'being human' (BBC + vampire/ghost/werewolf): anticipate?

Basically, Adam goes somewhere and decides to live as a teenager and go back to school, where he *gasp* meets a werewolf and a ghost.

The best bit of of Becoming Human were the lols that stemmed from Adam trying to be down with the cool kids despite not having been one for decades, and all his cultural reference points being ridiculously out of date. "We banter, like Hale and Pace".

I actually wanted more of the whole thing than the 10-minute mini episode we got. Also, I laughed at 'Egg Miliband'.

I really liked the proper episode. Dogging circles and swingers' hotels = never not funny. And Adam is a great character. If this series is guilty of anything right now it's underusing Annie, who is the best thing about the show.

The best bit of of Becoming Human were the lols that stemmed from Adam trying to be down with the cool kids despite not having been one for decades, and all his cultural reference points being ridiculously out of date. "We banter, like Hale and Pace".

See, that just annoyed me. He was living in the real world looking like a 16 year old, he must have picked some stuff up since he was actually 16 - Mitchell manages to be obsessed with The Real Hustle despite being about 120.

There were hints of things to come, with that guy offering Mitchell his get-out to go away with the other vampires, George and Nina getting their parental skills on, some meh Mitchell wuvs Annie stuff, and whatever, but, I dunno. Didn't quite grab me. That said, I have very high standards and expectations for this show, so a below-par episode is still pretty good.

I thought it was great. I enjoyed it much more than last week's episode. I thought the guy who played Adam was great. Could have been 16, could have been 46, really. Very well cast. Also I lolled at "no-neck gaylord".

Bye bye little Scrappy Doo Vampire.

I also really enjoyed the Daily Mail racism of the vampire family, them putting papers down for the others to sit on was particularly classy.

I found this week's episode a little queasy making.

they seem to be going through secondary characters at a heady rate - paul kaye's vampire, adam, sasha, graham... at least robson jerome's coming back.

They've always gone through supporting characters pretty quickly, but an animated decomposing corpse wandering round the house was pretty nasty.

They're doing Mitchell and Annie pretty well though - minimal amount of drippiness, although that relationship is clearly not going to last. What with that + impending Mitchelldeath + werewolf puppies, I'm guessing this is the last series?

Herrick is taking his time turning up isn't he? He's been resurrected for three whole episodes now.

I still think Herrick might have caught werewolf since he was killed by George, and he's going to be the prophesied werewolf that kills Mitchell. A zombie vampire werewolf, obv.

I suspect I'm going to be very wrong with this.

Forgot to watch Becoming Human after, will catch it on iPlayer when I get home.

you may be out of luck there - i looked for it last week and it wasn't listed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/becominghuman/episodes/

Russell Tovey's shrieky panic demeanour is so great. And the dialogue in this show is fantastic (when they are doing 'real life' flatmate chat etc, not when they are doing portentious gothickery).

Good to see Dirge is still a go-to soundtrack for 'something unsettling unfolding via montage' in Brit TV drama.

Herrick is v. creepy. And a v. good actor.

So the next episode is the last one ever then? I'd assume that to be the case given that the guy who plays Mitchell is in the Hobbit film and will probably be proper famous from then on.

I enjoyed this episode enough but it felt like a necessary breather before the chaos hits. Compared to the fantastic one with the werewolves the week before.

Read an interview with Aidan Turner earlier where he said he wasn't sure when they were doing a fourth series and if Mitchell would be in it, but I didn't take it from that that it was over.

my friend wrote episode four, and he said they're already storylining the next series (though whether mitchell is still in it is another q - apparently the other writers apart from the show's creator haven't seen the finale yet). and there's three more episodes this series.

How can you storyline a series without knowing if you have one of the pivotal characters in it?

they might have been told, i haven't inquired too closely cos i don't want spoilers. i just know they haven't seen the last ep.

and there's three more episodes this series.

This is awesome news, it seemed to be building up to a finale.

the US series is growing on me but i'm pretty curious to see the original and just noticed that it's available OnDemand. how much is the US version following the UK version, i.e. will it be kind of a spoiler for the US show to watch lots of the UK show?

― oppet, Monday, 21 February 2011 09:03 (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Herrick is v. creepy. And a v. good actor.

Absolutely. I love his essential Herrick-ness coming through, icking you out just as you're starting to feel for this poor, addled man

No comments about the most recent episode? Twisty as fuck! I like the fact that they kept bluffing that the detective lady was going to die, then maybe not...and then just killed her(although come to think of it, she was still moving at the end, so then again...)

How come Nina's werewolfy sense of smell didn't pick up all that blood as soon as she went back in the house?

Whatever happens, I doubt Mitchell will be in the next season anyway, as Aidan Turner's off to New Zealand for The Hobbit. But even if he's killed off(which I think is fairly likely), they've included a handy backdoor way for him to return at some point in the future with the whole "inheritance" thing.

Bit pissed off they killed off McNair, but yeah, didn't get how Nina didn't smell a house full of dead people. Herrick's quick turnaround to stab her after all totally threw me though. That was a top drawer episode (and yes, we noticed that Nancy was still moving).

How am I supposed to wait 1 more week for the end?

And why does no helpful pirate put Becoming Human up where I can see it?

I watched the last 3 episodes back-to-back last night. My bf has been refusing to watch it since ep 1 of the current series, claiming it's 'gone off'. Has it 'eck. Brilliant. Not as much humour as in the early days, but still enough humour and enough charm to really keep you on the edge of your seat anticipating those turns for the dark.

I watched the episode after an afternoon of pub football watching so really need to see it again.

meant to post on Monday, but been a bit busy - yes, this week's was *superb*, possibly best ever episode imo. I went off the show a bit in series 2, but this whole run has been ace.

(and yes, we noticed that Nancy was still moving)

couldn't tell if this was because she'd been vampified or if the actress was just wriggling a bit? Guy who plays Herrick's acting is A+++++++.

Wiggling definitely not accidental.

I agree that it's "gone off". For me now, most of the episodes are boring up to the Herrick bit. But man, the last two Herrick shockers have been so very, very good.

missed the first showing because of a clash, missed the second due to stb error, taped the third but it was the 3am signed repeat so it had a big read border and a woman in the corner miming along. is repeated for the last time tonight, and, obv, is on iplayer.

am hoping they'll show all of becoming human as a one-hour long thing when being human has finished. it's good, but the 5 minutes a week thing is annoying.

(big red border)

fuuuuuuuuuuucccccccccckk

it was really confusing to read this thread until i realized that the 3rd season of the UK version is running at the same time as the 1st season of the US version, which i guess nobody here is really talking about. i just finished watching s1 UK and am about to start s2 UK, and i honestly like enough things about each version of the show that i can't really pick a favorite, both good shows.

OK, that was Good Telly. Am going to miss this so very much.

They even left it so they could bring it back despite losing two major characters, but I'm not sure if they will or not. But this Wyndham chappie that turned up at the end looks like a straight replacement for Herrick and I really wouldn't mind if they brought Adam back over from Becoming Human at all to fill the need for a new vampire. There's still so much to explore.

One minor point: how the hell did they get back into their house so quickly? Surely it's a major crime scene?

am hoping they'll show all of becoming human as a one-hour long thing when being human has finished. it's good, but the 5 minutes a week thing is annoying.

Think they're doing this next week.

"Episode Seven released 13th March
Episode Eight released 20th March online (9.45pm) and on BBC Three (9pm) at the end of the 50min finale. Don't miss it!"

(is odd seeing him in the Submarine trailers btw, seeing as he looks identical.)

Yeah they've created a pretty good universe with a fair few strong characters (Adam, Tom, whoever the new bad guy is) so they could go on without Mitchell pretty easily.

Loved this episode, the constant shifting of allegiances was done really well. Glad they bought Lacey Turner back as well. Not quite sure what was supposed to have happened with Tom - the whole additional werewolves subplot didn't really go anywhere.

Otherwise ace. George in particular absolutely killed it.

MITCHELL

Episode Eight released 20th March online (9.45pm) and on BBC Three (9pm) at the end of the 50min finale. Don't miss it!"

What 50 min finale?

I'm guessing the combined episodes of Becoming Human (as in its finale, not Being Human's one)? It's quite badly explained, aye.

is here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ztff4

"Before going onto BBC Three, Becoming Human started life as an 8 part online drama on the Becoming Human blog. For fans wanting to delve deeper into the mystery there are mobile phone videos, newspaper clippings, character profiles and other updates revealed daily by the characters themselves. After the 50 minute special on BBC Three there will be one more twist, a final update added to the Becoming Human blog, so keep your eyes peeled!"

i haven't been following the blog updates or the sms messages or any of that, just watching the clips.

Yeah, me too. Might have a wee shufty through before the weekend though.

Before this series of Being Human, there were some clips on the BBC site of Annie's messages from purgatory, none of which I watched either.

yeah so i watched this finally. in short: penultimate episode great shock and awe stuff. ultimate episode something of an anticlimax, all the stuff in the cage with mitchell dissembling and george getting angry didn't really convince and the big emotionally moving climax didn't move me, unfortunately. and after all that, becoming human was a welcome return to the lighter hearted early days.

I agree. Last episode was just too much talking. More talking about the same stuff over and over. Kind of boring.

Think pretty much the whole season suffered from that particular malaise.

I don't know about the UK version, but the US remake is the WORST PILE OF POO I have watched this year. lol
God, that was crap. No season 2 for me. Ohhhhh nooooo.

What the hell was all that about then.