My thoughts on Being Human's fifth series.

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I'm not sure just why I feel the need to discuss this, but I literally have not been able to stop thinking about it since August 17th (clarification: I live in the United States, and, for the first time ever, I got to watch Being Human when it came on BBC America. The Last Broadcast aired on August 17th

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I just think that Hal, Alex, and Tom had so much more to worry about than "being human"

So true! (though i guess, arguably, they didn't realize that they had more to worry about than being human until somewhere around 5x05)

I really wish the show had focused more on Hal's struggle to stay clean/his reversion and left out the Devil stuff entirely. Do you really need the Devil to keep things interesting when Hal Yorke is having a meltdown? I think that would have given the show enough to work with, but the struggle still would have felt human at its root. I can see the desire on the part of the writers/creators to want to continually up the ante, but at the same time, I really could have done without the Devil plotline. Ah well!

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Psh, Hal and his breakdowns could have kept the series going for at least two more seasons if you ask me. Anyway, my love of Damien Molony aside, I think Hal's struggle is a lot more interesting and intense than Mitchell's was. It probably has to do with the fact that Hal's an Old One, but still, I agree.

I hated that they brought in the Devil. Also, the Men with Sticks and Rope, I wish they would have kept the mystery with both of those. Forgive me, but I also think they could have upped the ante without bringing the Devil down to Earth. I mean, yes, every season the the villains have gotten badder and better, but I think they could have topped the Old Ones with a less controversial figure. The villains (or even not so good characters) were always the scene-stealers to me - Cutler, Lia, Ivan, Lauren - and with the exception of Rook, Lady Mary, and the main three, I'm not sure I liked any of the other season five characters. /shrug/

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I think they definitely needed at least two more seasons to properly deal with Hal. It all felt so rushed trying to squeeze bad!Hal into series 5 along with everything else. I loved how they portrayed Mitchell's struggle, but agree that I'm even more interested in Hal's and I just wish they'd had more time to explore it (or that they used the time that they did have more wisely). And I think, yeah, okay, maybe focusing on Hal as the main villain of series 5 wouldn't have necessarily been 'bigger' but it would have felt far more personal for the trio and therefore for the viewers.

Pretty much agree on all points!