# Being Human - BBC series **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 10, 2010, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-human-bbc-series/549813 "2010-08-10T12:46:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-human-bbc-series/549813/1 "2010-08-10T12:46:02Z")
Has anyone seen this series? I think it’s up to season three. I downloaded the first three episodes via iTunes and I’ve watched the first part of the first episode (life got in the way, I’ll finish it tonight or tomorrow). So, anyone seen it? What do you think? I believe there’s an ‘american’ version coming out… ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-human-bbc-series/549813/2 "2010-08-10T13:01:53Z")
The second series/season is currently airing on BBC America. I liked it (especially given that it airs on Saturday and True Blood on Sunday, so it’s interesting to notice the contrast). ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-human-bbc-series/549813/3 "2010-08-10T13:04:07Z")
The first season had one or two weak episodes, but I really enjoyed the first two episodes of the second season. There was a pace thread for the UK airing of the second season this past spring. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-human-bbc-series/549813/4 "2010-08-10T13:55:26Z")
I’d call it uneven, but pretty good. They sometimes switch between comedy and drama with jarring suddenness. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-human-bbc-series/549813/5 "2010-08-10T16:42:45Z")
I watched the first episode of Season 2 and wasn’t overly impressed; it was a little slow-moving. But I gave the second episode a shot – in part because it happens to come on at a particularly convenient time – and I think I’ll stick with it. I liked George’s reaction after he had finished watching the arty German film. “Clowns … so many clowns.” ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-human-bbc-series/549813/6 "2010-08-11T12:11:34Z")
**Meatros** - would you mind if I hijack this into a pace thread for the US airing? ---
**Author:** ![Hrududu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Hrududu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hrududu)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-human-bbc-series/549813/7 "2010-08-11T12:30:48Z")
I really liked the first series but series 2 was pretty awful. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-human-bbc-series/549813/8 "2010-08-11T12:35:00Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > **Meatros** - would you mind if I hijack this into a pace thread for the US airing? I don’t have a problem with that. What’s a ‘pace thread’? I _still_ haven’t caught the rest of the episodes I have. I’m looking forward to it though. The show seems different, yet familiar. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-human-bbc-series/549813/9 "2010-08-11T12:36:39Z")
> [@Hrududu](#): > > I really liked the first series but series 2 was pretty awful. Do you mean season? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-human-bbc-series/549813/10 "2010-08-11T13:00:31Z")
> [@Meatros](#): > > > [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > > > **Meatros** - would you mind if I hijack this into a pace thread for the US airing? > > I don’t have a problem with that. > > What’s a ‘pace thread’? > I _still_ haven’t caught the rest of the episodes I have. I’m looking forward to it though. The show seems different, yet familiar. 🙂 Actually - rather than fill your thread with spoilers for things you have not yet seen, I created a new thread [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12789227#post12789227). > [@Meatros](#): > > > [@Hrududu](#): > > > > I really liked the first series but series 2 was pretty awful. > > Do you mean season? The US has seasons, the UK has series.