[review] being human season 3 finale

[krickets]

I'm not sure how I feel about these last two episodes.

I can't honestly say that I didn't like them, however, the complete 180 I've done on John Mitchell is astounding to me. Much of my turnaround started on The Longest Day, but looking back, I could have been disappointed with him a lot sooner. (Say, 3.02?) That is, if I had been paying attention.

For me, aside from the opener where it was all Mitchell (and some Annie), enjoying this season was all about George and Nina and their awesomeness. I don't know how it happened but I went from being meh on George and mostly liking Nina to cheering them on and loving them at every turn.

Annie is another story. She has either been "very good" or "very bad" for me. She kind of stands on the line. MOSTLY she's good but she can quickly fall into the bad. There's not really a lot of middle ground there. And while I applaud her for not lying to herself about Mitchell and for doing what she thinks is right, I kind of find the whole thing a little weird (aiding in the investigation against him and yet committing to "rot" away with him? IDGI!) and consequently I found her a little hard to take. In the back half.

I guess the biggest and most shocking thing I went from loving Mitchell and shipping him and Annie to not being able to stand the sound of his voice. (Maybe it is all the whining?)

However it is a short series and I marathoned it right before season three started, so my "time" with it has been relatively short. It's not like I had any hard-drawn alliances or anything. But these past eight weeks have turned me into a person who is not at all sorry that John Mitchell is dead. (Rah Rah Sis Boom Bah!) Yeah, I did just do a little mental cheer. I guess I am a bad fan?

So my gut reaction to hearing there will be a fourth season is that I probably won't watch it? If John Mitchell is resurrected from the dead somehow at some point, I'd kind of rather him stay dead to me.

I realize this sounds horrible but, man, I have never had such a strong negative reaction to the direction they've taken a character I once loved. The smack down is harsh, but it is most definitely real.

Comments

[toestastegood.livejournal.com]

I'm super-glad Mitchell's dead as well, and I think the way they took him out was really well done. I don't think that he'll be brought back, since Aiden Turner is off filming the Hobbit now, but I'm definitely looking forward to S4. Russell Tovey and George are the heart of the show for me, so as long as he's around I'll be watching.

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Yeah I guess this review is really more of an overall review of the characters this season than final two epsiodes themselves. I think it was a good way to go, even though I was pretty much cheering them on. I'm guessing that's not quite the "emotion" the writers were probably going for, haha. George breaks my heart though. I am remembering what he told him in the Longest Day about how his and Nina's little one will never know that they ever had a friend called Mitchell if it came down to it. I definitely think Mitchell has redeemed himself enough so that the child will one day hear stories of "uncle mitchell" which is lovely. But George is lovlier.

[hypertwink.livejournal.com]

They'll probably resurrect him with that spellamajig they did for Herrrick, at the middle/end of Season 4.