BEING HUMAN “There Goes The Neighborhood” Part 2 Review

BEING HUMAN “There Goes The Neighborhood (Part2)” Episode 2 – Who are the monsters? what makes them and what is it that keeps humans apart from them is the question that opens this weeks BEING HUMAN. “There Goes The Neighborhood” Part 2, offers a brief introduction to the origin of each of the characters, pausing long enough on each of them to make those of us waiting to the resolution of last weeks cliffhanger nearly insane. Thankfully, Aidan decided that going vampy was a bad idea and answering his phone was a good idea. In the nick of time, he managed to keep Josh from having his sister for dinner. Phew. Everything is better except…

You knew there was an except. You knew there was an and, you knew nothing was going to be easy for these poor guys that just wanted to be normal monsters next door.

Remember Rebecca? The girl Aidan kind of, well, chomped in the first episode? Remember how he was all sure she was dead? Yeah, not so much. She reappears, much to Josh’s disgust and Aidan’s horror. It seems that instead of “cleaning up” Bishop turned her into a vampire. Things aren’t going well for Josh either, he is struggling with his family and his “condition”. It’s hard breaking the news that you are a werewolf to your family. And finally, poor Sally is trying to work it out with Danny, her fiance, who can’t see her or hear her.

Once again, Carver and Frike have turned out a compelling and watchable show. The characters are really growing on me. While I will admit that I am still a Josh girl, this week has softened my heart a little towards Aidan. “There Goes The Neighborhood” takes a dive into the deep end of the question of just who and what these people are and what they are striving to be. The characterizations come across in both the good and the bad in Being Human and that is what makes the show so watchable. Bishop is triumphantly evil and Rebecca is exultant in her newly discovered monster self, and though they are on the other side of good, they are deeply interesting.

Of course it is the stories of Aidan, Josh and Sally that I am already most invested in. Two hours into the series and I am hooked. I care about these people. I want to know them. Josh’s struggle with his identity is realistic, almost like someone suffering from a chronic or terminal illness trying to come to terms with what it means. Sally’s questions about why she is still here and wanting to stay to find out more and discover her personal closure, or perhaps it is merely because she is unwilling to let go. Aidan’s story to me, once again, is not as compelling because (and no fault to Being Human) the memory of Nick Knight on Forever Knight and his struggle to be human.

I am in love. Mondays at 9 are officially a “do not call” time. My phone will be off, I will not respond to emails. I am Being Human with Aidan, Josh and Sally and do not wish to be disturbed. I cannot get enough of this amazing show. It is next week yet?

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