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Torchwood episode 8 was absolutely everything that I hoped would be in Torchwood.
Devious plans!
An acknowledgement that Torchwood makes most of its problems itself!
Suzie!
Ianto's deadpan humour returns! (Risen Mitten? Life Knife?)
The Stopwatch of Lurve!
Zombie pity party! (Seriously, I loved that Suzie spent the whole episode whinging that everyone liked Gwen better than her, and Gwen is so good at everything and nobody misses Suzie, boo hoo hoo. That's exactly the attitude that I would expect from someone who messed up in such a huge and murderous way, then tried to kill Jack and Gwen to cover it up and finally suicided rather than face consequences. It's not like Torchwood fires people, Suzie! What are they going to do?)
Jack's emphasis on Gwen's compassion and competence totally backfiring when Gwen feels her connection to Suzie a little too closely and decides to be competent and compassionate by taking Suzie to see her poor old dad.
Jack's acrobat twin boyfriends and his book, not to mention the return of his quips.
Gwen turning green when Suzie said how much she just wanted Max as someone to talk to.
The back of Suzie's head and her slowly vanishing chin wound!
Flirting in the morgue!
Emily Dickinson's cheerful perspective on the whole thing!
Mind-controlled Max and his Torchwood tic!
Owen is the team slut!
Suzie's Tales from the Other Side were deeply terrifying and ominous. I really thought she was going to follow the "there's nothing there" line, to contrast with Gwen's primary school version of heaven, but no, it was much, much worse than that. Look out, Captain, my Captain.
The absolute best thing, though, was the Torchwood call to the police station. Detective Swanson was magnificently scornful. The thing that has annoyed me most about the series (and indeed many superhero comics) is the way that Torchwood just strolls in and takes over. It was shown as a bad thing from an external POV (Gwen's, at the time) in the very first episode, but since then the focus on the organisation has led to a severe lack of the perspective and co-operation that I would have expected from adding a cop to the team. This episode completely turned that on its head, and I am still dancing for joy in my seat.
Oh Torchwood! Long may you live up to the quality of this episode!
Devious plans!
An acknowledgement that Torchwood makes most of its problems itself!
Suzie!
Ianto's deadpan humour returns! (Risen Mitten? Life Knife?)
The Stopwatch of Lurve!
Zombie pity party! (Seriously, I loved that Suzie spent the whole episode whinging that everyone liked Gwen better than her, and Gwen is so good at everything and nobody misses Suzie, boo hoo hoo. That's exactly the attitude that I would expect from someone who messed up in such a huge and murderous way, then tried to kill Jack and Gwen to cover it up and finally suicided rather than face consequences. It's not like Torchwood fires people, Suzie! What are they going to do?)
Jack's emphasis on Gwen's compassion and competence totally backfiring when Gwen feels her connection to Suzie a little too closely and decides to be competent and compassionate by taking Suzie to see her poor old dad.
Jack's acrobat twin boyfriends and his book, not to mention the return of his quips.
Gwen turning green when Suzie said how much she just wanted Max as someone to talk to.
The back of Suzie's head and her slowly vanishing chin wound!
Flirting in the morgue!
Emily Dickinson's cheerful perspective on the whole thing!
Mind-controlled Max and his Torchwood tic!
Owen is the team slut!
Suzie's Tales from the Other Side were deeply terrifying and ominous. I really thought she was going to follow the "there's nothing there" line, to contrast with Gwen's primary school version of heaven, but no, it was much, much worse than that. Look out, Captain, my Captain.
The absolute best thing, though, was the Torchwood call to the police station. Detective Swanson was magnificently scornful. The thing that has annoyed me most about the series (and indeed many superhero comics) is the way that Torchwood just strolls in and takes over. It was shown as a bad thing from an external POV (Gwen's, at the time) in the very first episode, but since then the focus on the organisation has led to a severe lack of the perspective and co-operation that I would have expected from adding a cop to the team. This episode completely turned that on its head, and I am still dancing for joy in my seat.
Oh Torchwood! Long may you live up to the quality of this episode!
