Human has been commissioned for another series. Not sure what that means to resolution of the plot this series.
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