The WORST episodes of Being Human

Every episode of Being Human ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Being Human!

The central premise of Being Human is that various types of supernatural beings exist alongside human beings, with varying degrees of menace; that three of these supernatural beings are opting to live amongst human beings rather than apart from them; and that these three characters are attempting (as much as is possible) to live ordinary human lives despite the pressures and dangers of their situations. They are constantly threatened with exposure or persecution, with pressure from other supernatural creatures, and with problems caused by their attempts to deal with their own natures.

Last Updated: 2/22/2024Network: BBC ThreeStatus: Ended
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Sticks and Rope
star
7.24
216 votes

#1 - Sticks and Rope

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/10/2013

Alex discovers she's not the only ghost haunting Honolulu Heights. Tom and Hal go head to head in the hotel's employee of the month competition, much to the delight of Captain Hatch, who feeds on werewolf / vampire conflict.

Directors: Philip John
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Another Fine Mess
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7.27
928 votes

#2 - Another Fine Mess

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/15/2009

Mitchell makes friends with a neighbor's son being bullied by classmates, but a misunderstanding with the mother results in an angry mob attacking the house. The boy runs away and is hit by a car, and it is up to Mitchell to save him. Meanwhile, Nina visits the vandalized house and thinks George is pushing her away because he is a pervert, and Annie starts exhibiting some mental problems as she tries to accept the changes in her existence.

Directors: Alex Pillai
Writer: Brian Dooley
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Tully
star
7.31
1199 votes

#3 - Tully

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/1/2009

George meets a homeless werewolf, Tully, a rogue who offers George advice on dating women and teaches George how to deal with his transformations. After Tully tries to sexually assault Annie, Mitchell wants him thrown out of the flat, but George defies him and backs Tully, until Tully tells him how George was turned into a werewolf.

Directors: Toby Haynes
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The Greater Good
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7.32
212 votes

#4 - The Greater Good

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/24/2013

It's vampire rehab at Honolulu Heights when Crumb comes to stay. Tom has his work cut out reintroducing werewolf Bobby to a world he's long forgotten.

Directors: Daniel O'Hara
Writer: John Jackson
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The Trinity
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7.44
199 votes

#5 - The Trinity

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/3/2013

As ghost Alex adjusts to life after death with werewolf Tom and vampire Hal, we meet poisonous pensioner Captain Hatch, behind whose foul exterior lurks an ancient evil.

Directors: Philip John
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Pie and Prejudice
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7.45
212 votes

#6 - Pie and Prejudice

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/17/2013

Tom learns how to be successful from werewolf mentor Larry, but is Larry everything that he claims to be? Alex discovers some worrying similarities with Hal's Regency ghost friend, Lady Mary.

Directors: Philip John
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The Pack
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7.49
649 votes

#7 - The Pack

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/13/2011

George and Nina search for other werewolves in their quest to find out if their unborn baby will survive the transformation. With the full moon approaching, Mitchell has cause to feel nervous.

Directors: Colin Teague
Writer: John Jackson
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Ghost Town
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7.50
1053 votes

#8 - Ghost Town

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/8/2009

Annie meets Gilbert, a ghost from the 1980s, who shows her her own headstone. Her subsequent exploration of why she has remained on Earth after her death results in her discovering that she was actually murdered by Owen, throwing her emotions into conflict. After Lauren sends Mitchell a DVD of her murdering a man, Mitchell tries to help Lauren give up killing and bring her back to the person she was. George struggles to build a relationship with Nina, unsure of how much he should tell her. Gilbert expresses his love for Annie, and is then permitted to "cross over" to Death through a supernatural doorway. From this, Annie learns that until she fulfills the one thing keeping her Earth-bound, she will never be permitted to cross-over.

Directors: Alex Pillai
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The Graveyard Shift
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7.53
344 votes

#9 - The Graveyard Shift

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/19/2012

Hal is horrified when his housemates inform him he will have to get a job to function properly in the modern world, and is even more appalled when he realises he may have to work at the cafe with Tom. Desperate for an alternative, he turns to Fergus, who offers to let him go back to the vampire community. Meanwhile, Regus convinces Annie that the blood-suckers pose a serious threat to baby Eve.

Directors: Philip John
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A Spectre Calls
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7.55
344 votes

#10 - A Spectre Calls

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/26/2012

Honnolulu is paid visit by a charismatic ghost from the 70s called Kirby. The group become quite taken with him, except for Hal, who is suspicious of Kirby, who in turn takes an instant disliking to Hal.

Directors: Daniel O'Hara
Writer: Tom Grieves
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Adam's Family
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7.56
855 votes

#11 - Adam's Family

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/30/2011

Will our heroes be able to help teenage vampire Adam control his bloodlust before it's too late? Vampires Richard and Emma are not only set on making a man of him but have plans for Mitchell too.

Directors: Colin Teague
Writer: Brian Dooley
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No Care, All Responsibility
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7.57
216 votes

#12 - No Care, All Responsibility

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/3/2013

When a damsel in distress seeks haven at the hotel, Tom and Hal are attracted to her for different reasons. Alex investigates her suspicions about Captain Hatch with dangerous consequences.

Directors: Daniel O'Hara
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Flotsam and Jetsam
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7.61
1516 votes

#13 - Flotsam and Jetsam

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/25/2009

Mitchell has trouble restraining his blood lust, Annie must deal with her past, and George finds that he no longer has a safe place to transform when the hospital renovates the basement storage room. A former girlfriend of Mitchell's, turned into a vampire by him, comes to see him and she has vengeance on her mind.

Directors: Toby Haynes
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The Longest Day
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7.66
706 votes

#14 - The Longest Day

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/20/2011

While working at the hospital, George is horrified to discover that Herrick still exists after all, despite the fact that his wolfself disembowelled the vampire in question at the end of Series 1. However, Mitchell is distracted, still brooding about last series's train massacre and his guilt for that event, as well as hoping that Herrick can assist him in averting Lia's prophecy about his death at the hand of an unspecified werewolf. Herrick is ensconced in the attic, masquerading as Nina's "Uncle Billy," and to complicate matters, Wendy, a social worker, turns up to assess their compatability for Herrick's placement at the household

Directors: Philip John
Writer: Sarah Phelps
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The Looking Glass
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7.66
798 votes

#15 - The Looking Glass

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/7/2010

Mitchell is getting closer to Lucy and she, in turn, is struggling to contain her feelings for Mitchell. Mitchell has only really fallen in love once before and, in a flashback to the Sixties, viewers learn how his relationship with Josie saved him from the excesses of vampiredom. Back in the present with Lucy, it's clear he's struggling to reconcile the difference between human love and vampire lust. Meanwhile, George's relationship with Sam and her daughter, Molly, is going well and George wonders if there might be a chance to make the most of this normal human relationship – could he become Molly's step-father? Annie experiences maternal feelings of her own when she's asked to babysit an unusual child...

Directors: Kenny Glenaan
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Cure and Contagion
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7.67
820 votes

#16 - Cure and Contagion

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/10/2010

Having discovered the existence of supernatural creatures, two mysterious strangers Professor Jaggat and Kemp, begin to pursue the three housemates with the objective of eliminating them – by any means necessary. After a night out, George and Mitchell are challenged by two married vampires named Ivan and Daisy. They taunt the pair about Herrick’s murder, but Daisy has something else on her mind. George’s relationship with Nina becomes strained after she discovers she is a werewolf, as they seem to avoid the truth. Annie embraces her new-found confidence by applying for a job at the local pub. The wit and honesty of new doctor Lucy captures Mitchell’s attention.

Directors: Colin Teague
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Lia
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7.68
806 votes

#17 - Lia

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/23/2011

If Mitchell is to rescue Annie from purgatory, then first he must face up to his haunting past. Meanwhile, George is arrested moments before the full moon.

Directors: Colin Teague
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Bad Moon Rising
star
7.68
891 votes

#18 - Bad Moon Rising

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/1/2009

George and Annie stay with Mitchell in the hospital, worried that he seems to be fading away. Although Mitchell almost dies, his old girlfriend sacrifices herself to save him, allowing him to drain her blood to heal himself. George finally gathers the courage to confront Herrick and defend his friends, but Herrick isn't playing by the rules. Herrick plans to kill George and Nina, and destroy the things keeping Annie Earth-bound, sending her into "nothingness". Mitchell will then have to face the vampire coven alone and be destroyed. Can George keep Nina safe? Can Annie harness her new poltergeist powers in time to defeat the vampires? Will Mitchell succeed in his plan to face Herrick once and for all? In the end, nothing goes as planned for any of them.

Directors: Colin Teague
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Puppy Love
star
7.70
376 votes

#19 - Puppy Love

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/11/2012

Romance is in the air for Tom when Allison, a geeky teen werewolf, turns up looking for help. Somebody seems intent on revealing werewolves to the world and she wants to get to the bottom of the matter. In a bid to impress Allison, Tom leads her to the web savvy vampire, Cutler. Cutler is delighted to see more werewolves on the scene and soon finds use for his new friends. Tom also cajoles Hal into a double date with himself, Allison and attractive café patron, Alex. Hal insists that he’s stayed away from women for the past fifty years for a reason – but will his desire really spark his bloodlust once again? Meanwhile Annie feels responsible for grouchy neighbour Emrys’ death and it’s up to her to complete his ghost’s unfinished business on earth – as soon as she can find out what it could be.

Directors: Daniel O'Hara
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Being Human 1955
star
7.70
370 votes

#20 - Being Human 1955

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/12/2012

Annie and Tom are surprised when another supernatural trio turns up on their doorstep. Old werewolf Leo is dying, and his vampire friend Hal believes the secret to saving his life can be found at Honolulu Heights. Annie is confident she can channel the power to help them, but Tom remains sceptical about whether she should, particularly when the bloodsucking stranger appears to take an interest in baby Eve.

Directors: Philip John
Writer: Lisa McGee
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Type 4
star
7.73
737 votes

#21 - Type 4

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/6/2011

Confronted with a 'type four', the housemates are forced to stare death in the face. Mitchell meets his biggest fan, who will do anything to impress his hero.

Directors: Philip John
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Where The Wild Things Are
star
7.76
954 votes

#22 - Where The Wild Things Are

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/22/2009

Mitchell believes vampirism can save lives, and returns to the vampires. He finds recruits amongst the terminally ill that come to the hospital he works at, but the vampires aren't telling him their full plan for world conversion. Mitchell reverses himself when he meets an old girlfriend from the 60s, a dance teacher dying from cancer, who teaches him the true meaning of humanity. Annie finally faces Owen about her death and, with Mitchell and George, puts fear into his heart. The doorway comes for Annie and she says her goodbyes, just as Mitchell is stabbed with a stake by Herrick. George frantically dials for an ambulance as Annie must make a decision: cross over to the Afterlife or remain and help her friends.

Directors: Colin Teague
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Serve God, Love Me and Mend
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7.76
809 votes

#23 - Serve God, Love Me and Mend

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/17/2010

When a bloodied man with suspicious-looking marks on his neck arrives at the hospital, Mitchell realizes that the vampire who helped him go clean has started to kill again. Lucy's curiosity and the vampire coroner's refusal to cover up the killing leads to Mitchell being forced to help his old mentor leave the country in order to preserve the vampires' anonymity. Nina, revulsed by George's complicity in the scheme, leaves the house, encountering Kemp in the process. And Annie finds that evil spirits are attempting to force her into crossing over, using Saul as their pawn.

Directors: Colin Teague
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Long Live The King
star
7.82
701 votes

#24 - Long Live The King

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/24/2010

With Annie now invisible to humans again, she resolves to get Hugh reunited with his old girlfriend. George reluctantly agrees, but their plan backfires when George's attempt to be a terrible blind date manages to match up with all of the girl's interests. Meanwhile, Mitchell attempts to convince the local vampires to stop killing, and has to resort to ancient methods of torture in order to be taken seriously. He succeeds, but in doing so is involuntarily crowned the leader of the coven.

Directors: Colin Teague
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Daddy Ghoul
star
7.83
651 votes

#25 - Daddy Ghoul

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/27/2011

George is saddened to learn that his father, George Snr, has passed away, although he hasn't seen him for the last three years, since Tully turned him into a werewolf. After Nina tips off the police about the Box Tunnel 20 Massacre, a young policewoman, Nancy, arrives to interview Mitchell about his involvement, while Annie is angry that anyone would want to upset Mitchell and resolves to investigate for herself. Meanwhile, in the Honolulu Heights attic, Herrick is growing increasingly deranged...

Directors: Philip John
Writer: Lisa McGee
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