“Because for us, nightmares really do come true.”

» Being Human (US) 2.02 - “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?”

“Freedom is just pretty way of saying that you’ve gone off the grid. For better or for worse, you’re out of options. But we call it “freedom”, we write songs about it, you probably crank them in your car, and never thought about it much. Some people think it’s exhilarating not having your future mapped out. Others start to drown in all that nothing. Maybe you’ll enjoy for a moment the purity of doing what you want, when you want; beer for breakfast, sex in the afternoon. But obligations sneak up… duty, moral code. Some of us are wired to put ourselves back into cages. Freedom is just that moment of calm before the dread sets in. No matter what you’ve freed yourself from, you only get so far down the open road, car windows down, music blasting, before you’re forced to take a turn, make a choice and sentence yourself to the next adventure.”

» Being Human (US) 2.01 - “Turn This Mother Out”

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“We’re all hiding something, aren’t we? From the moment we wake, look in that mirror, all we do is spin our little lies, suck in that gut, colour that hair, twist off that wedding ring. And why not? What’s the penalty? What are the consequences, really? “I’m only human,” you say, and all is forgiven. But what if some cruel twist of fate makes you something else, something other? Who forgives you then?”

Comic Con 2011 Panel for Being Human US
» Sam Witwer, Sam Huntington & Meaghan Rath

SW: This is how much I know of whats going on with vampires these days. Someone come up and goes, “Hey, I just gotta ask you, do you sparkle?”  I’m like “Hmm?”. “Does your vampire character sparkle?”. “Like, jazz hands? No, no I don’t sparkle! What are you talking about?” They’re like “No, the skin” and i’m like “OK, i’ve no idea what are you talking about”
SH: No, seriously, what the hell are you talking about?
SW: You don’t know what that is? Apparently in Twilight-
Interviewer: Apparently vampires glow in light sunlight, or something like that.
SW: They have diamonds in their skin or somethin’ like that. (points to Huntington) Look at this guy, look at him!
SH: I’m not saying anything, not saying anything.
SW: Attack, attack, what do you want to say?
SH: I don’t know. Honestly, I’m not going to say anything, because we’re, you know, on a show and it has vampires in it, but that… that sounds really dumb.

SALLY: You get in there, pronto. The deck is stacked against you. He’s a doctor. He’s smart, rich, good-looking. He’s got great hair and a chin dimple, and you’re…
AIDAN: Well, uh, you are Josh, and you’re very smart and, uh… funny.
SALLY: And you look super-cute in that sweater vest.
AIDAN: Yes.
JOSH: I do?

JOSH: OK, OK, so stop being you. How? How do we do that?
AIDAN: Uh, feverfew.
JOSH: Fever… what? Is.. Is that a band?
AIDAN: It’s an herb, Josh!
JOSH: OK, how about any other herb? Any other herb, like, on Earth!
AIDAN: Mistletoe?
JOSH: How about matzo meal? Anything I don’t have to summon a warlock for?
AIDAN: OK, all right.

JOSH: Here’s the deal. You know what? He just went through a bad breakup. I’m gonna go check on him because I don’t think he’s all right.

AIDAN: Just something happened. I… I don’t know. Uh…
JOSH: Are you kidding me? Now? You have to do this now?
AIDAN: Does your mom cook with garlic?
JOSH: I don’t know. Seriously, is that a thing?
AIDAN: Yes or no, Josh!
JOSH: I guess so. Does it kill you?
AIDAN: No, no, it doesn’t. It just… It makes us, us.

JOSH’S MUM: So Josh says that he’s happy. See, are you two, uh, happy as roommates?
JOSH: Mom?!
AIDAN: We are. Yeah, he is, really.

JOSH: What? You can’t be here.
AIDAN: Josh, Josh, let me in.
JOSH: No, no! This is my family.
AIDAN: You must be Josh’s mother.
JOSH’S MUM: Yes.
AIDAN: I’m Aidan. I’m Josh’s roommate.
JOSH: Aidan was actually just passing through. He’s leaving now.
AIDAN: Actually, I’d kill for a glass of water.
JOSH’S MUM: Oh, well, we can do better than water. You like roast chicken?
JOSH: No, Mom.
AIDAN: I love roast chicken.
JOSH’S MUM: Good. Well, all right then. Come on in.

Every culture has its own way of saying goodbye. Comfort’s in the rituals that prepare the living for death. They ease the journey into what comes after… assuming there is an after. But in the end, death is a journey you take alone. For some of us, that journey takes us on a hidden path through a darker forest, where instead of answers, we only find a whole new set of questions.

What’s the world’s most rapidly evaporating resource? Oil? Water? Fresh air? Not even close. When’s the last time you were truly alone? When you didn’t think to yourself… “Somebody’s watching me”? A man can wander for an eternity these days before finding a place where he can be himself, let go howl at the moon. How did we let this happen to us? Why do we insist on looking when our every impulse tells us… “Look away”? Maybe it’s because we all have something to hide. That thing we bury down deep… beat back into the darkness with everything we have. We’re secretly hoping to see that the monster inside each of us, is inside us all. There it is. Look hard enough, you’ll see it. You will be seen.

JOSH: Uh… so, are you hungry? Because I am. But what I want ain’t on this menu.
NORA: What menu?
JOSH: Listen, I know you’re as busy as you are hot, so I’m gonna make this “swort and sheet”. Short and… sweet. What time do you get off?
NORA: Why?
JOSH: Cause I want to take you out, buy you a drink, maybe 2, maybe 3 and 4. And just see what happens.
NORA: And what do you think is gonna happen?
JOSH: Well, I’m willing to bet that after that drink, or 4, we end up in sex. In bed. Sexing in bed. Or whatever.
NORA: Wow! Um, that’s pretty just… Wow! Um, what’s your name?
JOSH: Josh.
NORA: Josh. Right, yeah. Um, I’d like to continue this conversation.
JOSH: Really?
NORA: But I’m incredibly busy. So busy, in fact, that I don’t have time to go to Human Resources and tell them what a disgusting, harassing cretin they have working here as an orderly. So, let’s just say you talk to me again, it’s your ass.

AIDAN: What was that?
JOSH: What? I was channelling my inner wolf.
AIDAN: OK. So the wolf never wants to have sex again either. Who taught you this crap? Ray?