Being Human (US) was a show that you really couldn't evaluate until it was all over. The (UK) version is considerably different and not nearly as good. First is the huge difference in that the UK version was essentially 3 shows: 1st = Seasons 1-3, 2nd = Season 4, and the 3rd = Season 5. Each served as a backdrop for its successor, but when you entirely change the cast (-1) and redirect the storyline at each of those points your telling a new story based on a the same premise; being monsters (Ghost, Werewolf, and Vampire) working together to try and retain your humanity. Three other huge differences: the UK version stuck much more to the old myths about the power and limitations of the monsters, had a much longer history with a bigger scope of plot where the afterlife was clearly grounded in Catholic religious beliefs and finally that the UK version was more bloody while having fewer and poorer quality of special effects. There were many basic plot points that were the same, but the how they were written into the stories are vastly different. With far fewer shows and a rotating door of main characters (Only Annie made it 4 seasons) there was simply little time to introduce characters for the viewer enough for them to develop any empathy for them. Specifically the 3 main characters relationships with each other were not nearly as tightly bound in supporting each other. They were not only not consistent over seasons they didn't have the history painted in the "species" given out in the US story line. A main theological key to being human is the role of love in the US version. The UK version it was not even material in the big picture in the UK version except for a few episodes.
If not for liking the US version I would NEVER have made it through the UK version. Having done it a main reason was because there was fewer shows and the continuing hope that like the US version I would be rewarded for all the unexpected developments and major changes happening fast in the story in the end. But it never happened, there were just major changes to trying to make for a bigger story but all it did was introduce to much change to fast and in reality only to effect the current story. Having George and Nina fall in love, her get pregnant and have a human baby only to kill them off in two episodes was just a whole lot of major story development with no real payoff, just disappointment. The baby was given a larger purpose it was only around that seasons story except for being the key to the trigger for Annie to be able to get her door.
The whole tying out the story to the old ones and the deal made with the devil yet another larger story base, but written out as having a small focus with a scope effecting the last two seasons. If this wasn't Science Fiction it wouldn't get a 6 rating, but we are talking about a genre that has produced a low bar for quality so a 6 is my the line of watchable, 5 or lower for watching for the sake of finding the humor in how bad it is or worse simply shutting it off because it is intolerably bad. But overall Being Human (UK) was just good enough that I made it through all the episodes driven by that hope that the end would justify the time with an ending that made me like the rest much more. Given all the original characters are long gone by the time you reach the series finale that is kind of hard, but I still made it. The end was limited in that it really only effected characters introduced in the last two seasons with the devil being surprisingly weak and easy to defeat.
There are a lot better shows and this has many flaws but when streaming for free the show is just good enough to watch and find entertaining, especially when so much bad reality TV is its competition. Don't spend money to watch it, but it is entertaining enough to watch when streaming.
If not for liking the US version I would NEVER have made it through the UK version. Having done it a main reason was because there was fewer shows and the continuing hope that like the US version I would be rewarded for all the unexpected developments and major changes happening fast in the story in the end. But it never happened, there were just major changes to trying to make for a bigger story but all it did was introduce to much change to fast and in reality only to effect the current story. Having George and Nina fall in love, her get pregnant and have a human baby only to kill them off in two episodes was just a whole lot of major story development with no real payoff, just disappointment. The baby was given a larger purpose it was only around that seasons story except for being the key to the trigger for Annie to be able to get her door.
The whole tying out the story to the old ones and the deal made with the devil yet another larger story base, but written out as having a small focus with a scope effecting the last two seasons. If this wasn't Science Fiction it wouldn't get a 6 rating, but we are talking about a genre that has produced a low bar for quality so a 6 is my the line of watchable, 5 or lower for watching for the sake of finding the humor in how bad it is or worse simply shutting it off because it is intolerably bad. But overall Being Human (UK) was just good enough that I made it through all the episodes driven by that hope that the end would justify the time with an ending that made me like the rest much more. Given all the original characters are long gone by the time you reach the series finale that is kind of hard, but I still made it. The end was limited in that it really only effected characters introduced in the last two seasons with the devil being surprisingly weak and easy to defeat.
There are a lot better shows and this has many flaws but when streaming for free the show is just good enough to watch and find entertaining, especially when so much bad reality TV is its competition. Don't spend money to watch it, but it is entertaining enough to watch when streaming.