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Jason reviews Bedlam: Season One

You read that right, bitches. We promised with a name change came the potential to expand beyond the film-review motif. And here is a prime example of that. That's right, I'm reviewing a TV series! Boo-yah! How you like me now!?! Now that that's out of the way: Bedlam is a British supernatural drama that aired on the BBC between Feb. 7 and March 15 of last year. Seems the Brits love to keep their TV seasons short. This was six easy to digest episodes that I chowed down in as many nights. I dig. And it left me wanting more. Best described as Kingdom Hospital meets 90210, Bedlam focuses on an upscale apartment block called Bedlam Heights -- which is renovated from the structure of an abandoned mental asylum -- and the strange hauntings that occur there. Theo James plays Jed Harper, a new arrival to the block who possesses the ability to see the ghosts and receives visions of their deaths.  Given that this a TV series, each episode features a different ma...