Torchwood, series 2

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Adrift

I thought this episode was largely boring until all the folks started walking into the meeting for the people with missing persons. That scene was shot amazingly, and you really felt the whole thing dawn in all its terribleness on Gwen. Loved it.

Loved her and Tosh working on it and keeping the secret from Jack.

I think this is the best sense we get that Jack and Ianto are, in fact, in a relationship that has some sort of emotional content. Him doing the whole "I'll talk to him" thing for Gwen and then failing. Him leaving Gwen the GPS info. Jack noting rather calmly that she must have gotten the info ffrom Ianto -- that implies several things -- one is that Ianto is more than the butler or eyecandy or the teaboy. The other is that Jack told Ianto about this whole thing -- maybe as part of work, maybe not, but he trusted Ianto to keep a secret for him, but also knows Ianto's character to such a degree that he's not that surprised (or pissed off) when it doesn't work out that way. Also, how can anyone watch this episode and think Ianto is by nature submissive, at all times, to everyone and especially Jack? Because this is what fandom seems to think and I admit it has its moments.... but really.

Also, Jack hollering for Ianto when Gwen calls him -- was that "we just shagged, I want my coffee"? because I think it was, and it was very funny. So was Jack and Ianto going back into the greenhouse after Gwen walks in on them and Jack disrobing again.

So Jack set this place up for the Rift folks. Is this in the Torchwood budget? Does Torchwood evne have a budget consider Tochwood 3's estrangement from everything? Is the budget whatever money Tosh steals by being a hacker? How did this get paid for? Is this one of those things where Jack's imortality meant money earns interest and he's really a rich madan living in a cave funding charitible causes? Oh, wait, wrong geekery. But seriously, this struck me as a Jack personal project as opposed to a Torchwood project. Thoughts?

Also, speaking of special projects. Ianto apparently has a special project? What's that, shagging Jack? taking care of the pterodactyl? I WANT TO KNOW. Especially if it's something cool.

I liked the lack of happy ending.
I liked that Gwen didn't offer Jack absolution on this one, even though he deserved it. It was messy and human and everyone was dark in this episode and they were right to be.

Comments

[electricalgwen.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed this episode, particularly for the Ianto/Gwen vibe, not to mention Gwen/Tosh.

However, I was distracted and amused by the (possibly unintentional) echoes of the Total Perspective Vortex from Douglas Adams Hitchhiker books - where Zaphod (Jack) comes bouncing out unharmed because being hit in the face with the entire Universe all at once just confirms that he's the most important thing in it... ;)