Being Human (2008)

Comedy · Drama · Fantasy

Deciding to turn over a new leaf, a group of friends who also happen to be vampires and werewolves move into a house together, only to find that it is haunted by ghosts of people who have been killed under mysterious circumstances. As they deal with the challenges of being supernatural creatures, their desire to be human bonds them.

IMDb rating: 7.8 (28,016 votes)
Episode average: 7.8 matches the IMDb rating
Seasons: 5
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video · Peacock
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 5 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2008)

7.86 avg 7 episodes 8.2 → 8.2 58 min avg

U-shaped

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Pilot	8.2	928
1	Flotsam and Jetsam	7.5	540
2	Tully	7.5	435
3	Ghost Town	7.8	424
4	Another Fine Mess	7.7	395
5	Where the Wild Things Are	8.1	378
6	Bad Moon Rising	8.2	370

Season 2 (2010)

7.75 avg 8 episodes 7.5 → 8.3 59 min avg

Big finale

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Cure and Contagion	7.5	330
2	Serve God, Love Me and Mend	7.6	297
3	Long Live the King	7.6	283
4	Educating Creature	7.7	268
5	The Looking Glass	7.5	276
6	In the Morning	7.7	264
7	Damage	8.1	277
8	All God's Children	8.3	290

Season 3 (2011)

7.86 avg 8 episodes 8.0 → 8.5 57 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Lia	8.0	298
2	Adam's Family	7.4	255
3	Type 4	7.5	246
4	The Pack	7.9	235
5	The Longest Day	7.7	251
6	Daddy Ghoul	7.5	228
7	Though the Heavens Fall	8.4	260
8	The Wolf-Shaped Bullet	8.5	318

Season 4 (2012)

7.73 avg 8 episodes 7.9 → 8.3 58 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Eve of the War	7.9	280
2	Being Human 1955	7.4	209
3	The Graveyard Shift	7.6	202
4	A Spectre Calls	7.5	187
5	Hold the Front Page	7.6	191
6	Puppy Love	7.6	184
7	Making History	7.9	180
8	The War Child	8.3	195

Season 5 (2013)

7.70 avg 6 episodes 7.3 → 8.6 59 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Trinity	7.3	151
2	Sticks and Rope	7.3	143
3	Pie and Prejudice	7.4	145
4	The Greater Good	7.4	142
5	No Care, All Responsibility	8.2	158
6	The Last Broadcast	8.6	216