While I have a feeling that we’ll be seeing a lot of everyone in the “family”, the show is hailed as focusing on the twenty something werewolf named Elena Danvers. Elena, played by Laura Vandervoort (previously known for her portrayal of Kara in Smallville), moved from a small town in Upstate New York (hey, wonder if it’s anywhere near my hometown!) to Toronto, Canada to not only start a career, but to get away from her above mentioned “family”. It hasn’t been greatly discussed yet, but she does a little more than hint at the fact that she doesn’t get along very well with many of the members in her (as she describes it) “family forest”. She seems to think that she’s finally achieved independence from her brethren when she is called home to deal with some bad news. The whole thing is simple, and also unlike many of it’s predecessors, the werewolves of Bitten have the ability to control when they change. Although they do get to choose when it happens for the most part, it’s explained that if a werewolf doesn’t voluntarily transform at least once a month (once a week is recommended), it becomes increasingly difficult to keep from allowing it to happen, until it is basically forced upon them. Also unlike many of the other stories, the people who have this ability aren’t completely stripped of their humanity and decision making ability when they transform from bi-ped to quadra-ped. They also retain their ability to distinguish who they know, who they don’t, etc. and generally choose to feed on wildlife while in their wolf form, instead of attacking humans. In a world where it seems book to movie series are, almost, more prevalent than supernatural based stories, I’m glad to see someone choose a slightly different, definitely more difficult path. Yes, we’ve seen lots of book to television series over the years (anyone else remember the cartoon series based on Brian Jacques’ Redwall series?), but you have to admit that they generally are of a higher quality in the end since their continuance is based solely on the  enjoyment and viewership of the populace. The series premiere episode of Bitten didn’t reveal a whole lot of what’s going to happen from here on, but from what they’ve already given us, I think it’s safe to say that a lot of family strife, bonding and learning can be expected in the following episodes. Maybe we’ll even get some “coming of age” stuff a la Michael J. Fox, but with less basketball (hopefully).   Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing!