Yesterday marked the airing of another superb episode of Being Human. I’m really glad to be able to say that too, as if you’ve read my previous Being Human post following the last episode, you will know I was a little worried things might suddenly go downhill.

It’s witty, it’s well written and the characters are all highly likeable and well developed. Perhaps the best thing about the show however is that it is accessible – you are able to recommend it to folks who might normally avoid this kind of thing like the plague. It’s the fact that the characters are three normal people (it goes without saying they look pretty good too) and that they have the on-screen chemistry that makes things work.

This second episode revolves around George (Russel Tovey) meeting another werewolf who wants to teach him to control his monthly transformation. Initially George wants nothing to do with him. There are quite a few funny moments – not least when George follows the lead of his sex-crazed thrill junkie of a mentor in order to chat up a nurse. Despite the fact that Annie (Lenora Chrichlow) rarely leaves the flat, she also gets quite a bit of screen time (which is no bad thing as her story and character are interesting and she’s lovely to look at!). Mitchell (Aidan Turner), has a few more saucy run-ins with an increasingly disturbing ex-girlfriend-turned-vampire, Lauren (Annabel Scholey). The interesting thing about these two is that Mitchell “turned” her, so even though her blood thirst and depravity appals, he made her what she is, so she is able to manipulate him.

There are one or two genuinely shocking moments at the end of this ep. I look forward to 3/6 next Sunday!

Here’s a cast and crew interview on the rules they chose for Being Human’s vampires:

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