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[mrv3000]

God help me, ever since "They Keep Killing Suzie" I've been mainly enjoying Torchwood. Like, I'm actually watching the stories and not just for the plot holes! Trust me, I wouldn't keep watching a show if I loathed it – I've got better things to do with my time. However, I still think the opening monologue they do every week blows, so that's gotta count for something.



Sleeper

I think this was the first episode where I found myself actually annoyed with Gwen. Look, you can be positive about a situation, but there's a point where you're simply placating, especially if you and everyone else knows the situation is *not* positive. Her words seemed really hollow, while Jack's seemed honest. I think I'd rather take honest.

And at the end, it never seemed to cross her mind that the team knew Beth was putting on an act. It was just easier for everyone to go through the motions – what Beth did was actually a very selfless act. It was for the sake of the people who she wanted to kill her, if you really think about it. I'm really glad Jack said something right after it happened to indicate that they weren't stupid about what was going on.

However, I am glad Gwen was there to show concern and sympathy to Beth, who really needed someone like that right then.

Boy, Ianto gets laid and he perks RIGHT up. :D

"Then it's all over."
"Let's all have sex."
"And I thought the end of the world couldn't get any worse."

BEST DELIVERY EVER.

Side note - British actor bingo is just like playing Canadian actor bingo! Beth was in Robin Hood. Hee! And she did a good bit of acting, IMO.

Side side note – It's really fortunate that all these world-ending crisises always happen in Cardiff.




To the Last Man

• 1918 Torchwood!! WHEEEEE!! About time they showed past!Torchwood! (I'd half expected someone to turn up back in "Captain Jack Harkness.")
  
  
• Tommy and Tosh are probably the sweetest thing we'll ever see on Torchwood. Awwww. They're doomed.
  
  
• Seeing Jack walk down the hallway makes me really wish they would focus on Jack more. I know this is an ensemble show, but I really crave Jack POV stuff.
  
  
• Wow, did Owen actually express concern for another person? *IS STUNNED*
  
  
• Aww, poor Tommy. He saves the world and gets shot for cowardice. :(
  
  
• Awww! Ianto and Jack are sweet! Everyone's being sweet in this episode!
  
  
• And Owen is sweet again!
  
  ....
  
  WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH TORCHWOOD??

Comments

[kammgirl.livejournal.com]

Do you know what it is he said?

[katesutton.livejournal.com]

I think people are reacting to this. Which by all accounts, is a little bit tweaked from his original comments.

[kammgirl.livejournal.com]

Ahh. I think Chris was a bit to himself on set. I kind of got that impression from Billie's book as well. It is possible JB was taken out of context.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Actor John Barrowman is pleased his former co-star Christopher Eccleston is no longer part of the Doctor Who cast

*FACEPALM*

Ah, nothing like skewed reporting when JB's comments say nothing of the kind. He says he thinks DT's much lighter and happier on set than CE, which...I think anyone could probably tell you that. DT = ball of fanboy joy. Getting on with one person =/= being glad not to have to deal with the other. PFFFT.

[katesutton.livejournal.com]

Yeah, crappy reporting at work there. I don't doubt that DT and JB get along better offset than CE and JB did. There's really nothing wrong with that, although John Barrowman could stand to make use of that rare virtue, tact.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

*snickers* Well, that's true. He's very much like a bull in a china shop that hits on the clerk.

[katesutton.livejournal.com]

Hee. Interesting visual! Can't say it's not appropriate. It makes me laugh, how much Captain Jack IS John Barrowman.