‘Being Human’: Series 4 Episode 2 spoiler-free review
This is a quiet episode, a slower episode; the kind that harks back to Series 1 in its intimacy and focus.
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This is a quiet episode, a slower episode; the kind that harks back to Series 1 in its intimacy and focus.
Fears that Grace may actually be dead come become all the more real with the sudden introduction of boyish risk taker Alex. A replacement for Grace? We shall see.
The new series of Being Human kicked off with the energy and twisty-turniness of a series finale.
Right from the off, the latest episode of Sky1’s middle-aged men on the run series tells you this is gonna be a different instalment of Mad Dogs. Very different indeed.
The first episode of Being Human‘s new series is uncompromisingly bleak, and utterly brilliant.
Based on this first episode, the show’s confidence in itself hasn’t been dented by the loss of Andy Whitfield, and the story-telling remains impressively assured.
As the BBC’s long-running con drama comes to an end, Hustle still manages to attract the big names and this week sees features a turn from Mr Larger-Than-Life himself, Torchwood‘s John Barrowman.
Rich’s centric episode sees Grace waking up after the dramatic car crash in Morocco, but before Rich can snatch her up for himself, she is moved to a clinic in Switzerland.
This week’s central character, Rich, now separated from his heart’s desire, must come to terms with her absence.
For a drama about war, a surprising amount of dying happens quietly off-screen in the concluding part of Philip Martin’s adaptation of Birdsong, to devastating effect.