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A vampire, a werewolf, and a ghost walk into a bar....

finkpishnets will be most thrilled to hear that I have finished the first season of Being Human. And that I love it.

She will not be pleased to hear that I still like the original Mitchell better.

But! She will again be pleased to hear that I fangirl Annie like you would not believe, and that the OT3 love is strong with me. THEY ARE ALL MARRIED ALL TOGETHER. (Follow that link and let it convince you to watch the show.) Y'all, there is domesticity and hilarity and really poignant moments and fantastic plotting and general awesomeness to be had. Get on the bandwagon! A vampire, a werewolf, and a ghost sharing a house! And trying to be human! Awesomeness!

I am a sucker for domesticity. So this show gets me. Because Annie and George and Mitchell are adorable and hilarious and adorable again and I love them.

I fangirl Annie. I kind of want to be Annie as she is, as the picspam says, MADE OF RAINBOWS AND SUNSHINE. +1000000 for casting! I love how seriously they take the domestic abuse plotline with her and how it affected and affects her. Brilliant. Also, her ultimate Standing Up to Owen scene may be my favorite kick-ass moment since Buffy Freakin' Summers. Or at least Veronica Mars. I went all flaily with joy over the perfection of that scene. I hope Owen gets tortured for the rest of the show for what he did to her. I also really love that she's not the stereotypical Strong Female Character. I mean, as much as I love Buffy or Aeryn Sun or whoever, it's nice sometimes to see a female character who is strong but is also not physically imposing and who has the stereotypically girly emotions. She cries a lot. I love that about her, because I do, too. And yet she's still wonderful in every way.

George is awesome. OMG the way he squeaks! I love it! He's so neurotic and funny and when he does the Big Brave Thing at the end of the season I just want to huggle him! I thought he would annoy me, but he does not! Instead, he makes me happy, though I cannot crush on him because I view him the way I do Anwar on Skins: I want to spend the rest of my life pinching his cheeks. I think it is the ears. He has such stereotypically geeky ears. They stick out for miles and make him look pretty goofy, and it's fabulous. And more +100000 for casting!

Mitchell is great when he's getting all excited about doing human-y things! And how much he loves George and Annie just makes me so, so happy. I do roll my eyes when he broods, though. Which is probably as much Angel's fault as Mitchell's. I do not think I would like him on his own, but pair him with the other two, and I like him very much indeed. ~~Though I still think the other Mitchell was better--and way, way more convincing as a vampire. Don't kill me!~~

I also love Nina. She is also adorable and hilarious and exactly the right girl for George ~~if only his vampire and ghost BFFs weren't waiting for him at home~~. And unlike any other character I can think of. Again +1000000 for casting!

I was absolutely mad about Gilbert, too. I wanted a zillion episodes with him, and I was crushed when he left. He was just so lovely, and his death scene made me cry: when he opened that door and looked in and smiled. Oh, Gilbert. +10000 for casting yet again!

I hatehatehatehatehated Lauren. Like, every time she was onscreen, I wanted to stab the screen with my fork (I watch TV while I eat my meals. Do not judge me). Gah, could she have been any more annoying? And she made Mitchell annoying when she was with him! I hated it! I was glad to see her go.

Herrick, on the other hand, was a fabulous Big Bad. I hope next season's is as as good.

And I knew Owen killed her from the very first scene he was in! I so called it! He is a despicable excuse for a human being, and did I mention that I wouldn't mind seeing him tortured? Poor Annie.

Fantastic pacing, show. Fantastic. Six episodes pack quite a punch when they're all excellent and don't waste anything at all.

I also like their pink house. It feels (and looks) very much like what a bunch of young people without a lot of money would live in.

The only thing I don't like (besides Lauren--who stole my name and made it bad!) is that I cannot figure out the vampire and ghost rules. So...Annie can touch things and now everyone can see her? How is that different from being alive, leaving aside the popping from one place to another and the new blowing people away skills? And vampires can not only go out in daylight but also they don't actually have to drink blood, and there's no substitute? I want a bit more sense-making, please.

But other than that, I love it all! And...I can't wait to start S2! Will it be longer? I hope and pray?

And I hear that they are going to make an American version. I do not approve. Unless they do something crazy like cast Enver Gjokaj and Aldis Hodge and Deborah Ann Woll all in the same show (I was just trying to think of my favorite young-ish American actors. But I've got good taste, no?), there is no way on earth that this can be anything close to good. CURSE YOU, AMERICAN TV! First Skins, now Being Human? Did Life on Mars teach you nothing?

*sigh*

But yes. I love this show, and I want everyone to watch it for it is made of loveliness. The. End.

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dear god i fucking love this show.

ftr i loved lauren and flustered mitchell and i am sad she's evil. i love annie, she's my favorite. i love the boys an equal amount. this season i only like annie though because everyone else is being annoying. they should fix that.

thanks.

Isn't it all that is awesome?

I did think Lauren somewhat redeemed herself there at the end. She didn't want to be an evil thing (I feel sort of sacrilegious quoting Drusilla there, but whatever: it's relevant).

Annie is totally my favorite! Yay Annie!

this season i only like annie though because everyone else is being annoying. they should fix that.
Oh noes! This is not happy news! I am displeased!

OH NEVER MIND I THOUGHT LAUREN WAS MITCHELL'S NEW GIRLFRIEND. jk nevermind, lauren idgaf about. :D

Oh, does he have a new girlfriend? And she's cool? YAY. I am excited about that.

Ha! No, Lauren was the dumb one who was all, "MITCHELL DRINK BLOOOOOD. DRINK BLOOOOOD NOOOOOW." Her routine got old.

haha GET TO SEASON TWOOOOO. the premier was awesome the next two episodes were not.

Oh, no! That's so disappointing! Does it look like it'll get better anytime soon?

i'm sure it will; it's a smart show, they know what they're doing. they just need to focus on annie more because she's always perfect.

literally so much my favorite. normally with favorite characters i change depending on the day, but not with annie. the second she showed up i was sold. not original!annie, she was less awesome. lenora. A++++

It is really smart. I trust these writers in ways I don't usually trust (BSG burned me. So did Dollhouse. And Veronica Mars S3. And I could go on.)

AGREED. Annie makes everything better!

the second she showed up i was sold. Yes! And I agree: Lenora is six zillion times better than the old Annie. I adore her.

*ignoring your spoilers*

This has just reminded me that I need to finish series 1 of this show. I started to watch it a few months ago, but only got through like, three episodes. I'm gonna start watching it again. Like...right now.

Oh, you should! I just watched the pilot, got five minutes into the second episode and realized that the cast had changed, and gave up. But then I gave it another chance after much prompting, and it is lovely!

The cast changed? *does not remember this* Maybe I should start back at the beginning if I'm forgetting something as big as a cast change...

You may not have watched the original pilot; it aired like a year before the rest of the show, and it isn't necessary to see. In it, both Mitchell and Annie were played by different actors (the Annie actor was laaaaaaame). And Lauren. And possibly some other people, too.

Ah. Okay. It makes sense now. 'Cause yeah, in your post you said something about the original Mitchell and I was all "But I'm sure it was the same guy...." and I was just very confused.

Heh! Yeah. If you ever get bored, you might want to check out the pilot, just to see the differences. It's interesting. And I looooove original!Mitchell.

She will not be pleased to hear that I still like the original Mitchell better.

This is why I failed at watching this show halfway through the first episode and never tried again.

I so understand, and I am thrilled someone else agrees with me. I got ridiculous attached to original!Mitchell. I thought he was one of the best vampires I've ever seen on TV: he was a bit unsettling and you could believe that he was oldoldold, and yet he was compelling, too. I thought he was most excellent.

So I got two minutes into the next episode, saw he'd been recast, and closed the window. It took me months to try again. And it really is the biggest disappointment about the show to me. I'm still more devestated than I should be about the recasting. Which is a shame, because new!Annie is gazillion times better.

I honestly feel like I will never be able to watch it. No matter how much everyone loves it. It just looks wrong to me.

I totally understand, and I support your decision. Every time I look at Mitchell, I think of what could be, and I am disappointed. So...stick to your guns. I approve.

his death scene made me cry: when he opened that door and looked in and smiled.

Me too, actually.

Being Human is FTMFW. George/Annie/Mitchell OT3 <<<333

It was such a well-done scene. I'm amazed that I cared that much about a character who we'd seen so little of ~~compared to Dollhouse when I didn't even blink about Ballard~~.

I like it a lot. *nods*

*squees and flails with you* This post is made of win! If I wasn't already watching, I'd be hunting for the episodes right now! :D

"I am a sucker for domesticity. So this show gets me. Because Annie and George and Mitchell are adorable and hilarious and adorable again and I love them."

*nods vigorously* What these three share together is true and deep friendship. And they are a family. And I love them for it!

"it's nice sometimes to see a female character who is strong but is also not physically imposing and who has the stereotypically girly emotions."

This. Absolutely!

"George is awesome. OMG the way he squeaks! I love it! He's so neurotic and funny and when he does the Big Brave Thing at the end of the season I just want to huggle him! I thought he would annoy me, but he does not! Instead, he makes me happy"

I LOVE GEORGE!!!! That squeak is adorable!! And the ears. The Ears! It's amazing how his character is so funny and so tragic at the same time. I enjoy how Russell Tovey can switch between those two things in a blink of an eye, if/when necessary. His performance delivers the different layers of George wonderfully!

"Fantastic pacing, show. Fantastic."

Much agreeage. Again! It's always a pleasure to watch a show by talented, ambitious and enthusiastic writers, who know exactly what they want and what they are doing! :)

Would squee more, but I have to get back to work now...

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High praise indeed!

What these three share together is true and deep friendship. And they are a family. And I love them for it!
Exactly!

Russell Tovey is really very talented, and his talent sneaks up on you: it's not readily apparent, and it's not showy. But he really does a great job.

It's always a pleasure to watch a show by talented, ambitious and enthusiastic writers, who know exactly what they want and what they are doing! :)
Oh, yes, indeed!

I adore Being Human. Pretty much agree with all you said in your post - although I never watched the original pilot so I've not seen the original Mitchell.

Series two will have eight episodes - four have aired so far.

I love Annie and George, Russell Tovey is fantastic. I hadn't heard that they wanted to remake it in America... I can't see this without it becoming all sitcom-y.

Oh, good! Two more episodes! Great news!

Well, the upside to the American thing is that it'll probably last two episodes and perhaps American audiences will check out the original.

♥
...told you so ;)

Hahaha! You did indeed!

LAUREN I AM SO GLAD YOU'RE WATCHING THIS SHOW. ALSO IT IS SO YOU IT IS UNBELIEVABLE.

There are times where I do really miss Old!Mitchell, and I almost hope Guy gets brought back as a different vampire? But I've warmed so much to New!Mitchell. I love that he's not at all a typical vampire - if anything he looks more like a werewolf and I sort of love that? I love that he's really not what you'd expect, and oh my god, flustered!Mitchell is the most glorious wonderful thing ever. He has such a fantastic smile and any time he and George are bickering like an old married couple, I am so deliriously happy. (Though I'll admit, in our Being Human drinking game, 'any time Mitchell spontaneously rock-videos' was a rule. And it was hilarious.) Also, I was just discussing this with Lucy, in that, I don't think Old!Mitchell wouldn't have worked with the lighter tone of S1?

GEORGE OMG MY LOVE FOR RUSSELL TOVEY KNOWS NO BOUNDS. SERIOUSLY. THAT BOY. I mean, Aidan's pretty, but fuck me, Russell can act. The journey of George in S2 at the moment is really interesting and dear god, that boy blows me away every time. He's just, he's got the best balance of neurotic and normal and terrified and oh, I just love him so much.

The George/Mitchell dynamic is my favourite thing, oh man, bffs for life. And I love how Annie just slips so easily into that without disrupting anything, just making it even better. I LOVE THIS SHOW.
And Annie. I will love that girl til the end of time. Endless cups of tea and flailing and so damaged and hurt but, she grows up, she takes Owen on and it's the most fabulous transformation. And you're right, the fact that she's girly and normal really enhances that for me. That she's not the typical Strong Female. And I think that's what I love best about the show, that it takes these concepts and makes them atypical and normal at the same time. It's one of the best and most original tv shows I've seen in a long time.

Ugh Owen. I called that as well, just, I saw him and went 'wow, you killed her' and I love that that's the way they went. GILBERT. I LOVED GILBERT. OH MAN. HE WAS SO GOOD AND FUNNY AND I WAS SO SAD WHEN HE WENT THROUGH THE DOOR. And Herrick was a fabulous Big Bad. Lauren...was not. But they have another Lauren-esque character this season and she's awesome.

Nina is so good in S1 but oh god, I can't stand her this season. They've taken away everything I loved about her and oh just, you'll see. It makes me so sad. That Annie thing does get explained in the fourth? episode; sort of briefly and offhand but it does get explained.

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YAY FOR BRITISH TV. Y'ALL DO IT WAY BETTER, YO.

OMG IF THEY BROUGHT GUY BACK I WOULD DIE OF HAPPINESS.

anything he looks more like a werewolf and I sort of love that? Yeah, I do like that touch. Nobody looks like what you would expect a stereotypical ghost/vampire/werewolf would look like. It's a nice touch.

He has such a fantastic smile and any time he and George are bickering like an old married couple, I am so deliriously happy. Hahaha! I do enjoy that!

You come up with the best drinking games.

don't think Old!Mitchell wouldn't have worked with the lighter tone of S1?
Yeah, but he would have ROCKED the later stuff in the season with Herrick, etc. *weeps softly*

Russell's acting skills are so deceptive. Because you aren't sitting there getting blown away by his acting, you're getting there sitting blown away by George's emotions. And that is awesome.

And I think that's what I love best about the show, that it takes these concepts and makes them atypical and normal at the same time. It's one of the best and most original tv shows I've seen in a long time.
Agreed, agreed, agreed.

YES! I knew the moment I saw him that he killed her, and then when he told Mitchell that she was really sweet and kind and everything I was all "YOU KILLED HER DON'T EVEN." I like being right.

I've just watched the first two episodes of this season, and you're so right about Nina. IT SUCKS. (Although it was funny when Annie said that about there being a werewolf called Nina on Buffy. I was all, "Well, actually, she was on Angel, but I don't care because BTVS REFERENCE!). Not everybody has to angst all the time, and I loved her last season, but I am not liking this now.

Also: things that remind me of BtVS:
- This new Big Bad is kind of like the Initiative, only with religion.
- Hugh pretty much gives Annie Oz's speech to Willow about "when I imagine kissing you, you're kissing me back." (This is not a complaint: I love that speech! And Hugh is cute! In an unexpected way!)
- Daisy leading werewolf!Russell astray = Veruca leading werewolf!Oz astray. Except that Daisy is a fun character, and that scene in her daughter's room was absolutely fantastic. I loved it.

I think we must talk about this more later.

WELL SOMETIMES. BUT YOU GUYS HAVE EPIC THINGS AS WELL SO IT'S EVENLY SPLIT?

I really, really hope they do? The question is though whether he'd do it, I mean, since he was originally a lead role, perhaps he wouldn't be willing to take the part? I HOPE NOT THOUGH. Oh man, I really wanted him to be the gay vampire but alas, no. Because that would've been epic. And yes, he could've been really good with Herrick.

Hahaha our drinking games are rather epic. Who needs Ring of Fire when Mitchell's posing like an emo in front of a window?

God Russell. I honestly couldn't rave enough about that boy. He just slides so perfectly into his roles and dear god, this past episode I was so stunned because...well you'll see what I mean when you see it.

UGH UGH OWEN MADE MY SKIN CRAWL ALL THE TIME. Though the bits with Janie Harris were hilarious. But god I think he was played so well and again, this show is so good at casting.

RIGHT? This thing with Nina makes me so so sad. I was so initially against her and then she turned out to be awesome and then, this? This is what we get? And the thing is, we knew it would happen because angst was all they were ever going to do in regards to George scratching her. I just wish they'd done it better, because the actress could do so much better.

Yes! The BtVS/Angel reference made me so happy. And oh god, those parallels, you're so right. Also HUGHHHHHHH. I LOVE HIM SO SO SO MUCH OH MY GOD THAT SPEECH WAS THE MOST WONDERFUL THING SO CUTE.

Daisy is so fabulous. Crazy and Welsh and fabulous.

!!!

I'm about halfway through season one after my friend pestered me into it and I am just in love with their domesticity and relationships and guh, just the little moments between them make my heart grow like the Grinch's after the whole stealing Christmas business.

I mean, as much as I love Buffy or Aeryn Sun or whoever, it's nice sometimes to see a female character who is strong but is also not physically imposing and who has the stereotypically girly emotions. She cries a lot. I love that about her, because I do, too.
Exactly! (Also, omg, even if I'm not a public crier I weeeeep in private at everything. Books, songs, movies, particularly poignant commercials for children's hospitals or like, toilet paper, it doesn't matter.)

I-I just wish American networks would stay the hell away from my beloved British TV shows. American networks have the money but BBC have the writers and originality the majority of the time.

HAHAHA YES! Best comparison EVER! Oh, I love that movie! I know all the words to, "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch."

(Also, omg, even if I'm not a public crier I weeeeep in private at everything. Books, songs, movies, particularly poignant commercials for children's hospitals or like, toilet paper, it doesn't matter.)
I try not to weep in public, and I'm usually pretty good about it, but YES. I am exactly like this.

It's so true. Also, the good American stuff is really, really good, so they don't need to steal the BBC's ideas.

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