Well, it might have taken three seasons (even if the last half of season two was rather good) but Torchwood has finally stepped out of the shadow of Doctor Who and become the show it always just needed some fine tuning to be.Two episodes in and it's fast paced, witty and finally feels like a show that gives US TV a run for its money. It was a clever ploy by the Beeb to air the show on its flagship channel with the week long event that it deserves, and return the ubiquitous Mr Barrowman to what he does best: being killed multiple times and getting his arse out...
High points so far: the Torchwood-mobile being stolen by Chavs, the creepy Wyndham-esque WE ARE COMING, and the very funny WE WANT A PONY riff on it tonight, the scene between Jack and a daughter who looks older than he does, the regeneration of Jack in episode two, and the curious allure of Eve Myles running around with two guns...
A slightly Scooby-Doo escape in episode two did nothing to diminsh the fun of it all. It's hokum but it's utterly wonderful hokum.
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Yeah, I'm really rather enjoying it - against my expectations. I've never had a problem with Barrowman, who is quite obviously a *star*, but the eps I'd seen previously didn't really do much for me. But, with this week long event, they've all really up'ed their game and kicked themselves into the big league. If this doesn't get them a 4th season, then there's really no hope, is there? And, yeah, the PONY gag was very funny. Still not 100% sure about Eve Myles though. She's growing on me, but I still find her a bit grating at times.
Everyone at work is watching it too, and was talking about it yesterday. So, being the bloody minded person I am, I started moaning that Captain Jack was just Captain Scarlett repackaged, and stuff like that. It's fun to wind people up ;)
"Everyone at work is watching it too, and was talking about it yesterday."
A bunch of computer geeks watching Torchwood - who'd've thunk it?
Epsisode 3 rocked along too. Seems like it's going to barrel along all the way to Friday. I think it'll be pretty much guaranteed a new life on BBC1 from here on in...
Agh! I can't believe they killed Ianto!
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