It's so great to have Being Human back. 

Being Human Season 4 Episode 2 was full of the things that are best about the show: unexpected revelations peppered with insanely comedic moments to keep even the most tense stories from going over the top dramatically.

Being Human knows never to take itself so seriously that it loses sight of the fact they're trying to pull off a show about two werewolves, a ghost who has been to purgatory and back more than once and might be a witch on the side, vampires and myriad other supernatural forces.

Always, the tone navigated is precisely the manner it should be for a genre piece.

That doesn't keep me from feeling the feels for the characters and occasionally wanting to reach into my TV set and knock some heads together.

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Sally. Oh Sally. At what point will you listen to your elders? Aidan is a good deal older than you and has been around the supernatural block a few times. When he asks whether something makes sense, maybe you should just take a listen. We get it -- you like your new powers and think that because you successfully swam your way through a bloodbath to get away from Donna that you can now wield them handily. You are wrong.

Of all characters to test out her magical wizardry on, why did it have to be Josh? Josh is the heart of Being Human. He is the most human of all of the supernatural beings, even when he is a wolf more than a man. For years, Josh prepared dinners for two roommates who could not eat, just to keep the customs they would expect as the humans they were so trying to be. He is always the first with a joke and a kind word. 

To try to save Josh is admirable. To do so without regard for the consequences was woefully inadequate and no lovely afterthought about being there to chat after they shared similar fates of disappearing for a bit makes up for it. I'm angry at Sally.

I should be angry at Nora. It was Nora's decision, in the end, to allow Sally to perform her magic, and her menstrual blood that made it all possible. But she's been there for three months day in and day out waiting. She's tired and weak. It was easy for her to want to believe -- the very things that she at first accused Sally of doing. Let's take just a moment to recall the funny side of life, because this is the stuff that brings levity to the worst times.

Nora: What?
Aidan: Um...I can smell it? I'm sorry!
Nora: Oh my God!
Aidan: Now I'm horrified!
Nora: Is that like an ongoing skillset?
Aidan: No. Well...
Nora: So in all the time we've known each other and all the time we've lived together, you could...
Aidan: It just kind of comes with the territory of being a vampire! There's not much I can do about that.
Nora: Great!

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When Sally fluttered away and fluttered back and told Nora she shouldn't have done anything without Sally's presence -- as if Aidan was going to leave Josh stuck inside of a wolf carcass with his hand jutting out of its mouth -- I wanted to slap her. Too little too late! 

Now Josh is in some sort of half-finished spell state, not wholly a wolf and not wholly a man, possibly worse off than he was before the spell. He'll hate himself easier than anyone else would in the situation, be guiltier and feel more responsible. What's next?

Someone posed a question in the comments for Being Human Season 4 Episode 1 as to whether Kat might be related to Susanna and possibly Aidan through Isaac. For a short time it was a possibility, as she told the tale of what happened to her after Bishop turned her into a vampire.

Yes, Bishop is her daddy, too. Ironically, I believe that he did sire her out of noble intentions as a gift for Aidan, as I also believe he truly loved Aidan. But her guilt over killing her own child for her first feeding put a little dent into those plans. She apparently never forgave herself, as she has taken to self-flagellation to atone for her sins in the name of the Lord.

It's always good to see Mark Pellegrino back as Bishop, and this was no exception. I also don't doubt that he didn't turn Isaac not to punish Susanna for killing him, but to spare Isaac an eternity as a child. We saw how well that went down in Interview With a Vampire. Children do not make good vamps. It's nice to know Bishop had some boundaries.

I hope we'll get to find out exactly what happened to Susanna all this time. It makes sense that she would hate Bishop, but more that she'd hate herself. She wouldn't want to see Aidan until Bishop were dead in the event he might share her secret, although Bishop was good at keeping them.

Thinking he might reunite with Susanna only to be brushed off so quickly did persuade Aidan to share his "normal" life with Kat. While it might seem to some like he's settling, I hope he realizes he's not. She's beautiful both inside and out. She's good for him, although at some point he's going to have to share his secret with her. All of their secrets. How easy will they be to swallow?

I'm loving the season so far. If you missed the first episode or want to see it again, you can watch Being Human online from our site. 

Which supernatural creature would be most difficult for Kat to imagine being real?

Carissa Pavlica is the managing editor and a staff writer and critic for TV Fanatic. She's a member of the Critic's Choice Association, enjoys mentoring writers, conversing with cats, and passionately discussing the nuances of television and film with anyone who will listen. Follow her on X and email her here at TV Fanatic.