‘Being Human’: Lil’ Smokie

[This is a review ofBeing Humanseason 4, episode 3. There will be SPOILERS.]

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This weeks episode of Being Human finally paid off on the tease from the end of the season premiere episode where we saw that Kenny had miraculously returned from the wilderness without deformity to take control of the Boston vampire machine with Blake as his sidekick.

While Aidan and Kennys interactions a little kidnap confusion, a grand effort to impress Aidan, a bit of rejection, and an attempt by Kenny to kill Josh seemed to point to a long and drawn out battle between the two, they mostly proved to be a red herring.

Instead of once again putting Aidan in a position to reject the vampire authority in pursuit of his freedom, Aidan and Kenny were quickly united by an attack on their kind right after Kenny revealed that he was not actually healed, but rather that he had gained the ability to compel vampires (and others) into seeing what he wanted them to see.

Will that parlor trick come in handy in the future? Most likely, but it seems pretty likely that Aidan really did see Suzanna (Aidans wife) inBlademode, wielding a sword and a stake while clearing out Kennys vamp blood den. The question is: Why? Is this in response to her guilt? Is she avenging Bishops death? Is she after Aidan? Hopefully, well get a bit more insight next week.

Its worth noting that, while Kenny may not easily slot in as a villain this season, he now seems to have a much firmer place on the show. Clearly, he and Aidan have father/son issues to work through, and the flashback to Kennys pre-turn days and Aidans warning to Kenny to pull his hands back from a felled vamp before she turns to dust seem to indicate that Aidan still has feelings for the teen vamp king, even if he did try to kill Josh.

Speaking of Josh, while it was nice to get a brief glimpse of the characters lightness as he and Aidan went meta to discuss how they still have jobs despite all of the time that they have missed from work, we really didnt get much of a chance to get comfortable and neither did Nora, who risked Joshs life to grasp at a kind of normalcy that she is still chasing.

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‘Being Human’: Lil’ Smokie