Being Human: Rewind, Rewind

[This is a review ofBeing HumanSeason 4 Episode 8. There will be SPOILERS.]

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Now that we know that Being Human is coming to an end following this season, the six remaining episodes have taken on a new level of importance while this seasons previous seven must be viewed with a new perspective. Combined, these chapters mark the last creative gasps of the series and a payoff for fans who have shown fidelity through Being Humans four seasons.

Sallys use of magic, first Donnas and then her own, has been turning into a funnel cloud since last season. Despite her big heart, Sally is reckless and dangerous and that finally seemed to really sink in, not because someone laid it out for her as Donna previously has but because she saw that by striving for better, she made everything so much worse because she is an unnatural thing.

Before that revelation, though, we are treated to a few interesting new realities as Sally jumps into her past self (and gets stuck there), fights back against Danny, and quickly meddles with the order of things. A calamitous decision that is born from Sallys big-hearted intervention into Aidans backslide and his eventual, and regrettable, nosh on the red-headed nurse from the pilot episode; something that leads to Sally tell Aidan about their shared future.

To Aidan (played with wonderful vulnerability by Sam Witwer in this episode), who is struggling to embrace his human side (his characters stated and occasionally abandoned flight plan throughout the shows run), Sallys boasts seem to give hope. Aidan is looking up from a dark wells bottom at the start of Being Human and Sally is telling him that he will see the light again. That faith is enough to push Aidan into bringing Josh into the fold, nearly re-creating the living arrangement at the heart of the show, save for Sallys beating heart, which breaks when it turns out that Danny is fated to be a killer, taking out his aggression on Sallys friend Bridget.

That Sally doesnt do more to avenge Bridgets death is shocking, but she is pre-occupied by her now romantic relationship with Aidan. This version of the timeline is all about Sallys reward as Meaghan Raths character almost drunkenly flits about, changing things because she can. To Sally, she can have her cake and eat it too Aidan for her and Nora for Josh but when things break bad costing Josh the destiny with Nora that Sally teases, he begins to slowly question whether her presence and her blueprint for their lives is a positive force.

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Being Human: Rewind, Rewind