"Adam's Family" | |
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Series 3, Episode 2 | |
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Broadcast date | 30 January 2011 |
Written by | Brian Dooley |
Directed by | Colin Teague |
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Episode chronology | |
Previous "Lia" |
Next "Type 4" Becoming Human (Adam's story) |
Adam's Family is the second episode of Being Human's third series which was broadcast for the first time on 30 January 2011.
Summary[]
Most teenagers are reliant on their parents – for lifts, dinner and money – but teenage vampire Adam Jacobs is more reliant than most: he needs to drink his parents' blood to survive. With his mother having passed away a few years ago, and his father now seriously ill and frail in hospital, Adam is hungry. In an attempt to avoid a randy teenage vampire hunting for blood on the streets, werewolf couple Nina and George take him in temporarily – hoping that Mitchell might be able to help him.
An immature vampire is the last thing that Mitchell needs. The Old Ones have tracked him down through a local agent, and have made him an offer that would see him leave his past far behind. With the aftermath of the Box Tunnel 20 continuing to haunt him, it's tempting. But it would mean leaving Annie, and she has other plans for her new-found hero.
Appointing herself as Mitchell's guardian angel after he gallantly rescued her from purgatory, Annie has made it her mission to help him – and a new job is first on the list. Help from a ghost, however, could turn out to be more of a hindrance...
When Adam's father dies, it's the end of his reliable food supply. Determined to help him, George and Nina leave him in the care of vampire couple Richard and Emma, who have devised a way to feed without killing. Their plush country house, however, conceals a lifestyle that is less than savoury.
Trivia[]
- The title of this episode is an obvious reference to The Addams Family.
- The online series Becoming Human follows the further adventures of Adam, who will return to Honolulu Heights in the series 4 episode Hold the Front Page.
Music[]
Aside from Richard Wells' original score, this episode features the following songs:
- Human, by the Human League, from the album Crash (1986) - playing quietly on the radio at Adam's parents' house in 1985. Anachronistic, as it wasn't released until the following year.
- Peaches, by The Stranglers, from the album Rattus Norvegicus (1977) - plays on the soundtrack as Adam escapes from the hospital and prowls the streets of Barry, ending up in a games arcade
- Aisha, by Death in Vegas (featuring Iggy Pop on vocals), from the album The Contino Sessions (2010) - playing at Richard and Emma's kinky vampire sex party
Being Human BBC Episodes |
Series 1: Pilot • Flotsam and Jetsam • Tully • Ghost Town • Another Fine Mess • Where The Wild Things Are • Bad Moon Rising |
Series 2: Cure And Contagion • Serve God, Love Me And Mend • Long Live The King • Educating Creature • The Looking Glass • In The Morning • Damage • All God's Children |
Series 3: Lia • Adam's Family • Type 4 • The Pack • The Longest Day • Daddy Ghoul • Though the Heavens Fall • The Wolf-Shaped Bullet |
Series 4: Eve Of The War • Being Human 1955 • The Graveyard Shift • A Spectre Calls • Hold the Front Page • Puppy Love • Making History • The War Child |
Series 5: The Trinity • Sticks and Rope • Pie and Prejudice • The Greater Good • No Care, All Responsibility • The Last Broadcast |