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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fast Learner" data-source="post: 5827638" data-attributes="member: 649">I'll add that they do it on British TV because they can. In the US a series has to last at least 4 full 22-episode seasons -- enough to put into daily syndication -- in order to be a financial success. You can't risk killing characters.In Britain a 6-episode series can be profitable. It's better if multiple series (seasons) are ordered, but because each series can be a standalone story arc, characters can die.Me, I vastly prefer it. I like the series Castle, for example, but on yesterday's episode when the main characters were in danger of dying the tension wasn't very high because of course they weren't going to be killed. And that's a show that did take a fairly prominent side character, surprise you with hidden motives, and kill off the character. I love what they've done with Being Human in the UK. (For that matter, I love the way the US Being Human has taken a very different story arc, though there's less tension since I sincerely doubt they'll kill off any of the main characters.)</blockquote>