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January 10, 2010
Being Human Series 2 Episode 1
I'd forgotten a few things about Being Human: firstly how funny it is, secondly how emotional it is and thirdly how scary it is. In other words, I'd forgotten how good it is.
The second series dives straight in after the events of the first series, no hand holding, no tedious exposition, and plenty of repercussions.
Nina, George's girlfriend is now living with George, Annie and Mitchell. George gets beaten up by vampires (again) and of course Mitchell knows the new scary vampires, Daisy and Ivan. Then Annie gets a job at a pub. And there are some baddies worse than vampires.
But that's all just mere plot, and Being Human is about the characters, about their lives and emotions. It's really well written, nothing ever feels forced or false. Even the Buffy reference was funny and that was a tricky one: how do you do a vampire programme without mentioning Buffy? You do it in a funny way that dismisses it forever more: "I stopped watching it when, you know, I started living it."
It all feels real and rounded and gripping enough to make the hour long episode fly by. Just like last series, when the episode ended it seemed to soon, and the hour too short. Can't wait until the next episode.
In the meantime the BBC site has lots of extras, including prequel videos for the characters.