Welcome back, fellow Humans! (If that’s what you REALLY are . . . 😉 ) This week’s installment of SyFy’s newest hit series (ONLY hit series?), definitely wrapped up some of the storylines presented in the pilot episode. However, it also presented our favorite supernatural roommates with some new, very interesting, problems . . . ones that will surely plague them for many episodes to come . . .
SHE is definitely going to be a problem!
If tonight’s episode had a “theme” to it, I’d say that theme had to do with the acceptance of one’s true nature. For some, that acceptance can have negative consequences. For example, Rebecca became an Evil Super B*tch, once SHE accepted her new bloodsucking nature. And, we suspect, the same thing would happen to Aidan, if he decided to go back to his old vampiric ways.
For others, acceptance of who you are, can lead you to a better life (or lack thereof). Once Sally gave up trying to be heard as a human, she realized that being a ghost allows for other, more unique, methods of communication. It also saves a TON of money on airfare!
I’m flying, WHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEE!
As for Josh, his refusal to come to terms with his wolfy nature, has kept him isolated from the people he loves — first, his parents and fiance, and now, his own baby sister . . .
The only thing hotter than a brooding werewolf, is a naked one . . .
Come on, Josh! Be OUT . . . and PROUD (and stop covering your crotch, we wanna see)!
But enough of this philosophical mumbo jumbo, let’s get on with the episode, shall we?
Home Improvement for Dummies
Is that a pool of blood behind your head, Sally? Or are you just happy to see me?
Ghost Sally spends much of this episode having funeral flashbacks, pining after her fiance (Does EVERYONE have a Long Lost Fiance on this show?), and breaking sh*t in the apartment, because she is feeling moody. (I wonder if ghosts still get PMS?)
After a whole lot of begging on Sally’s part, Aidan and Josh finally relent and invite their landlord, and Sally’s once fiance, Danny, to fix the clogged sink in the apartment, which Sally broke on purpose, precisely for this occasion!
“That’ll teach you to be cheap, and not get homeowners’ insurance!”
Sally gets pretty darn frustrated, when the man she loves LITERALLY doesn’t know she’s alive (because she . . . um . . . isn’t). When Danny arrives at the house for the first time, since Josh and Aidan moved in, Sally’s emotions go heywire. This, of course, results in all the lights in the house EXPLODING! (Nice one, Sally!) Josh, who actually LIKES having working light fixtures in his home, is not amused, by this new development.
“Seriously! You need to find some new hobbies! Why don’t we invite over that kid from the Sixth Sense, and you two can hold a seance, or something?”
For his part, Danny can’t understand why in the world ANYBODY would want to live in this Ghost-Infested Death Trap he used to call home. Clearly not a particularly savvy business man, Danny actually goes so far as to ask Aidan whether the apartment is as creepy as it seems. “Every home has an echo of the people who used to live in it. There’s a good echo here,” explains Vampire Aidan, causing Sally’s ghostly panties (not to mention, mine) to fall to the floor, as a result.
*sings* “He really likes me. He thinks I’m sexy. He wants to date me.”
“Damn, I’m gooooood!”
This, of course, brings up an important question: Can ghosts have sex?
I didn’t think so . . . (Sorry Sally! It looks like the vampire is MINE!)
Aidan, who is clearly angling to get supernaturally laid, throws Sally another bone, by asking Danny how his fiance died. Danny, who is officially the WORST landlord and realtor EVER, not only explains in explicit detail how Sally fell down the steps and broke her brain, he even points out the SUPER CREEPY spot on the floor where she croaked! In fact, Danny all but drew a chalked outline of Sally’s decaying body on the floor for Josh and Aidan to keep as a souvenir! Now, if that doesn’t make a house fell like a home, I don’t know what does!
The next day, while the guys are out, Danny returns to the apartment to fix the sink. He comes prepared, carrying a trusty Home Improvement for Dummies book under his arm . . .
Product Placement Alert!
But as good as Home Improvement for Dummies may be at teaching dummies like Danny to unclog a sink, I’m willing to bet there’s no chapter in it on “Ghostbusting” . . .
“Who you gonna call? (I ain’t afraid of no Sally!)”
And when Danny ignores Sally’s ghostly pleas for him to hire a plumber, Ghost Girl gets so mad, that she breaks the pipe beneath the sink, causing Danny to become soaked with water. (But, hey, at least it’s not clogged anymore!) Aidan arrives home, just in time to see Wet Danny escaping the apartment, like a bat out of hell.
Later, Josh and Sally commiserate with one another, over the fact that they can’t be with their respective fiances anymore, because according to Josh “[We] are monsters, and [they] are not.”
Though things may look grim now, Sally’s romantic life may actually be starting to look up! WAY UP! Because, toward the end of the episode, Sally learns that SHE CAN FLY! And you know what this means, don’t you? She may actually be able to LEAVE THE HOUSE at some point (which is kind of essential, if you plan on getting laid, ever) . . .
“See ya, Boys! I’m off to Victoria’s Secrets to buy some lingerie. I’ve been wearing this outfit for SIX MONTHS, and it’s high time I slipped into something ‘more comfortable.'”
So, I mentioned Josh, earlier . . .which, if you watched last week’s episode, may have caused you to wonder, whether he ended up actually eating his sister, Emily, after being locked in a room with her, during his werewolf transformation. Well, allow me to fill you in, on THAT part of the tale.
All Bark and No Bite
“I smell a cliffhanger!”
So, as I mentioned, when we last left Josh, he was getting all werewolfy in a locked room beneath the hospital where he works, and his baby sister was locked in there with him. He tried to call Aidan to rescue him, but Aidan was “eating dinner” at the time at Fangtasia Bishop’s Dungeon o’ Vampire Love, and couldn’t come to the phone . . .
Fortunately, however, Aidan finished eating just in time to catch Josh’s frantic telephone message. And so, the Sexy Vamp races to the “dungeon” and rescue’s Emily, just moments before Josh becomes a full-on Beast. Realizing, the poor girl probably just had the worst night EVER, Kindly Aidan then takes Emily to a local diner for some coffee . . .
At the diner, Aidan explains to Emily, that Josh is “going through some stuff right now” (Understatement of the Year), but that he is going to be OK. He just needs some “time” to eat more poor defenseless deer figure things out.
However, when Emily confronts Josh after the traumatic event, offering him her help and support, Josh rebuffs her. “My life is different now . . . You don’t know me . . . you can’t help me . . . Leave me alone,” He tells his own flesh and blood, in front of her new girlfriend (who, according to Emily is a Shiksa Goddess) . . .
Now THAT had to hurt!
Speaking of danger, you might be wondering what happened with Aidan and that “dead girl,” who police suspected him of killing (because he DID kill her) . . .
There’s a New Vamp in Town
Aidan learns that his one-night stand, Rebecca, is not so much dead, as undead, when she tries to EAT HIS ROOMMATE . . .
Fortunately, for Josh, Werewolf is not exactly Baby Vamp Rebecca’s new favorite food. So, she ends up sparing his life. But Josh still has quite the bone to pick with his roommate about his most recent brush with death.
“What’s the point of doing all this . . . playing house . . . and joining CostCo . . . if you are just going to keep killing all of our friends!” Josh exclaims. (The dude’s got a point, Aidan!)
When Aidan confronts Rebecca about the whole “We Used to Screw, Until I Killed You” Thing, he learns that his sort-of ex holds a MAJOR grudge against him, for leaving her for dead on that fateful night. (Apparently, Jacob from Lost Bishop turned her into a vampire, and “oriented her to the lifestyle” the following morning.)
Aidan offers to help Rebecca cope with their mutual “curse,” and “be good.” But Rebecca would prefer to be BAD, and EAT HER FAMILY for fun. So, Aidan and Rebecca don’t exactly share the same “moral values,” which . . . I guess . . is as good a reason to break up as any. (Then again, being MURDERED by your boyfriend is also a fairly good reason to end a relationship.)
At work, Quirky Nurse Cara tries to hit on Hot Aidan, by making a very dated 90210 reference (not the new 90210, mind you, the VERY OLD one).
When Aidan doesn’t exactly appear to be wowed by Cara’s Dylan McKay joke, Little Miss Quirky gets very embarrassed, indeed. “Oh my gosh, I’m older than you,” she mumbles.
“Oh . . . I don’t think that’s true,” replies the centuries old Aidan. “I just never watched 90210, because I am a STRAIGHT MALE.”
But Majorly Obscure and Dated Pop Culture references are not enough to deter Cara. So, she asks Aidan out on a date to the local bar, which is located nearby. Aidan is obviously enticed by Nurse Cara’s scent. (Then again, maybe he just REALLY likes red heads, I still can’t tell . . .). However, Aidan fears that, if given the chance, he will eat Cara, just like he did Rebecca. So, he tries to let the girl down easy. “Oh, I’m not that much fun,” the actually SUPER FUN Vampire demurs.
“Me NEITHER!” Cara responds excitedly. (Woah, this Quirky Nurse is RELENTLESS!)
After work, Aidan heads to the funeral home where Big Bad Vampire Bishop conducts his daily business. (How appropriate!)
Aidan gives Bishop the business about turning his ex-girlfriend, who Bishop obviously is using as a bargaining chip to bring Aidan back into the Vampire Fold. “You don’t screw up often. So, when you did, I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. [Rebecca] is quite a find,” remarks Bishop.
Once again, Aidan reminds the Head of the Vampire Recruitment Agency that he is no longer interested in that particular line of work. (Cleaning up bedpans, is WAY more his style!) And yet, the conversation with Bishop stresses out Aidan enough, that he finds himself in desperate need of a drink. And so, off to the bar he heads. Of course, the ever-persistent Nurse Cara is there, waiting for him . . .
As soon as Aidan gets one whiff of Cara, he’s ready to drain her dry. And so, Aidan calls his Vampires Anonymous sponsor, Josh (who, does, after all, owe him, for the whole “Sister Rescue” Thing) to come to the bar, and save Cara from becoming dessert. But, before Josh can arrive, Evil Rebecca comes over and TOTALLY cock blocks Aidan, by telling Cara, in no uncertain terms, that she and the closeted vamp used to bang.
A bit intimidated by Rebecca’s Mean Girl attitude, Nurse Cara eventually leaves Aidan, and heads back to her friends. So, Rebecca decides to use this Alone Time to make another play for Aidan’s affections. (Seriously, who DOESN’T want to bone this guy?)
When Aidan rejects her, Rebecca gets even, by enticing a silly male human to go back to her place, and (we assume) die a very painful death, by draining. Interestingly enough, Aidan “rescues” the guy, by beating the crap out of him, so he can’t leave the bar with the hungry female vamp. This pisses Rebecca off, so she takes a bite out of Nurse Cara instead . . .
Josh arrives just in time to see Cara nearly bleeding to death. In the alley, just outside the bar, both Josh and the lurking Rebecca, plead for Aidan to turn Cara into a vampire (though they both, obviously, have very different reasons for wanting him to do this). But Aidan refuses to turn Cara. So, he and Josh rush the poor girl to the hospital instead, for a bit of “old-fashioned” human healing . . .
JOSH: “You should have turned her. Now she’s going to die because of you!”
AIDAN: “Nah, she won’t die. Because you are in SERIOUS need of a love interest on this show. And so far, unless you plan on banging your sister. she’s the best option you’ve got!”
While the two supernaturally-inclined roommates await the still-human, Cara’s fate, Aidan gets pulled aside by Big Bad Vampire Bishop, who ALSO wants to know why he decided not to turn Nurse Cara into a vampire.
“Maybe I am sentenced to a lifetime in hell with you, but here, and now, I choose them [humans],” Aidan explains eloquently.
Eventually, Josh also comes to terms with Aidan’s decision not to turn Cara. This is evidenced by his conversation with Ghost Sally, in the final moments of the episode.
“We take for granted how good Aidan is . . . and how he must struggle every day not to be like THEM,” remarks Josh.
“Do you think he should have saved [Cara]?” Sally inquires.
“I think he did,” the Werewolf replies.
Eh, I don’t know about all that. Personally, being a vampire, always seemed like kind of an awesome Lifestyle Choice to me. Then again, what do I know? I’m only “human.”
Great as usual; I liked this episode but the ghost’s part is a bit slow to me. I guess her being in the house so far has not gotten me excited about it at all. The rest I can kind of roll with LOL.
I’m with you, Rene! Watching Ghost Sally sit around the house in her bathrobe, whine, and burst lightbulbs, while her ex-fiance tries to fix the indoor plumbing, doesn’t exactly make for scintillating television. On the other hand, I really like the whole vampire storyline. (You know me, I’m a “sucker” for a good blood- sucking tale!)
And Sam Huntington is oddly sexy, in a geek chic, sort of way, as Werewolf Josh. What can I say? I like watching him brood (and, inevitably, get naked, of course).
So, two out of three storylines, isn’t bad, right? 🙂
Thanks so much for stopping by! Whenever I start recapping a new show, I worry that no one is going to read what I wrote. So, it’s really nice to have someone to talk “Being Human” with. (And based on the solid ratings so far, it looks like we’ll have a full season of episodes to discuss!)
Oh, these poor lovelorn girls, reduced to unzipping their own dresses or going to Victoria’s Secret because no Stefan or Aidan will do the job for ya 😉
Your Miss Congeniality reference was gold, though I always though Sandy Bullock drew the short straw in terms of who she had to sing the “You want to kiss me” song to in the movie.
I’m kinda hoping there are zombies in this TV series. Then you really WOULD need Bill Murray. For an awesome cameo, at least!
LOL. Yeah, Benjamin Bratt was kind of a douche for most of that movie. And then, in that AWFUL sequel, we learn that he dumps Sandra at some point, between the first and second films. This made him seem even douchier, retroactively. She would have had better luck singing to Michael Caine’s character, and HE was gay! 🙂
You bring up a very good point about panty dropping! With all the hot boys I watch on television, I almost NEVER have to do the tedious job of removing my own panties, by myself. 🙂 This is a VERY good thing, as it means I can save my fingers’ energy for what they were intended to do . . BLOG! 😉
I love that recap every television show that I watch. :] so entertaining.
You’re clearly Team Aidan but I like the geeky cuteness of Josh. I have a thing for guys who bumble over their words and still manage to have a geeky charm to them.
Seriously though, I visited one of you posts once through one of Cherie’s posts about TVD and I was thoroughly entertained. I decided to check you blog again today and I was happy to see that you also blog about PLL and Being Human. I have now favorited this blog. :]
Hi Sara! Thanks so much for finding me, and for stopping by and commenting! 🙂
Clearly, you have excellent taste in television. 😉 I’m so excited to talk PLL and Being Human with you! 🙂 I suspect you are a TVD and/or True Blood fan as well? You, Cherie and I obviously share a pop culture brain.
I absolutely plan on recapping Being Human this week. (I just watched episode 3 last night.) I’m just trying to get my recapping schedule down, now that all of our shows are back. Would you believe I recap FOUR shows that originally air on Mondays now? (PLL, Gossip Girl, Skins, and Being Human). Since you and I watch the same shows, more or less, I suspect you can relate to this conundrum. 🙂
I love Sam Huntington as Josh too! He’s so awkwardly charming, quirky and relatable, that I always find myself wanting to give him a hug, or punch his cheeks, or something. 😉 Actually, he’s probably my favorite, of the three characters, personality-wise.
So, far, however, I find that the Aidan character has had the most interesting / intriguing storylines. Sally’s storylines have been a tad cheeseball for me, so far. And Josh, though he got off to a strong start in the pilot, had little to do this past week, but strangle a grafitti artist. 🙂 Hopefully, this will change, as the series continues. I suspect it will.
One of these days though, I will definitely have to get my hands on the British version. I hear it’s fantastic. 🙂