Being Human
Other Interests by John Anstett
In early 2010 I found this show in repeats on BBC America, the original show before the American remake in fall of 2010. (I tried to watch the new one but it is too much like watching reruns)
It is intriguing take on monster in today's world trying to fit into normal life. Three friends: A vampire trying to be good, a werewolf trying to keep from killing or being found out and a ghost dealing with her life after her death.
Unlike other vampire shows, they do not discuss much about the soul, it is a hunger, a condition some try to manage. Sunlight does not kill them so they could run rampant but the have some leadership and even some humans to help keep their existence mostly unknown. (Having someone working in the morgue seemed like a great idea.)
They compare the vampire a little to the werewolf where the former always has the hunger and always has to be in control and the later only has to deal with it a couple days a month but has no control. In the original he infects his would be girlfriend because she is trying to help him. In the American version he gets locked in a room with his sister and does start the series with a chance to make it on it's own.
The ghost finds out how she died, figures out why she is still here and ends up staying. Except for a short time (and with reason) only other ghosts, werewolves and vampires can see her. Fairly typical interactions with limited direct control of objects but some effects. The season finale and season primmer I am in the middle of watching is about her being exercised, coming back briefly to save her two friends and now the vampire going into purgatory to save her and bring her home.
I can't tell you how it ends as I have not finished it but if you have not watched you might want to watch the new one. It is not for the faint of heart. It can be a bit creepy and gory, (Did you read what it is about?) but it is done so simple with so little need for special effects and so well written and acted that I start to wonder how D&D got it so wrong.
