Torchwood: 4x01 - more thoughts!

[butterfly]

Bullet points!

1. OMG, MY TORCHWOOD PEOPLE ARE BACK AND I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!

2. I love how the past is never forgotten. Torchwood employees die young, Jack using Owen's name (I may have gasped when he said that and then had to pause so that I could melt into a puddle). Aw, Jack coming back because he wanted to protect Gwen and keep her out of things (like she wanted - or thought she wanted; hey, Gwen, love, I saw your face when you saw Jack).

3. Jack getting and staying hurt! That made me gasp, too.

4. I did really like Esther and Rex and the way they worked together. Pretty bad-ass.

5. Awww, Gwen and Rhys with the baby was adorable (I think her name is Anwen?). But Rhys was making VERY BAD ARGUMENTS. He's so completely not-Torchwood.

6. Bill Pullman is freaking creepy as Oswald (as he's meant to be).

7. The whole plot is being done in an effectively creepy fashion. And I liked the way they drew Gwen and Jack back into it, even as IT WAS KILLING ME to wait for their reunion.

8. PC Andy! Always good to see him.

9. MY SHOW! ♥

10. GWEN'S FACE WHEN SHE SEES JACK:

Comments

[kuwdora]

eeeeeeee YESSSSSSSS TO ALL THIS

[butterfly]

I might have to make an icon of GWEN'S FACE WHEN SHE SEES JACK. Because that is precisely how I feel about the show coming back. GWEN EXPRESSES IT ALL.

Aaaaah. So much love.

[feanna]

I kept getting suspicions that death penalty guy has something to do with the whole thing. That defense was on hand VERY fast, and even if we just assume very good lawyers, he seemed so unsurprised by the whole thing.

Rhy's was acting like a person who got what they wanted (Gwen out of Torchwood) and liked it so much that they refused to even consider that it's not what everybody else (Gwen) wanted. He thought he could really have that kind of life and got, hmm, greedy?
Gwen obviously likes her Torchwood style life. (How much did I love her popping the ear protectors on Anwen and shooting at the helicopter!)
They'll have to work that out further.

[butterfly]

I kept getting suspicions that death penalty guy has something to do with the whole thing. That defense was on hand VERY fast, and even if we just assume very good lawyers, he seemed so unsurprised by the whole thing.

I would not be surprised. He was creepy.

Rhy's was acting like a person who got what they wanted (Gwen out of Torchwood) and liked it so much that they refused to even consider that it's not what everybody else (Gwen) wanted. He thought he could really have that kind of life and got, hmm, greedy?
Gwen obviously likes her Torchwood style life. (How much did I love her popping the ear protectors on Anwen and shooting at the helicopter!)

Yes, Rhys got his happy ending and he's maybe not realized (not wanted to realize) that his happy ending and Gwen's weren't the same. They'll definitely have to talk about it more.