(Spoilers)
What will our heroes do? At the end of the last episode, they were left with nothing but Ianto's sister's out of date crappy laptop (probably PC) and a shitty stolen car. Oh, and Captain Jack had no clothes. Not the best way to start the day off. As the sun rises, we find our illustrious heroes setting up shop in a new headquarters. The flaming barrel is a nice touch.
It's fun watching Jack and Ianto trying to get rid of Rhys so they can have some couple time together. And it's a good thing they don't succeed, or we would never have the deus ex machina to kerjigger the plot -- appropriately placed in episode three, right at the climax of the story arc. Jack remembers. He is, after all, the Face of Boe. He knows everything.
Hooray for the return of Gwen's copper buddy! What a sweet heart. I love him, and I want to set him up with all my girlfriends. But, I wouldn't set up a single one of them with Frobisher. He's a disgrace as a namesake. Reminds me of that gamer we all love to hate, the one who insists on being Dungeon Master and knows all the rules. Worse still is the Prime Minister, a spineless git. What I wouldn't give for Harriet Jones or even Harold Saxon. He would have kicked their asses here and then sent the Toclafane to the 456 planet to destroy it, just for fun.
Clem is a lot of fun. I find these "quirky" characters annoying most of the time. They're usually over-acted. This one is pretty endearing. I like his smelling, and the twitches. He's pretty heroic, considering that he's spent years in institutions because of the trauma induced by this one incident, the one around which the whole story arc revolves. He's almost as brave as Lois, our hero of the hour. I'm rooting for her so hard, it hurts. Now the question: Will Lois die before she can become a member of Torchwood?
And will Jack end up in that tank somehow? I happen to know that he ends up in one eventually...
"God, I hate smileys"
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Oh Terry! We hardly knew ye.... *sob*
It's so tough to comment because I've seem all 5 episodes and I can't remember exactly where each one begins and ends. But let me add a few observations:
01. I thought Series 2 was an absolute marvel. The writing and story arc simply kicked ass after what I thought was a slow start in Series 1. I was afraid Series 3 would have nowhere to go. I was wrong. Really wrong.
02. My only issues with Series 3 (up to Ep 3) are the rather cavalier way that Jack's death/resurrection is playing out. I just find it a little uneven. Bits o' Jack in a body-bag was very well done, as was the idea to encase him in concrete. Call me picky, but having Ianto-to-the-rescue seemed pretty contrived and convenient to me. It's a small thing, but still...
03. Paul Copely (Clem) is a lot of fun to watch. I loved him in the Horatio Hornblower series a few years back, and it's nice to see him again.
And now I'll shut up.
Did anyone else wonder if a Jack Harkness would grow from each Jack Harkness fragment? Ooooh. I just blew your mind.
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