Torchwood 2x02 - Sleeper
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castaliaWow, I had so many reservations at the beginning of this ep and all of those were just swept aside in favor of a pretty solid episode. Very nicely done!
At first I was appalled by Team Torchwood's approach to human rights and people under suspicion, but for once I was very glad for Gwen's "compassionate one" role. Rusty's penchant for interracial couples - specifically the white man/black woman combination - is really starting to look obvious, though. Have we seen even one couple where both partners were black? Or where the POC was the man, besides Mickey with Rose? I'm not even sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing, but it's an odd trend in the Whoverse.
Once again, loved how well the team worked together. That's a very welcome change this season.
I had lots of flashbacks to other shows while watching this, especially Smallville with the whole needle snapping thing, and Witchblade with the sword-arm thing. Sleeper agents aren't exactly new, and neither is the alien-but-feels-human aspect, but this was subtly different from BSG so I enjoyed it despite the parallels. Torchwood isn't quite the show to do the sort of psychological nature of humanity questions like BSG anyway, so I can enjoy the cheese without expecting too much from them.
Most entertaining thing in the episode is once again Ianto Jones, whose snark has been dialed up to eleven since Jack returned. He got all the best lines and was just all around wonderful. Loved his snark about the mind probe device and pretending it as an electric chair, the dig at Jack's bedroom manners, the end of the world line (and boy, was I pleased that Ianto has good taste and wasn't even remotely tempted by Owen's proposition, despite Tosh probably liking the idea), and the sarcasm about the telephone network and the tin cans with bits of string. I want a Ianto of my very own to provide tea and banter, please. For now, an icon will have to do.
However, the entire show was stolen by the guest star, Nikki Amuka-Bird. She was in one ep of the BBC Robin Hood last season, as the con artist/abbess, and I was so impressed then and wanted to see more of her. What a pleasant surprise to see her pop up in such a brilliant role here, though I'm sorry it'll have to be a one-shot appearance. *goes to IMDB to see what else she's been in, b/c man, awesomecakes!*
At first I was appalled by Team Torchwood's approach to human rights and people under suspicion, but for once I was very glad for Gwen's "compassionate one" role. Rusty's penchant for interracial couples - specifically the white man/black woman combination - is really starting to look obvious, though. Have we seen even one couple where both partners were black? Or where the POC was the man, besides Mickey with Rose? I'm not even sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing, but it's an odd trend in the Whoverse.
Once again, loved how well the team worked together. That's a very welcome change this season.
I had lots of flashbacks to other shows while watching this, especially Smallville with the whole needle snapping thing, and Witchblade with the sword-arm thing. Sleeper agents aren't exactly new, and neither is the alien-but-feels-human aspect, but this was subtly different from BSG so I enjoyed it despite the parallels. Torchwood isn't quite the show to do the sort of psychological nature of humanity questions like BSG anyway, so I can enjoy the cheese without expecting too much from them.
Most entertaining thing in the episode is once again Ianto Jones, whose snark has been dialed up to eleven since Jack returned. He got all the best lines and was just all around wonderful. Loved his snark about the mind probe device and pretending it as an electric chair, the dig at Jack's bedroom manners, the end of the world line (and boy, was I pleased that Ianto has good taste and wasn't even remotely tempted by Owen's proposition, despite Tosh probably liking the idea), and the sarcasm about the telephone network and the tin cans with bits of string. I want a Ianto of my very own to provide tea and banter, please. For now, an icon will have to do.
However, the entire show was stolen by the guest star, Nikki Amuka-Bird. She was in one ep of the BBC Robin Hood last season, as the con artist/abbess, and I was so impressed then and wanted to see more of her. What a pleasant surprise to see her pop up in such a brilliant role here, though I'm sorry it'll have to be a one-shot appearance. *goes to IMDB to see what else she's been in, b/c man, awesomecakes!*
