Being Human

Being Human

This week saw the return of the eternally puerile teen vampire Adam (Craig Roberts). As usual his crude innuendo was amusing for everyone except the other characters. Although it was uncertain as to whether his school mistress lover, Yvonne Bradshaw (Selina Griffiths), was completely adverse to his vulgar discourse.

‘Hold the Front Page’ illustrated Roberts’ versatility, showing that he is adept as a comedian but can play it straight. The scene where Adam and Yvonne reconciled was touching and there was a genuine desire to see these two characters get back together. It felt like there was a real connection between Adam and Yvonne and the age gap seemed to wither away. Although their relationship is an odd one, it was very tender and suggested that there can be some happy endings when it comes to supernatural creatures and finding love.

Both of these characters are lonely and they need each other, much in the same way that Annie, Hal and Tom are together for companionship. Even Succubi lead lonely lives considering that they suck the life out of their partner mid coitus. In a sense Adam and Yvonne have saved each other and bring out the best in one another. It was moving to watch Yvonne coming to terms with what she was and contemplating whether she even had a soul, it was certainly an interesting and original idea. The introduction of a new supernatural being reiterates that the ‘Being Human’ universe is only getting bigger. Given that Yvonne is a Succubus, the daughter of a human and a demon, it then follows that there must be demons out there as well. It seems that hell is slowly being let loose.

The other storyline running through the episode involved Cutler and Pete (Sacha Dhawan) the vampire-obsessed journalist. Although Pete initially appeared to be a stereotypical, muck-racking hack it emerged that there was more to his character. He had a similar back story to Kemp (Donald Sumpter), the priest from Series 2, who lost his loved ones due to a vampire attack. Both Pete and Kemp’s tragic stories suggest that it is vampires rather than werewolves that are dangerous. Vampires kill intentionally and indiscriminately for pleasure and gratification while werewolves do not. It is now clear that Cutler wants to portray werewolves as the ‘real’ villains. Will the world soon discover the existence of supernatural beings? Is this how the war against the vampires begins?

Just like ‘A Spectre Calls’, the guest actors all gave good performances this week, particularly Roberts and Griffiths. For those seeking a little bit more action from everyone’s favourite teen vampire should watch ‘Becoming Human’ which is an online series from the makers of ‘Being Human’. This episode also saw another great turn by Michael Socha as Tom who proved to be just as endearing as last time. Each week Socha is moving further and further away from the typecast of a young man with a troubled upbringing and he is showing that he can do comedy as well as gritty drama.

Next week Cutler’s werewolf video has gone viral and more werewolves are coming out of the woodworks, including one called Allison (Ellie Kendrick). Meanwhile Hal is visited by an old friend Alex (Kate Bracken) who seems to be unaware that he is a vampire and tests his blood lust. As the series goes on Hal seems to be slowly losing control, will he eventually succumb and kill Eve in the process?