Review: Torchwood S2 04 Meat

[crabby_lioness]

Or Torchwood's Debt to Irving Berlin

I'm beginning to see some patterns here.  In the grand old Doctor Who tradition, this is the fourth episode out of four where we've had a classic plot from the Giant Book of Classic TV and Film Plots.  The first was "conning the con man", the second was "undercover sleeper agent", the third was "fix the time

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[antelope_writes]

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[ceindreadh]

Jack/Ianto:

Was I the only one who noticed Ianto smiling very slightly and looking up at Jack's office twice during the "sad and single" scene?

No, I noticed that as well. Ianto totally had a 'cat that got the cream' vibe going on in that scene!

[crabby_lioness]

top-secret covert operatives wouldn't notice a little white car that looks suspiciously like one of the operative's fiance's car following them all the way there? Did Gwen never look in the rear view mirror?

Embarassing.

And how about Rhys knowing where the warehouse was located, when the previous delivery driver only met them at a designated pickup location?

Believable for two reasons. The first is that the driver was being bribed to keep the location secret, so of course he's not going to tell. The second is that Rhys has 10 years experience in local trucking and all the area knowledge that entails.

Was I the only one who noticed Ianto smiling very slightly and looking up at Jack's office twice during the "sad and single" scene?

There's even icons of it up now.

[duikermeisie]

Embarassing.

Very.

Believable for two reasons. The first is that the driver was being bribed to keep the location secret, so of course he's not going to tell. The second is that Rhys has 10 years experience in local trucking and all the area knowledge that entails.

Except that during the interview with the "police" (Tosh) Rhys stated flat-out that they had no idea where the point of origin was, only that it was remote and difficult to reach. His driver wouldn't have known the origin either, bribed or not. He would only have known the pickup point. It is reasonable to assume that the origin would be close, but finding the exact warehouse? Not likely.

[crabby_lioness]

I think it's safe to assume the driver was lying. That's usually a good assumption to make about people who have been bribed.

[urnssadomen]

The whole writing down question then pass around to Tosh and find the Truck on the CCTV then estimate the possible destination, Ianto seemed went sort of TWPD/CSI there. That's pretty cute.