Three supernatural beings on 'Being Human'

Boston hospital colleagues rent a house together, because who else could understand why reluctant vampire Aidan (Sam Witwer) needs to drink blood or why tortured werewolf Josh (Sam Huntington) needs to be locked up when his full-moon claws appear? Well, maybe confused Sally (Meaghan Rath) could, since she's a ghost, who happens to have been killed in their funky old rented house.

Evil vampires press Aidan to do their bidding, Josh's nosy sister tries to "help" him, Sally's mourning fiance may not be quite the guy she thought. And then there's dating. Oy, the tsuris! (It's OK. The werewolf's Jewish.)

MY SAY Syfy learned its lesson with "Caprica." That was a show about ideas. "Being Human" is a show about feelings. It's one big identity crisis, with the characters' ditz factor magnified to make super-sure they come across as, y'know, just like us!

"Being Human" echoes, move for move, the BBC America fave of the same name. Yet, Syfy simplifies the tone into young-adult novelhood, where there's lots of white space around really big print.

BOTTOM LINE Subsequent episodes improve as plots thicken. "Being Human" needs real jeopardy to make the moping bearable.

GRADE B