"They've gone, we're human"... Being Human Series 5 - A Review

At long last Being Human has come to an end, and not a moment too soon as to be honest it's never been more boring or underwhelming.

The first thing to address is that Annie is now gone, replaced by Alex, who is no-where near as interesting or likeable. So what we're left with is three, count them three, boring protagonists who I hate. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that I am against the idea of changing the cast and replacing the old protagonists, I just wish we'd got something better than this.

So the series starts with Alex and Tom releasing Hal from imprisonment in a chair for detox from blood. Tom and Hal get jobs at a hotel where a mysterious old man is staying. We find out through flashbacks that he's the devil, trapped in that body by a blood ritual that Hal cocked up years ago. At this point do I even need to go on? They have the devil and a contrived way to stop him, the rest of the series is just padding at this point. Some more stuff happens, none of it interesting, they kill the devil and their curses are removed, and yet despite this Alex is now alive. She didn't have a body, this doesn't make any sense.

So yeah, the series sucks, it's predictable from the word go, and doing the devil, and saying he's the cause of their curses removes all ambiguity the show had, and really just delves it into a parody of itself. Much as Phil Davis is chewing the shit out of the scenery and giving a couple of vaguely entertaining moments they are short lived, and overwhelmed by the stupidity of them doing the devil at all.

In short, a shit ending to a show that got lost along the way. Watch Being Human up to series three then block the rest from your memory. I know that's what I'll be doing.