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I am finally getting on the Torchwood bandwagon.

Season 1, Episode 1: bad, but the first episode of every show is bad. Like Jack's coat, love Ianto's suit, hey, they just killed Indira Varma.

Season 1, Episode 2: a sex parasite? Oi. On the other hand, I can see how this might just turn into the best trash on television. Oh hey, girls kissing that doesn't involve soft lighting and lame emotional content. Okay, so it involves a sex parasite, but still!

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[britgeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

I love Torchwood, but I'm v. aware of its myriad flaws.

"Cyberwoman" will, almost certainly, have you hurling stuff at the screen and/or flat on your back with laughter. Possibly both.

However, there are eps that are worth the wait - "Countrycide" (badly flawed, still, but more amusing that "Cyberwoman"), "They Keep Killing Suzie" and "Random Shoes" spring to mind.

For what it's worth, the first eps of season 2 made up for a LOT of season 1. ;)

[tommx.livejournal.com]

the second season so far promises to be much better than the first. The first was kind of catch and miss. Cyberwoman was by far the worst.

An episode I particularly liked was Out of Time. Again, it wasn't perfect, and there was some painfully shlocky writing, but there were also some emotionally powerful moments in it. (for me anyway)

[heron61.livejournal.com]

I'll avoid all spoilers, but season 1 has some really bad episodes (as well as some impressively excellent ones). OTOH, Season 2 looks to be very good indeed. Impressively, the first ep of season 2 was written by Chris Chibnall (the writer for all but one of the bad Season 1 episodes) and it was very good.

Here are my ratings (by episode number):

Season 1
1 Good
2 OK
3 Good
4 Very Bad
5 Pointless, Stupid and Bad
6 Bad
7 Good
8 Excellent
9 Excellent
10 Amazingly Excellent (I've watched it 4 times)
11 OK
12 Very Good
13 Eye-Bleedingly Bad

Season 2
1 Very Good
2 Very Good
3 Good

[heron61.livejournal.com]

Agreed about season 2, I'm loving it. Season 1 was impressively uneven, but I'm loving this season, especially since we have 2 episodes written by Catherine Tregenna coming up.

As for bad, nothing topped the finale for me (although Cyberwoman did give it a good try). OTOH, I also loved "They Keep Killing Suzie" and "Random Shoes", I also really liked "Captain Jack Harkness", and I thought "Out of Time" was one of perhaps the 2 or 3 best Doctor Who related things I've ever seen, and one of the better TV shows I've ever seen.

[britgeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

Y'know, I would have liked "Out of Time" much more (and that's not to say I didn't like it, I just would have liked it more) if it didn't feature the least romantic love scene, evar - or so it struck me as being.

But the general story of the eps, overall? Liked it a lot. :)

And I just caved in re: my DLing rule and watched Torchwood 2x02 - much better than I expected from the preview, actually. I expect to cave in re: 2x03, shortly... ;)

[editrx.livejournal.com]

I'll second exactly what heron61 says of the eps so far. If you like sex parasites, you're in for a treat with many of the episodes.

The producer, remember, did the original Queer as Folk in the UK. His description of Capt. Jack was he is "omnisexual."

[airspaniel.livejournal.com]

I can see how this might just turn into the best trash on television.

Yeah, you've pretty much got it. Though by the time I finished season one, I realized that somewhere along the line I'd actually become emotionally invested in it. So viewer beware, I suppose.

Season two has been amazing so far. ^_^

[sethg]

Torchwood is finally available on Region 1 DVDs? Damn. Now I have to choose between it and BSG Season 3.

[delchi.livejournal.com]

Wait until the two guys in ww2 uniforms start kissing in the middle of the USO-like party ( in the past ).

Yes, I've been addicted for a while :)

[delchi.livejournal.com]

PS : Not to give it away, but later on ( in a Dr Who crossover ) you will love how Torchwood was created.