Torchwood: Children of Earth: Day 2

[salienne]

The last one I gave 5/5. This one, I'm gonna go with 4/5. Not because it was bad; by no means. It just didn't hit the level of absolutely amazing that was yesterday's, the cliffhanger was nowhere near as edge-of-your-seat, and the body language in the second to last scene was all off. Last episode, Ianto hugs Jack for getting shot. This episode, Jack was blown up, grew back, awoke in agony, was buried in concrete, and that concrete was then shattered. Ianto couldn't even be sure that Jack was alive.

And he just stands there...?

This isn't me being a rabid Janto shipper or anything, this is me just going, buh? What happened to the characters and what we saw last ep?

I don't want them having sex in the quarry or anything, but a look, a hug, something more than the weird distance we got. I mean, obviously they hug or something in the car, but as it is now, it was just odd.

Anyway...

On the positive, Ianto got some great development beyond Jack, Rhys was clever and useful and domestic and entertaining, the side-characters grew tons, the plot progressed, and I officially love Gwen now.

I'll repeat that.

I love Gwen. I hated her in season 1, and grew to like her in season 2. But she is now tied for my favorite character with Ianto. Jack's 3rd simply because his reactions to trauma make about as much sense as a time-traveling police box, but I doubt that's going to be changed anytime soon.

Bring on tomorrow!

(Also, beware, there be spoilers in the comments.)

ETA: RE: "Jack's reactions to trauma" - No, no, never mind, they do make sense. He's just supposed to be immensely maladjusted, trying to live purely in the moment because looking back hurts too much. And because he's got the guilt and self-loathing of about ten Doctors.

Greeeeaaaaaat.

Comments

[zinnydark.livejournal.com]

I had the same body-language thought, but I'm fairly sure that Ianto is just so damn relived that he couldn't do much beyond stand there. I mean, he hadn't even taken off that stupid coat yet. ~weg~ In my head, he spends the entire time in the backseat of the car touching him and being all 'are you okay?' and Jack's all 'later, we need to regroup!' and Ianto's all 'okay... ~touch pat poke!~'. AND NO ONE CAN TELL ME OTHERWISE.

The moment they said Gwen was pregnant and I realized that I couldn't stop smiling for her was the moment I knew how much I loved Gwen. I've never really hated her, thought she was a bit useless at times, but I didn't think I really loved her. But I totes do. So much. ♥

IS IT TOMORROW YET?

[salienne.livejournal.com]

...I totally just wrote missing scene/fix-it fic in which they hug in the back seat. Because IT HAD TO BE DONE. Because Jack would need it, and Ianto would need it, and they totally would, at least for a few minutes.

And yeah, Gwen started off pretty meh and typical but she has become AMAZING. And Eve Myles was so good during the scene where Gwen discovers she's pregnant. I just... <33333333333

NO WHY IS IT NOT?