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Being Human Review: Series 4 Hailed The Best Yet

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The Huffington Post UK   First Posted: 6/02/2012 11:55 Updated: 6/02/2012 11:55

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Being Human star Lenora Crichlow certainly wasn't left holding the supernatural baby as the new series of the hit BBC3 show returned to the screens.

After Aidan Turner and Russell Tovey announced they were leaving the sci-fi drama there were fears Crichlow - the only remaining original cast member - would have her work cut out rekindling the on-screen magic she shared with them as three complex and isolated characters on the fringes of a society that hates them.

However, reactions to the new line-up and the new series, in which viewers were introduced properly to werewolf Tom (Michael Socha) whilst Mitchell (Tovey) played his final scenes, and Damien Molony, who has been drafted in to play resident vampire, Hal, were overwhelmingly positive.

Commenting on Tovey's departure The Metro said:

"In a mostly fully clad farewell, the whole werewolf transformation thing was kept pretty low-key until his fine final hour, writer Toby Whithouse leaving the door ever so slightly ajar for George to return.

But every end is a beginning and, in the newbies, Being Human has promising signs of fresh life. Chief among them is Damien Molony's vampire Hal."

SFX also praised the new lead characters:

"Michael Socha is downright hilarious, and looks like he'll be providing many of the comedy highlights from now on (loved his sledgehammer-subtle hints about moving into Honolulu Heights). Damien Molony doesn't really get enough screen-time to show what he can do (killing two characters, introducing another and launching an arc plot is rather a lot to cram into one episode) but shows considerable promise.

But the character I really can't wait to see more of is Cutler, Andrew Gower's dryly humorous vampire. Tellingly, I didn't miss Mitchell for a moment."

The Independent congratulated the new look Being Human:

"Eve of the War has shown how the look and feel of Being Human has now changed and it is a change for the better. The acting and comedy were always brilliant but finally the production values match the script."

And The Radio Times said: "Verdict? Very, very interesting... it's definitely not over yet. And there is life after John Mitchell."

What did you make of the new Being Human and its new stars?

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Herbert Ragan
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05:09 on 14/04/2013
Not to crazy about the New Wolf, but the new vampire is good. But no way is season 4 the best, it is the weakest and George, Michel and Nina are sorely missed.
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markymakrsurrey
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19:42 on 12/02/2013
New series sucks and not in the nice way Mitchell did. I miss the old cast they could act they were gritty and realistic. This lot are plastic ken and barby dolls; plot is thinner than Tesco’s horsey ham. How to kill a series BBC.
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brainmist
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17:49 on 01/01/2013
Tovey didn't play Mitchell (the vampire); he played George Sands (the werewolf). And the transition to new cast was far less a proper introduction and far more a frantic effort to slap spackle over the gaping holes in the cast, while attempting to divert attention with crazy escalation. Wha? We lost our complex, mood-swinging vamp? Well, here's an ancient OCD vamp who grapples EVEN MORE!!! What, our werewolf couple won't be able to explore yet another mundane facet of life made incredibly difficult by Baby Fang's monthly transforms? Well, look here, we have a warbaby apocalypse something something and then I got too bored to watch.

This didn't even manage to successfully jump a shark. More like it tripped on a guppy and fell flat on its face.
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kaygeeguardia
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03:33 on 11/04/2012
I'm watching it online in the US. Saw the first three seasons. I think the reviews of it being the best yet are totally off the mark. Hal, the new vampire, seems like a poor photocopy of Mitchell. And Annie reacts to him as if she's never been around a vampire before. Tom is boring and unbelievable. The whole episode with Kirby "tricking" them each was totally preposterous, their reactions just not at all believable. And to be honest, the whole plot arc with the savior/baby is tired. I'm sticking with it because I need a diversion and liked the previous characters enough to hope it's salvageable, but I don't have a lot of that hope.
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Taliese
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08:40 on 07/02/2012
I watched it, but I still don't understand WTF happened??

Three realities? Past, present, future....

Um NO.

Bring Mitchell back!
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13:57 on 07/02/2012
Yes I miss Mitchell, isn't the same without him, not keen on some of the new characters but willing to stick with it (for now).
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