Being Human is at a point where the show could feel stagnant.
We've known the characters for two years and the writers have thrown
them in situations that go from bad to worse. But instead, the writers
changed the circumstances and opened up new stories to explore.
The writers' willingness to change the characters continues to be my favorite aspect of Being Human. This week's episode threw a few twists at Josh, Sally, and Aidan. Spoilers below for episode 3.08 "Your Body Is a Condemned Wonderland."
"Wonderland" gave us a taste of reset television without actually resetting any of the characters.
Josh started the series as a werewolf, cured himself, and now he is a werewolf again. In the coming episodes, we'll see round two of how he deals with being a werewolf. His life fell apart the first time. Now he knows about the supernatural world and he had a system down for what to do on full moons. Things will probably be different this time around, but we don't know how yet.
By the end of "Wonderland," Sally and Aidan switch roles. Sally realizes that when she's hungry all the time, it's for raw meat. The preview for next week shows her eating a mouse, so she'll figure out that she has to eat live creatures to restore her body. It's a level up from vampire survival. Sally is now the one who has to destroy life in order to survive.
Liam injected Aidan with the flu virus, and now Aidan is this close to death. So far in the show, vampires have come back as hallucinations but not as ghosts, so death is probably the end of Aidan. He said he has "so much to make up for," and he's probably worried about dying before he can make amends for all the people he has killed.
The writers reset the characters, but each character has his or her own twist that will lead to new stories for at least the rest of this season.
The writers' willingness to change the characters continues to be my favorite aspect of Being Human. This week's episode threw a few twists at Josh, Sally, and Aidan. Spoilers below for episode 3.08 "Your Body Is a Condemned Wonderland."
"Wonderland" gave us a taste of reset television without actually resetting any of the characters.
Josh started the series as a werewolf, cured himself, and now he is a werewolf again. In the coming episodes, we'll see round two of how he deals with being a werewolf. His life fell apart the first time. Now he knows about the supernatural world and he had a system down for what to do on full moons. Things will probably be different this time around, but we don't know how yet.
By the end of "Wonderland," Sally and Aidan switch roles. Sally realizes that when she's hungry all the time, it's for raw meat. The preview for next week shows her eating a mouse, so she'll figure out that she has to eat live creatures to restore her body. It's a level up from vampire survival. Sally is now the one who has to destroy life in order to survive.
Liam injected Aidan with the flu virus, and now Aidan is this close to death. So far in the show, vampires have come back as hallucinations but not as ghosts, so death is probably the end of Aidan. He said he has "so much to make up for," and he's probably worried about dying before he can make amends for all the people he has killed.
The writers reset the characters, but each character has his or her own twist that will lead to new stories for at least the rest of this season.
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