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NOW I REMEMBER WHY I WATCH THIS SHOW.
Firstly, as I said, I'm going to link straight here, to
prettyquotable's entry, as it's pretty much everything I was going to write in the first place.
Cooper's Got Skillz.
Gwen Cooper Williams, you are all kinds of love. You are gorgeous and adorable and intelligent and funny and empathetic and charming and sweet AND you hold a whole fucking *emotional* Torchwood episode on your lonesome and I don't cringe once. *applause*
(Pimping: house_of_cooper.)
PC Andy for Torchwood 3.
Finally. He's so Welsh, which I love, and so completely different from every other "cool" character on the show. His scenes with Gwen are just hilarious, particularly the opening one on the bridge. I laughed my ass off. I also loved him calling Gwen out, because we all know that Gwen has totally changed, and someone other than Rhys needed to tell her.
Daft is the New Sexy.
I think I'm falling in love with Rhys. I remember how much of a daft old fod I thought he was in the first episode. Geez. There is just something to be said for creating a character that real and that down-to-Earth and who's still interesting. If Gwen isn't your cup of moral reality, then I'm sorry, but no one can ignore Rhys as filling that spot, no matter how much of a babbling, adorable baffoon he can be. Particuarly after he kicks Gwen out on to the couch. How many times does a man get to do that on tellie? But seriously, the guy just can't win with his missus. There was still no discussion of babies or the future or what he wanted to talk about... He's too nice.
I love that we've seen Gwen and Rhys' relationship actually develop and not just go from shit to great to shit to great depending on the mood of the writer and how much peril or sex he wants a character to get in a certain episode. Yeah, obviously, they got married, but we've seen their trust grow and their respect for each other grow and it just fills me with all sorts of wonderful love for human beings in general when I see these two, whether they're fighting or snogging. I also adored the juxtaposition of Rhys and Gwen having a mini-brekkie in bed whilst Tosh was already at work (and working on something that wasn't even her thing). Brilliant scriptwriting. And seriously, Tosh needs to get laid.
You'll Never Walk Alone. Not Even on a Cardiff Film Set.
Someone on the crew is a Liverpool fan! FTW! I am so sick of every single British (primarily English) character I see on TV being a Man U supporter (John Simm I'm looking at you), so whoever decided to put the Reds pillowcase on Jonah's bed: I love you.
Torchwood is Crack.
Ianto/Gwen. Enough said.
He's Actually Not An Arsehole, Guys...
People have been complaining about Jack keeping the island a secret. I understand EXACTLY why Jack didn't show people, in particular Gwen. For starters, he knew she'd completely flip out and get all hearty and emotional, as we all would. But primarily, because he KNEW she was going to go off and do exactly what she did and break someone's heart. He had every right to try and stop her, as he knew what the mother's reaction was going to be once she found out what her son had become. He's been around the block a few times people, he knows some shit. Still, we all knew that Gwen was going to, and totally had to tell the woman about Jonah, no matter the consequences because she saw how broken she was and there was just all this scrumptious moral ambiguity and it was just all so delicious. And that is what makes this show so awesome.
This episode in particular was perfect in that it wasn't sappy either, and didn't show the whole romantic notion that every pulp tellie writer wants to have about loss and hope and truth. Yes, it's great to know it, but sometimes the truth hurts so much we'd rather we didn't. Everyone has had that feeling once in their life and it was great to finally hear it instead of "I don't wan't to be lied to".
I also loved the fact that not everything was "fixed" at the end of this, unlike pretty much every other episode of a television show. I don't like endings that just leave you hanging or don't answer the question, but this one did neither, it just gave you a real answer. Everything's still all broken and there's no way it's gonna get mended. Which is what life is all about.
That Scene.
I finally get why men think girl on girl is hot. I mean, I "got" it, but I didn't quite get it. I GET IT NOW. What is better than one hot nekkid man? TWO HOT NEKKID MEN. We officially need more messy shirts and bare bellies. I don't care how many complaints fandom makes or the BBC gets about explicit themes and sex and nakedness and gay/bi etc. etc. I WANT MORE PORN. I'm also seriously considering sending in a request for that Jack/Ianto/Gwen threesome. Because it's going to be totally canon soon anyway, as with everything else on this show.
And there will never be enough naked hide and seek. Never.
Next Week's Episode: SNAP. LOVE.
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