This was a slow but groovy episode of Being Human and everyone needs love. We flash back and forth between the 60s and now, between Mitchel’s first try at abstinence and now, between the love that he needed then and the one he needs now.  You have to love Mitch hairstyle!

Mitchell is getting closer to Lucy and she, in turn, is struggling to contain her feelings for Mitchell, as the drama following the lives of three housemates who happen to be a werewolf, a ghost and a vampire continues.

Mitchell has only really fallen in love once before and, in a flashback to the Sixties, viewers learn how his relationship with Josie saved him from the excesses of vampiredom. Back in the present with Lucy, it’s clear he’s struggling to reconcile the difference between human love and vampire lust.

Meanwhile, George’s relationship with Sam and her daughter, Molly, is going well and George wonders if there might be a chance to make the most of this normal human relationship – could he become Molly’s step-father?

Annie experiences parental feelings of her own when she’s asked to babysit an unusual child…

This episode was a bit slow, lots of dialog that develops the characters, but also a bit dull compared to the earlier action packed episodes of season two.

It started out strong with Mitch waking up covered in blood and with a magnificent hair, looking lost. But then is slowed down. There was some actions spots with the Police but otherwise intrigue, love and intrigue.

Annie got to show her awesome babysitting skills as a ghost mother drops off her baby for two hours. George really takes to the kid, he goes off in dreams of normality a family with Sam and her daughter Molly, that seems slightly unbelievable since last episode he barely could keep the wolf inside him. George where is your contact with reality? (Ha). Anyway Annie trying to babysit was very entertaining.

The sinister professor and Lucy will start to make more sense here. Mitch have a date with Lucy a quiet dinner at her place planed, but she have plans he don’t know about.

They all want love…

All in all a decent info dump of an episode but far from the best they have done.

There are eight episodes in the second season which leave us with three to go.

Mitchel is the new king and he has some success in double standards as he starts the vampire AA.

They don’t know the threat they are under. Nina is in the clutches of the mysterious professor Kent and Mitch latest female interest Professor Lucy Janet. We learn more about their backstory.

Annie is ambushed by another dead spirit trying to drag her into the light. But she is saved at the last minute by a world war 2 sergeant. His name is Sikes. Anne tries to make him teach her how to defend against the powers that tries to take her away.

One funny moment is when the black smith thinks George wants a sex cage and throws in a pair of handcuffs for  free.

Mitchel is trying to patch things up with Dr Lucy, as he knows her, and I think she starts to soften to him even in her secret identity.

In many ways this is the calm before the storm, pressure is  building to its ultimately climax in two more episodes. God I love this series, watch it now.

We are the only Humans left…

In the furthest, coldest, darkest reaches of our solar system, Paul Munro is on a mission from which he can never return. A desolate ice-covered moon will be his home for the rest of his life. And only from here can he see what humanity has become.

A thriller to freeze your blood. To absolute zero.

I bought this after reading Mark Chitty’s excellent review (link below) and it lived up to my expectations. This is one of the best science fiction books i have read in a  long time.

Earth is a world where everyone is online, all the time, with brain implants that assist them in everything they do. Every decision they make is habitually done by asking the net for advise. And no one living in the wired society reflects over the situation. They never knew anything else.

It takes an eight year trip to an icy moon around Jupiter and four humans alone, cut off from Earth to rediscover what it  means to be human. This is a recurring theme of our times (not for the first time in history),  what it  means to be human, there is even a British TV show called “Being human” from a  fantasy perspective. There are many issues with technologies and life sciences today and in the near future that can hold a Damocles’ Sword of Change over our heads, but I never suspected Social Media of being one of them. I understand now that I was wrong, it do have the potential.

But there is more than one terrifying secret lurking for our protagonist.

Masterful world building and characters that are lifelike, with motivations you understand and can relate to. There is a scene, when Paul the main character cry for the first time and he can’t  understand what  it is, that is really moving.

WE is a masterful story of discovery and revelation on so many levels that you have to read it, it relates to everything we are today.

Other relevant blog reviews:
- by Mark Chitty on Walker of Worlds: Review | WE by John Dickinson (David Fickling Books) his review inspired me to buy WE
- by Rob Grant on The Disgruntled Writer W.E.

There is two main story lines in this episode One: Mitchel trying to keep the vampires hidden and Two: Annie and George trying to help Hugh get back together with his ex girlfriend. He still has feelings for her.

The vampire killings continue as a young couple is found mangled in a park, unfortunately one victim survives and are taken to the hospital where Mitch and George work. Mitchel have to compromise with his integrity to avoid exposing vampire existence to the public. He has to bring some order and deal with the unruly vampire population now that the old king is dead. But will he be able to stick to his morals? Will the end justify the means?

Annie is back to being a ‘normal’ ghost. Normal humans can’t see her any more, that unfortunately means Hugh can’t see her any more either. George and Annie tries to help Hugh get back with his old girlfriend since he can’t see Annie any more. It’s very entertaining the way they go about it.

I like this episode, it builds up for things that will come the rest of the season. There is also a major revelation at the very end of the episode.

Annie is entertaining her new serendipitous boyfriend Soul and her new boss Hugh. Mitch is being inappropriate awkward with his new girl interest at the hospital. One of the men from Vienna lies on the slate in the morgue exsanguinated.

Soul is having interesting visions. He almost died in a car accident and now he talks to people on the telly. Hugh also has a crush on Annie, there is some ugly tension between him and  Soul.

It’s quite cute when George gets jealous on the people Mitch have been living with before.

The mystical professor that bugged their house last episode is up to no good, now he might snatch George for the next full moon experiments. Or someone else.

Season two is quite intense. Big bad vampire boyfriend have a small talk with George, who tells him of his great love for Nina, smart. Especially since he is screwing the vampire’s girlfriend.

Annie, Mitch and George has a wonderful problem solving session about half way into the episode. The True Bloodish discussion about reveling vampires to the world was another high point.

There is so much happening  in each episode this season. I guess it’s catering to the Americans that where complaining season one was too slow. Just hope they don’t go all Spooks on us and kill off people you started to like.

Last season George’s girl friend Nina got scratched by him and she haven’t told him yet.

George get ambushed by two vampires and Mitchel saves him. This is the third time. Vampire society is out to get him for being a King slayer. An old friend of Mitchel is in town to amuse himself with the power struggle left by the Kings demise.

Mitch is struggling with being human, taking a janitor job at the hospital where he meets this cute doctor. Hope it doesn’t goes bad like last time, when he killed his date.

There is also the morbid professor that experiments on lycans, the one from the end of season one.

Nina is a werewolf and she hates is, Annie knows and and try to get her to tell George. But she refuses. George doesn’t take it well when she finally tell him.

The female vampire that lured him into the ambush in the beginning is messing with Georges mind. George is weak, or is he? He messes her mind right back.

A good episode I am looking forward to the rest of the season.

Chuck is back with season three
(Sunday 10th, Monday 11th)

Chuck our favorite Buy-More Spy knows Kung-Fu and much more since he downloaded Intersect 2.0. It’s said to be a bit glitchy though. Rumors for the new season says a minor character will be killed off. Awesome will be more involved. Sadly to say they also says that  Chuck and Sarah will have a major falling out.

A two hour premier on sunday, Chuck goes on to it’s regular time slot on Monday.

Archer – New Animated Spy Comedy
(Thursday 14th)

From SciWire:
Looks like Chuck will have some company in the spy biz. This animated half-hour comedy focuses on master spy Sterling Archer (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) and the spy gang at the International Secret Intelligence Service (ISIS). Even though there’s enough espionage and global crises to keep the team busy, they still manage time for a bit of backbiting and betrayal among themselves. Also providing voices are Jessica Walter, Aisha Tyler, George Coe, Chris Parnell and Judy Greer. Brought to us from the creators of Sealab 2021 and Frisky Dingo, Adam Reed and Matt Thompson 

Human Target
(Sunday 17th)

From TV.com:
Christopher Chance is the mysterious security-for-hire protecting his clients by becoming the Human target. Christopher Chance is assisted by his business partner Winston and hired gun Guerrero in each job. Chance learns the truth behind his dark past.

Does anyone know who Christopher Chance really is? What secrets lay buried in his past? What would make a man willingly become a Human Target?

Being Human season two
Sunday 10th

This Brilliant BBC production returns for a second season. Love it.

Mitchell (Turner) and George (Tovey) are two twenty-somethings who move into a house together only to find it already occupied by Annie (Crichlow). Finding a ghost in their home isn’t too bad though, since Mitchell is a vampire and George is a werewolf. The show charts the trio’s life as they try Being Human.

Returning from Hiatus:

Monday 11th
Accidentally on Purpose
Castle – My favorite non SF series
Fringe – special unaired season 1 episode “Unearthed”
Heroes
Two and a Half Men
The Big Bang Theory

Wednesday 13th
Gary Unmarried
Criminal Minds
Leverage

Thursday 14th
Bones
Fringe
Grey’s Anatomy
Private Practice
The Mentalist

2009 have been a year of ups and downs when it comes to TV. These have been my favorite TV past times this year. When it comes to TV I am more of an omnivore than with books.

1. True Blood
   Southern Vampires on the screen with extra spices added to make it the best tv show of the year. It is steamy, it is intense and oh so captivating. Twelve episodes is just too short, give us more Sookie!
2. Castle
   Castle is the best new TV serie of 2009. Nathan Fillion could play anything this year and still succed. Richard Castle the Crime writer fits him perfectly. The beautiful Stana Katic plays detective Kate Becket the inspiration for Richard newest hero Nicky Heat. Nice action, good pace, snappy dialogue, wonderful actors and more. Currently airing its second season and renewed for a third.
3. Fringe
   Season two focuses on the alternative universe threat. FBI agent Olvia Dunham and Peter Bishop continues their caretake of Peters enstranged father Dr Walter Bishop.  A fantastic season.
   
4. Stargate Universe
   The starship Destiny was launched by the Ancient to visit new galaxies. The research facility where the 9th cheveron’s secret is being studied is attacked and the people there have to flee using the stargate. They end up on Destiny, billions of light years from home with no way back. They are not made for this, they didn’t sign up for this. So far it has been an interesting tale about survival. The series is Currently in hiatus. Renewed for a second season by Syfy
5. Being Human
   Werewolves are despised by Vampires. But Mitchell, a vampire and George Sands, a werewolf become friends and decide to mainstream their lives being human. So they rent a house and move in. Unknown to them the house is already inhabited by Annie – a ghost. Second season will air in January 2010.
6. Eureka
   Sheriff Carter and the goofy, charmingly inventive town of Eureka makes me happy to watch. This season begins with a robot replacement for Carter, which doesn’t work out. The outer-space-invaders arc with the mind-controlled towns people was a delight. Pity Zoe left for college in the last episode, hope she’ll be back for summer.
   
7. Supernatural
   It is the end of the world, the Apocalypse is upon us, and Paris Hilton gets her head chopped off, and Sam and Dean are back together, and Lucifer is in comparison a nice guy. They planed Supernatural for an arc of five season, this is the fifth season – is it the end of the show? I hope not! It is better than ever!
   
8. Royal Pains
   When Hank is blacklisted for saving a little boy’s life instead of an important trustee and his fiancee leaves him, his unreliable little brother decides a trip to the Hamptons might be the right medicine. Hank quickly makes himself a name as a go to doctor, and the grapevine for the rich and famous there is lightning, and they all call Hank now when ill. A beautiful local MD catches his intrest so he let his brother convince him to stay. Royal Pains is a really likable feel-good series. 
   
9. White Collar
   Fresh new series about a conman Neal Caffrey blackmailed into working with the FBI. His handler is FBI Agent Peter Burke. That they brought in Wendy (Natalie Morales II)  from the Middleman was just icing on the cake. It Has just been renewed for a second season.
   
10. Warehouse 13
    Great fantasy series with the most exquisite steampunky gadgets ever. Beautiful and talented cast especially the addition of Claudia.

Special mention to SyFy channels Alice. I should also mention that I save V for when the hiatus is over. Dollhouse did catch my interest at the end but it didn’t make the list, sorry Joss. We had a few good comedy shows this year worth mentioning, Better off Ted, Cougar Town, The Big Bang Theory.

Other good shows not on the list this year: House, Legend of the Seeker, Merlin, Lie to Me, Sons of Anarchy, Trauma.

Thursday, April 1
Fringe - back from hiatus

Friday, April 2
Stargate Universe - back from hiatus
Smallville - back from hiatus

Tuesday, April 13
Glee - back from hiatus

Friday, May 28
Past Life – Summer premiere

Thursday, June 3
Burn Notice season 4 premiere
Royal Pains season 2 premiere

Monday, June 7
Lie to Me – Summer premiere
The Good Guys – Series premiere

Sunday, June 13
True Blood – 3rd season premiere

Sunday, June 20
Leverage (TNT) - Season premiere

Monday, June 21
Saving Grace (TNT) - 2h Series Finale

Tuesday, June 22
Hawthorne (TNT) - 2nd Season premiere
Memphis Beat (TNT) - Series premiere

July, Date to be decided
Covert Affair New Series premiere on USA
White Collar Season 2 premier
Psych Season 5? premiere
The Closer (TNT) – 6th Season premier

Friday, July 9
Haven New Series premiere on Syfy

Tuesday, July 13
Warehouse 13 – 2nd season premiere

August, date to be decided
Dark Blue (TNT) – 2nd Season premiere

Friday, September 17
Caprica - Autumn Premiere Season One

October, date to be decided
The Walking Dead (AMC) Series premiere

Being Human [*****]
This is a good season finale with a victory over the villain and enough hints on what will go down in the next season. It felt so good when George and especially Annie kicked Vampire ass. I love that cast.

Bones [***]
This crossover cartoon thing was not my favorite. The episode was not a total loss though it felt a little like a series finale, with all the actors getting together.

Dollhouse [****]
This is a nice season finale, some closure and some interesting new doors opening for the next season. Alpha going down was a significant victory.

Fringe [*****]
Another good season final. The World Trade Center cityscape at the end was worth a 5 by itself.

Grey’s Anatomy [*****]
Episode 22 was a good season ending. The Final Episodes were better. Izzie’s cancer friend was a really good resurface of a familiar face from Gilmore Girls. George joins the Army, get mauled by a bus and keeps coding on the table at the end of the season, and will be leaving the show according to E! Meredith’s and Derek’s ceremony were very emotional. Izzy was also coding and will be back according to recent rumors.

Kings [****] Series Finale
The uprising and the movers behind it creates a lot of openings for intrigue and David Shepherd’s (the hero) trust in King Silas and his unlucky love affair with Princess Michelle is in a way a good final episode. That said, Kings deserve not to be ended, but it is ended.

NCIS [****]
This is a really good season finale, with a nice cliffhanger in the best tradition of NCIS. It is not a 5/5 because they didn’t really work on a criminal case. Ziba in that chair in the final scene really makes me want the next season now.

Private Practice [**]
Why? Why do they have to make a season finale for Criminal Minds? It is a total break with the usual ambiance. At the start of the season I just loved the show, now my interest is lowest???

The Mentalist [****]
The Red John season finale was awesome, and he is still out there for the next season.

The Unit [****]
Stopping a nuke is good enough closure in my opinion, finding out who was behind it all was also good.

I still have some series to watch from this winter:

• Battlestar Galactica (series finale)
• Dexter
• Pushing Daisies (series finale)
• The Beast (series finale)
• My Own Worst Enemy (series finale)
• Kyle XY (series finale)
• Gossip Girl
• Legend of the Seeker
• Reaper (series finale)
• Smallville
• Supernatural
• Terminator: SCC (series finale)

That’s quite a few that I will add as soon as I watched them.

I am allready looking forward to it. What a wonderful missuse of time travel it would be if you could skip ahead and watch it now. But you need a time machine for that.

Source sfx

George the werewolf is played by the same actor in both pilot and the series. All the characters are more kick ass in the pilot than the series.

It sounds like a comedy but its more about them trying to fit in. They all have to cope with their own nature and the assorted disadvantages they suffer from.

George turns into a werewolf once a month. The wolf is an animal devoid of mercy.

Mitchell has his hunger for blood and Annie has busloads of secrets and issues that keeps her a ghost.

Good entertaining and thought creating British TV

Looks definitely spiffy.