Being Human: Panic Womb

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

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On the surface, last nights episode ofBeing Humancould be described as a bit talky and maybe even dull. There was the return of yet another old friend in the form of Zoe (the ghost seeing nurse), but no witchcraft, Donna, or time jumps. Josh didnt completely wolf-out and Aidan mostly worried about his feelings. Down deep, though, Panic Womb felt like a game-changer that pushed the main characters to really face who and what they are.

For Aidan, it seemed as if a romantic re-connection with his long-lost wife Suzanna was in the cards at the beginning of this season due to their shared history and Aidans centuries long ache over having lost her to a group of fretting villagers who thought her a witch after he returned from the war with light in his eyes after having been seen dead. After it was revealed last week that Suzanna had single-handedly attacked Kennys blood den, though, it seemed as if that connection was unlikely at best, but now it seems to be completely off the table, and that is a credit to the writers who are clearly trying to make the Aidan and Kat relationship work while passing over some pretty fertile creative real estate.

As is the case with all relationships that Aidan has, though, the lie that is his human life stands in the way of true honesty, especially since he already had to have Kat compelled early on something that still haunts him, especially as he prepares to tell Kat the truth about what he is, partially in response to Suzannas proclamation that he is doomed to never truly live as a human.

From the start of the series, Aidan has been defined as a vampire desperately trying to exercise self-control. There have been notable slip-ups, but for the most part, he has tried to re-enter the human race and he has lived a good (yet complicated) life. Is it good enough to earn the 10 years of a normal life that he tells Suzanna that he wants? Well have to wait and see.

Josh is also behaving himself, trying to fight off the wolf with physical fitness (theres a PSA in there somewhere). While on a ten mile run, though, he sniffs out a pregnant werewolf (Caroline) and the two quickly strike up a trust that is sturdy enough for the woman to meet up with Josh and Nora at the hospital with her husband Andrew to have an ultrasound. Its not completely bizarre to see Josh go out of his way to help another, but after the flurry of changes that he has gone through, its also fair to wonder if the paternal side of the pure-bread wolf is coming out.

Regardless, the couple exitthe hospital after some scary findings only to return to the house later after Carolines water has broken. After a bit, the baby is born successfully, leaving Josh and Nora longing to have their own were-baby.

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