Being Human (USA)/Headscratchers


 * OK, this is going to come off a little nitpicky, but couldn't they have put a little more thought into Sally's "final" outfit? It's not so much the sweater, leggings, and tee (although they aren't the best), but my main issue is the ballet flats. Assuming the series survives, and they perhaps turn Sally into an Action Girl, how much can she do in ballet flats? Those look like really low-cut ballet flats. Yes, I know she's a ghost and she died at home. Still...it bugs me. I would ask the same question, if she died in a maxi dress. How hard would it have been to put her in Uggs like Annie or in some other shoes?
 * Would you be wearing fancier (and decidedly less comfortable) shoes if you just walking around in your own house ?
 * Well, I did say it'd sound nitpicky. I'm saying 'Sally,' but really addressing the wardrobe folks. Annie is in Uggs, and plenty of people wear them around the house, so I get it. I don't think the outfit does anything for MR, who's quite pretty, but the ballet flats just seem like an even more odd wardrobe decision to be "stuck" in if the show survives and she ends up doing more. As I said, I would ask 'why?' if they'd had her die in a tube maxi dress that dragged the ground. I'm saying, they could have given her any last "at home" outfit they wanted...and that's what they came up with. As a viewer, it's something I observed, and in a nitpick way, it bugs me. Sort of how on Ghost Whisperer, JLH wore very heavy makeup and false lashes. A choice by JLH no doubt, but not practical or believable for 'Melinda.'
 * In the UK version, "Annie" wears boots instead of ballet flats. Speaking as one who finds boots uncomfortable to wear for long periods of time, I'd say "Sally" has it easy. However, since she seems to have the ability to touch, hold, or carry things, she probably now can change clothes and wear other things. Although the clothes she wears aren't "dead clothes", so if she walked around outside in public people would only see the clothes, not her.
 * Given the circumstances just before her death, it seemed like she was getting ready for bed. She may have been wearing ballet flats as slippers she could leave by her bed (and put back on in the morning) rather than wearing socks she'd have to toss into the hamper before bed.

Why couldn't Josh smell Emily?
Josh was able to sniff her out from an entirely different room earlier in the episode, so why couldn't he smell her when she was following him just a few feet away?
 * He only gets the wolf-nose (which was what let him sniff her out earlier) for a short period after he transforms.
 * No, when he was sniffing her out it was still before the full moon. He gets better senses both before and after the full moon.
 * It's possible she was never in a position to have a scent he could pick up. They were both moving in what amounts to erratic directions meaning there's less of a chance of him being downwind of her for long enough to detect something. In the hospital setting, the air is evenly filtered and dispersed so there was enough time for a scent to build up; not that she'd been there for some time before Josh noticed her. Though it doesn't really explain why her shouting at him was ignored. He may have been too preoccupied by anything other than what's in front of him.
 * He puts earbuds in just before she starts calling for him, and doesnt take themn out until he's in the room. Presumably, he was listening to an ipod and the volume was too loud to hear her, or they were the noise-cancelling kind.

Why didn't Josh call someone from the hospital to unlock the door?
Aidan isn't responding. Sally probably can't leave the house. . I know he wants to lead a "normal" life, and that requires secrecy, but at this point, should be the top priority. And he must have the hospital's number on his phone if he works there.
 * Another hospital worker wouldn't have known to shut the door again with Josh inside. In their ignorance they would've tried to help him and ended up letting a vicious wolf loose in a hospital. Calling anyone other than Aidan risked Josh killing, injuring or infecting dozens of patients and hospital staff, if not more.
 * It also would've raised the question of just what they were doing there in the first place.

Why can't they just tell the truth to their loved ones?
Seriously. I know most people won't believe them, but it's better than constantly lying to them. Of course Josh.
 * I suppose it's kind of a catch-22. You tell people you're a werewolf (or whatever) and they think you're nuts and probably put themselves in danger because of you. Nora's reaction to Josh turning is a normal one - rush up to someone you love and care about to see what's going on and probably start doing stuff like undoing any precautions. And at that point, it may be too late. Or you lie and pretend to be normal. As far as Nora not telling Josh that she might have become a werewolf... fear I suppose because doing so would confirm it as opposed to the sliver of hope that she hasn't. Granted, not the smartest thing but it's a pretty emotional thing.