As I mentioned in the review for the previous episode, I can only hope that the third season manages to flesh out the werewolf side of the equation a bit more. That means a bit more focus on George and Nina, now something of a happy couple, and this episode delivers on that end. Yet the story itself is still more about the vampires and less about the werewolves, which is somewhat annoying.
Adam's eternal teenage angst is a far cry from the cringe-inducing "Twilight", but it's still teenage angst. And he's essentially a junkie, which doesn't really help matters when the author of last series' 12-step program for beating blood addiction wants nothing to do with the "kid". So George and Nina wind up trying to get Adam adopted with a vampire "family", and things get very weird, very fast.
In actuality, as perverted as the vampire family might be, it's really not that hard to imagine. Vampires have been equated with kink for quite some time now, after all. Buried in the hedonism is an interesting concept: that of the willing victim. "Being Human" has covered this sort of ground before, when Mitchell was offered a goth girl with feigned interest in suicide. It's not a far stretch to believe that a vampire would cultivate a cult of sorts, with servants ultimately offering their lives to their masters.
Apparently Adam is part of an online spinoff called "Becoming Human", something I really have no interest in viewing. Adam annoyed me from the start, and considering the areas still not explored in the central premise (the werewolves, for example!), this is not a direction I'm looking to see the writers take. There were some great little moments (like the casual anti-werewolf insults and George's showdown with the mighty planter), but overall, I couldn't wait for it to be over.
I'm also not pleased with the development of Mitchell and Annie as a couple. There are just so many ways this could go wrong. If they make this a matter of Mitchell's self-loathing latching onto Annie's over-appreciation, then it could explode in their faces in a satisfying and character-developing manner. But any actual romance just doesn't seem justified at this point.
My main problem with this episode is that only half the episode seemed to pertain to what happened in the premiere, and that plot thread involved a potential relationship that I really have no interest in seeing develop. I would much rather see the werewolves developed so that a true conflict between vampires and werewolves, with our favorite characters caught in the center of the storm, can erupt with proper balance.moreless
