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Being Human: The Wolf-Shaped Bullet (2011)
What a disappointment
What a disappointing end to a great series. It was more like an episode of 'Days of Our Lives', shallow, unstructured and has completely lost the plot. Mitchell made the show, the only character with real depth. The others a a little too quirky to hold my interest. With him gone I believe the show will lose any real credibility to those who crave more than tears and sensitivity. Watching Nina and George is akin to something out of Eastenders, there is just no extra dimension to their characters. Annie is interesting from an irritating point of view. She adds something with her extreme naivety, but only in combination with the dark intensity of Mitchell. I will definitely give season 4 a miss based on the low quality of execution of season 3.
Being Human (2008)
Excellent....until season 3
This was a 10/10 until I just watched season 3. I must say what a disappointment. Its taking a show that started with a comical perspective on some of the darker things in our minds...and ends season 3 with all the class of a cheap soap opera? The final episode was just awful! Obviously constructed off-the-cuff with no thought whatsoever. It was as if they made it up as they went. The best part was....killing an attacking werewolf with a kitchen knife?...come on...it wasn't even silver! I think reducing Mitchell to babbling fool was another mistake, he was the pivotal character in the whole series, with a depth and dimension unmatched by any other character in the story. His conflicted personality is a great touch, but to reduce a 100+ year old vampire to that level over love is to be quite honest, ridiculous. This is supposed to be a supernatural thriller, not a 'Days of Our Lives' competitor. Annie adds to the program with her illogical and irritating behavior, George and Ninas characters however just show a lack of any common sense or perspective. I can see what the writers are trying to achieve with 'monsters' trying to maintain morality, but they fail dismally as their opinions and actions lack any kind of connection with reality.