Torchwood: Sleeper...

[fajrdrako]

Loved it. Edge of seat. Didn't bite my fingernails, which shows massive self-control. Would have liked more personal focus on Jack, but it was fun to see him in professional mode here.

1. The Torchwood version of a Skrull invasion. I like it. I like it that Beth was sympathetic and heroic.



2. Jack was mostly in soldier mode, and maybe a little under-characterized. Which I didn't mind in the least. He looked good. I couldn't take my eyes of his forearms. Oooh.


3. How long has Jack been back? How long since Captain John Hart left? Jack seems to be reestablished as being in charge, with Gwen as a scond in command - or was I reading that into the show?



4. Nice too to see the team being efficient, honest, and working well together. How I wanted that last series! Now I have it, and it makes a world of difference.



5. Ianto! James Moran gave him such delightful dialogue. Keep it up, Ianto baby, I begin to see what Jack sees in you. ("And I thought the end of the world couldn't get any worse.") All that mischievous playfulness, courage and clever comments.
   
   So I find myself wondering where Ianto's head is now. Is he over the anger and fear we saw last week, or hiding it? Is he giddy because Jack is back? Is he showing off, to get Jack's attention? Is he having sex with Jack again, or hoping to? How long till they tell us? Meanwhile... seems to me the field is open for lots of interpretations.



6. Again, Toshiko was sharp with the technology. Right on top of it. I begin to be convinced she's as good as her advance billing.



7. Gwen. Adorable. My Gwen-love continues.



8. No PC Andy. No Rhys. I missed them. And there was a murder: shouldn't Kathy Swanson have been on the scene? (Sulk.)



9. Scariest moment: when Beth killed her husband. I didn't see that coming.



10. No snogging. Pity. No Captain John: pity about that, too.



11. Loved the scene where we got a good look at Jack's cleaned-up desk. I was afraid at first that the TARDIS-embryo was gone, but no, it's still there - I guess Gwen kept it because she didn't know what it was and it reminded her of Jack. And she knew he'd want it there if and when he did come back. I didn't notice the binoculars or the 3-D glasses, are they still there? I did notice the televisions from "The Idiot's Lantern".



12. I continue to quite like Owen this season. It's somewhat scary.



13. They put Beth in morgue-drawer 007 too, just like Suzie and Jack. Seems the people they put there never stay put. Maybe they should check it out, or rename it "the resurrection chamber". And wasn't Beth frozen in the same freezer/cupboard that Gwen and Owen were in in "Cyberwoman"?



14. I assume there will be a sequel to this story - more alien sleeper agents will turn up? We didn't learn the aliens' name, did we?



15. Have Ianto and Jack had their date yet? I want to see it!



16. Gwen's mother is alive. I'd wondered.

Comments

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Okay, I watched it again.

Hmm.

No great revelations, but I think Tosh is angry with Jack for something he has told her to do. I don't think Ianto is angry, necessarily, but he is upset. My guess is that he has told Toshiko to make sure that Beth dies as soon as she goes into the deep freeze, and Toshiko doesn't like it but sees no alternative. Jack of course doesn't tell Gwen, and we're seeing the action her from her point of view, so she doesn't know. And Beth doesn't know either, but she has come to the same conclusion as Jack - that she has to die - and so pre-empts the issue by taking action.

I don't think Jack was hiding in his office, but it might be that Ianto felt the need to be somewhere else for a bit. Depending on what stage their relationship is at. (I can't tell from episode to episode or moment to moment!) It could also be that Ianto was waiting for Gwen to leave so he could get some time with Jack.

[halfspokenwords.livejournal.com]

Especially considering this exchange:

Owen: We couldn't take that chance. She must have known.
Jack: She did. She just wanted to make it easier for us.

I don't think Jack was hiding in his office, but it might be that Ianto felt the need to be somewhere else for a bit.

Hm. I'm not sure I understand. I assumed that Ianto was following Jack into his office.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I assumed that Ianto was following Jack into his office.

I meant at the very end, when Gwen was with Jack. The "afterwards" bit.

I don't know where Ianto was going, before that.

[halfspokenwords.livejournal.com]

A ha! I was confused, sorry. I think my "hiding in his office" comment referred mostly to the antenna interaction, when Jack turns and walks offscreen. After that, I don't know. I certainly don't mind believing that Ianto was hanging around for some private time after Gwen left. ;)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I certainly don't mind believing that Ianto was hanging around for some private time after Gwen left. ;)

I'd like to think it's a common occurance.

I wonder if we'll get more Jack/Ianto stuff next week.

[halfspokenwords.livejournal.com]

I think the current prediction is that a certain celebrated scene from the trailer is going to be in next week's.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

The kiss? Hooray!