"Some of these monsters simply choose to accept what they've become, some don't"
After last weeks debut I had high hopes for this SyFy channel remake of the great British show. They didn't let me down. For any fan of the original the story here will be familiar again, but they do seem to be creating the groundwork for some new paths for the story to take. Saying that, it is by no means detrimental to the show for it to be following the original story. It's a sad but true fact that, despite being shown on BBC America, the majority of casual American TV viewers have never even heard of Being Human.
The episode begins immediately where the last one left off, so we see Aidan (Sam Witwer) in the vampire den partaking of some fresh human blood from a willing donor. That kicking the habit thing doesn't seem to be going to well for him yet. Josh (Sam Huntington) is trapped inside a locked room with his sister on the verge of changing and Sally (Meaghan Rath) is stuck back at the apartment as she hasn't learned any of the cool ghosty tricks yet. Luckily Aidan manages to pull himself away from feeding long enough to notice his cell phone ringing and get's over to the hospital in time to save Emily and stop her from seeing Josh change. Well there goes my theory from last week about Emily playing the part of the 'Nina' character and being accidentally turned by Josh. Never mind, we do get to learn a little more back story about Josh before he decides once and for all that he can't be with his family anymore and tells Emily she needs to go back home without him. Turns out he was engaged and he left his fiancee at the same time as he left his family. We also find out that he left just after Emily told him she was gay, which she believes is one of the reasons he ran out out them, we know better obviously but hopefully that will mean Emily will be back around again down the road.
Rebecca wakes up in a morgue after her 'killer' date with Aidan, but he isn't there, she is alone with Bishop (Mark Pelligrino). After he cleaned up Aidan's mess he had her turned, partly to use as a weapon against Aidan and partly because he want's to know what it is about her that made him slip up. She isn't very happy with Aidan, understandably, when she find's out what she is now and that he isn't even there for her. Obviously he didn't know what Bishop had done but that doesn't stop her from setting out to torment him. First step is to kill Josh, until she figures out he is a werewolf, but she still scores some points against Aidan when josh realizes that she's a vampire and mistakenly assumes Aidan turned her. Josh Runs to Aidan with the accusation and the news that Rebecca is back and he in turn run's to bishop to see what the hell happened. Rebecca isn't done with Aidan and when she sees him in a bar with another nurse from the hospital she interjects and forces the girl to leave the bar, she then follows her outside and kills her.
Meanwhile Sally get's her first taste of what she is capable of as a ghost when she get's angry about not being able to see her fiance and blows the pipes out in the kitchen. It works to her advantage when he shows up to try and fix the pipes for them but only serves to make her angrier and cause another outburst when he can't see or hear her. Aidan, knowing that Sally needs some sort of closure presses him on what happened to her and we hear the story of her death. There was a black out at the apartment and after they had gone to bed she needed to use the bathroom but in the dark she took a wrong turn and ended up falling down the stairs. Sally still can't remember anything from that night but she obviously believes him. The episode closes out with Aidan and Josh at the hospital, Josh has to tell his sister to leave him alone, for what he believes is her own good. Aidan is confronted by Bishop who tells him he could have saved the girl by turning her and asks Aidan if he chooses us or them, Aidan chooses them. The final scene shows Aidan back at the apartment sitting alone on the stoop while Josh watches him and contemplates just how hard it is for Aidan to fight against his nature before joining him outside.
Another strong showing for the fledgling show. Meaghan Rath is utilized some more this week which is nice. Rath does portray a more serious, emotionally damaged side of the character but it's growing on me and there is also room for her bubbly care free side to come through as the season progresses. I'm liking Witwer more and more as the vampire, I think he is going to be incredible when the story get's darker. So far it seems that they are following the story for Sally and Aidan pretty closely, which is why I find Josh the most intriguing right now. Not to take anything away from the other characters but he is the one they seem to be playing around with the most at this point and I enjoy that. As someone who has seen all the original episodes it's nice to still be surprised here and there when they throw something new at us, it keeps it interesting. Hopefully SyFy has plenty more surprises in store for us.
Network: SyFy
Air Date: 01/24/11
Created by: Toby Whithouse (UK Version)
Starring: Sam Witwer, Sam Huntington, Meaghan Rath and Mark Pelligrino
Website: http://www.syfy.com/beinghuman/
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