Being Human - S01E03

Some episodes of Being Human revolve around a story which involves all three leads, and other episodes tell three separate stories but do an excellent job of tying them together through their connection to the house. This was such an episode, accomplishing major developments for Annie (Lenora Crichlow), Mitchell (Aidan Turner), and George (Russell Tovey).

Mitchell sort of kind of fell off the wagon again. Offered the possibility of sex and blood without the risk of harming his partner, Mitchell and Lauren (Annabel Scholey) connected. The colour of their eyes remained black for much of the time, and Mitchell admitted to having watched the vampire porn movie dozens of times. In most mythologies, vampirism is strongly associated with sexual desire, and that is very present in Being Human.

George, meanwhile, finally had dinner with Nina (Sinead Keenan), thanks to Mitchell who arranged the whole thing. When they started getting physical, George panicked as the wolf emerged and he backed off. Nina would have none of it, and the next day, the day of the full moon, she insisted on having a conversation with him about his issues. Gotta love how direct and straight forward Nina is. She sees a problem, she wants a solution, and she gets one. Of course, all her talk about other ways to pleasure a lady got George in such a state that he took her passionately before running to lock himself in the basement for the night. It seems that if he could control himself so soon before his transformation was to occur, then he could control himself the rest of the time too.

Finally Annie had the most important story in the episode. Not only did she meet Gilbert (Alex Price), an 80s ghost who taught her about the importance of resolving your issues so you could cross to the next world, but she also suffered the pain of "living" through what was to be her wedding day. Still, she launched herself into the project of being a proper wife to Owen (Gregg Chillin), assuming that is what she need to do. Instead, she was distressed to discover that Owen had caused her death when he pushed her down the stairs. Makes you think about the previous episode, when Tulley grabbed her arm and she called him Owen. Instead of a romantic association, it was certainly one of being manhandled.

The mystery, of course, is that Annie did not move on after her discovery. For Gilbert, the simple act of meeting Annie, loving her, and telling her so was enough to bring him a door to the next world, but Annie stayed put. At least the plumbing problems in the house, most likely caused by Annie's subconscious connection to the house, are over. Will she resolve her death and be able to move on? And do we really want her to?