Being Human (Warning: Spoilers)

As some of you know, I am a massive fan of Being Human. I think it's one of those brilliantly simple concepts that when you say it, you wonder why it hasn't been done before (Like Deadpool attacking you with his Health Bar in Marvel vs Capcom 3).

The core concept is that a Vampire, a Werewolf and a Ghost sharing a house, trying to live as humans. As the Series evolved, the Werewolf, George, entered into a relationship with another Werewolf, Nina. The Vampire, Mitchell struggled with his nature over the course of the series, and Annie... well, Annie made an awful lot of Tea.

The Cast (From left to Right): George, Nina, Mitchell

But then something changed. Between the Second and Third Series, Mitchell went on a rampage with a fellow Vampire, and butchered an entire trainful of people. Eventually, he had George kill him to prevent the Old Ones (the leaders of the Vampires) from controlling him.

Mitchell was gone.

But that's ok. TV Shows lose are bound to lose one or two cast members from time to time. It's natural.

Before the Fourth series started, Russell Tovey, who played George, announced that he was leaving 'at some point during the series' (try the first bloody episode). This was fairly quickly followed by an announcement that Nina hadn't filmed any scenes (it was revealed that she'd been killed off-screen). Yep, that's right. The fourth series lost three of its four cast members before the second episode.

But that was alright. They already had a spare Werewolf in the form of Tom McNair, a recurring character from the Third Series. The series quickly introduced Hal, another Vampire who had been living with another Ghost and Werewolf. When they died/moved on, Hal was left with Annie, Eve, the virtually human baby of George and Nina concieved when both were in Wolf form, and Tom. Initially, I was looking at this as the end of Being Human. Too many cast members are gone. It won't last and it won't be as good.

From left to right: Hal (Vampire), Annie (Ghost) and Tom (Werewolf)

I was wrong.

The Fourth Series, while a bit slow in part, was just as good as the previous three series. The dynamic was obviously different, with Annie, determined to protect Eve, as the heart of the group, but it worked. It had drama in the form of the War Child story arc, comedy with the reappearance of Adam the Teenage Vampire and romance with Hal and Alex (that didn't end well).

Then came the final episode.

In the penultimate episode, the aforementioned Alex was captured by Vampires and drained, her blood fed to Hal deliberately. As is the case in the series, she became a Ghost upon her death. That's when alarm bells should've rung in my head.

Anyway, back to the Finale. To cut a long story short, the Old Ones have arrived, Hal is scared because Mr Snow (Mark Gatiss) can control him, and Hal gives him Eve to protect her. A very pissed off Annie, flanked by Alex, arrive and get the baby back before Annie detonated a homemade bomb Tom wiped up earlier, killing not only Eve (sadface) but also every single member of the Old Ones (YAY).

Her door appears.

In Being Human, a Ghost is a Ghost because he/she has some unfinished business. Once it's complete, a door appears and that person can finally move onto the Afterlife. Annie steps through, picks up Baby Eve (yay) and is told by Future Eve (who's life no longer happened) that 'They (George, Nina and Mitchell) are waiting for her through another door. Annie, with a big grin, steps through and goes to Heaven (even though she's a babykiller).

So yeah, next series will feature no member of the original cast. Will that be a good thing? I don't know.

But I can't wait to find out.

Live Long and Prosper