Being Human: The Complete Second Series
Actors: Lenora Crichlow, Russell Tovey, Aidan Turner, Sinead Keenan, Lyndsey Marshal
Directors: Charles Martin, Colin Teague, Kenneth Glenaan
Writers: Jamie Mathieson, Lisa McGee, Lucy Catherine, Toby Whithouse, Tony Basgallop
Format: Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
Subtitles: English
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 2
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Warner
DVD Release Date: September 21, 2010
Run Time: 345 minutes

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As I said in my review of the complete first series of the BBC’s Being Human, on the surface the premise behind this show sounds a bit like the start of a joke.

“A werewolf, a vampire and a ghost all share a house together.”

And while you might expect wacky hi-jinks  to ensue, that isn’t the case with Being Human. If the end of series one left you hanging, curious as to what was going to happen next, the good news is that series two starts with a bang and never looks back.

Series two delves deeper into the nature of each of its supernatural characters. George the werewolf struggles to control his wolf-side, only to find there are unintended consequences to not embrace that side. Mitchell the vampire is still struggling to maintain some semblance of control of his vampire side and to keep other vampires under the radar. And Annie, the ghost, is still struggling with why she’s still here and hasn’t moved on.

Dramatically, the show moves at an ever increasing pace and each episode is packed. There are no slow moving episodes on this set and while we only got eight episodes for series two, you’ll come away feeling like it was more.

As for the extras, they’re hit or miss (mostly miss). It’s a few featurettes on the show and its characters. Nothing bad but nothing great either. Once you’ve looked at them once, you’re not likely to watch them again. (And you should wait until after you see the whole series before watching the extras as they contain SPOILERS). Part of the disappointment is that with the BBC giving fans such quality extras on the Doctor Who sets, you wish that some of that would carry over to other releases (especially with the higher price tag for BBC sets).

But it’s the episodes that will sell the sets, not the extras. And they’re worth the price of admission. If you’re not watching this show, you should definitely check it out soon. At least you can complain about how the SyFy version currently in production has messed up one of the better British imports on the air today