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Here it is, all secrets revealed, the mysterious pasts unveiled. At long last, we find out what Ianto did with Lisa, why Tosh was at the hospital when the space pig was taken there, how Owen forced his way into the team, and where was Jack when he didn\u2019t know anything about what Torchwood did at a hospital during World War One\u2026<\/p>\n
Oh, hang on, scratch that. We don\u2019t find out any of those things, and we do find out negates most of those things! Well done chaps, anyone want to try again? Or, on second thoughts, considering that one of the creators couldn\u2019t even get it right, don\u2019t try again, and pretend this never happened. People complain about continuity and canon, usually in regards to the books, etc., but what happens when episodes from earlier in the current series are blatantly contradicted?<\/p>\n
Leaving that point alone, what do we find out? Tosh was brilliant, Ianto is nearly capable (this is new!), Owen is a doctor, and Jack lived a long time and beats up on aliens\u2026 Uh, really detailed character histories there. There is the \u201cshow don\u2019t tell\u201d principle, but there\u2019s nothing shown here that couldn\u2019t have been told (and dealt better than way) in five words or less. And thinking about it, if Jack was really around that long, working for Torchwood (which might have been \u201coutside the government, beyond the police, denied by the Queen<\/a>\u201d with those two in charge), he really isn\u2019t saying what he knows and is pretending ignorance, so comes out tops for being revealed as a total twat.<\/p>\n (As for the only interesting member of Torchwood, namely Suzie, what do we get? Jack issuing an order, but interrupted before she could reply. Fine, the actress probably wasn\u2019t available, or it wasn\u2019t worth getting her back in (or the production team didn\u2019t care), but it would have been nice to fill that out with actual real details. Maybe even a CGI appearance a la the pterodactyl? However, probably find out she really cared about life and never had a mean bone in her body\u2026)<\/p>\n Finding out about people\u2019s histories can be interesting, and some people have been asking \u201chow did these people end up in Torchwood?\u201d On the other hand, pretending to blow up people and then spending the episode finding out nothing happened (on any level) is just annoying. (To be honest, just watch the Declassified. A lot shorter, clearer about events, and far more interesting.) Anyone really up for a third series of this?<\/p>\n JE<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here it is, all secrets revealed, the mysterious pasts unveiled. At long last, we find out what Ianto did with Lisa, why Tosh was at the hospital when the space pig was taken there, how Owen forced his way into … Continue reading