Being Human (US Version)

With a full moon rising, we see Josh, a clean-cut man of 24, trudging through the woods. He's there for safety -- his own, and that of others. In the city, Aidan, a young lothario of 25, walks Rebecca, a co-worker, back to her place. She invites him in, and later, as they writhe in bed, Aidan's fangs -- and his true self -- emerge. Meanwhile, in the forest, a werewolf has taken over...

We pick up from the end of episode 1, with Josh and Emily locked in the basement of the hospital. Josh's transformation is nigh, placing Emily in grave danger. Aidan is feeding at the vampire den, giving in to his bloodlust. But he's conflicted, and minutes later he's sprinting out the door, having listened to Josh's calls for help. With seconds to spare, Aidan crashes into the 'dungeon' where Josh is transforming into a werewolf and pulls Emily out. When Emily wants answers, Aidan only reveals that Josh has a 'condition' -- and Josh loves his sister very much.

Still haunted by his past, Aidan faces the brunt of the curse bestowed upon him: endless time. He makes an effort at normalcy by inviting the neighbors over for a neighborhood watch meeting. Josh is thrown by the gesture, but all seems well until Michael Garrity, a local police officer, eyes Aidan suspiciously...almost like he knows something...

As the full moon rises, Josh retreats to the woods to change into a werewolf. Privacy is a difficult thing to find. The morning after, a man -- Ray -- waits for Josh to awaken. Ray is also a werewolf, and he knows everything about Josh. He desperately wants them to help each other, but Josh is too uncomfortable with being a werewolf in the first place to make friends with another one.

After Aidan lays a hospital patient, Mr. Sarin, to rest, Father Gates delivers the last rites. Later, in the morgue, we see Sarin's eyes flash open, and a darkened figure approach. As Sarin's fangs grow, the figure -- Father Gates - shows him how to feed on an unlucky drifter.

We open on Josh walking down the street, totally unaware that Marcus is following him. Cut to Rebecca, setting up a video camera in a seedy motel room. A man enters the room and Rebecca immediately starts to undress both of him, telling him to just "go with" the camera. Next we see Danny, standing on a dock, gazing out at the water. He looks at Sally's ring one last time before hurling it as far as he can. At the house, Sally hears something clinking down the stairs -- and sees the ring. She catches it, startled by the fact that she can.

After Marcus's brutal attack on Emily, Aidan confronts Bishop and discovers the attack was revenge for Josh and Ray's vampire beating outside the blood den. Aidan knows Emily and Josh will have to leave town for their own safety, but there's only one place Emily will go. Home. It's the last place Josh wants to be, but he reluctantly agrees, trading one problem for another...

Aidan's still spellbound by Rebecca's DVD, so when Sally insists the guys take her to a bar, he takes some persuading. Once there, Josh is surprised to see Nora - flirting with the handsome young Dr. Reed. Aidan and Sally try and convince Josh to talk to her, but he leaves, too timid to do anything else.

After the DVD debacle with Bernie and Cindy, Aidan avoids all contact with the boy. Nora and Josh continue to grow closer, their romance building steadily. Sally ventures back to the haunted ward to scan the message wall, and spots a familiar name: Nicholas Fenn. Stunned, she wonders if this could be the person she thinks it is...

We open on Marcus and Bishop at the funeral home. A white van pulls into the garage, and four coffins are unloaded. Bishop seems on edge, as we flashback to 1955. Aidan and Bishop are unloading the same coffins and arguing, but this time the roles are reversed. Bishop is in love with a woman -- a human one -- and Aidan's upset because the 'things' in the coffins won't take kindly to it. Bishop wants to see her, and asks then boss, Carlo, for permission. Carlo allows it, and Bishop leaves, humiliated.

We open with Aidan in the blood den; he's reluctantly back in the vampire fold. He's with Marcus and Bishop, showing the elders around. But instead of simply feeding on the donors, the Dutch massacre them. Bishop makes it known to Marcus and Aidan that there is a traitor among them; the Dutch obviously know that something is amiss, and Bishop senses this is probably his last day.

As we move through the funeral home, we see remnants of the battle that took place here: blood on the walls, overturned chairs and ashes. The place is empty and still. So is the blood den. It's as though the vampires have up and vanished...

We discover that Josh and Sally have brought Aidan to the hospital basement. Bishop missed Aidan's heart with the stake but has wounded Aidan enough that he's incredibly weak and will die if his blood isn't replenished. Josh has enlisted Nora to help bring Aidan blood -- and lots of it. Nora is horrified and confused; Aidan needs surgery, not just blood! She wants to bring him upstairs, but Josh refuses, insisting that no one can know. Nora pieces together that this is part of Josh's secret and reluctantly helps him, but is wary. Sally and Josh sit vigil with Aidan, but Aidan insists that Sally go home and take her door. Anguished, Sally forces herself to leave Aidan's side.