Torchwood!
Hmmm,
Need I say how much I enjoyed Torchwood today? It was fantastic! Well, the kiss was... You know -- THE kiss? Between Jack and Ianto? God I love them together -- and I love Ianto! He's still getting the best lines.
(In Jack's office...)
Gwen: Who is he?
Jack: Thomas Reginald Brocklas (sp?).
Ianto: Tommy.
Jack: 24 years old.
Ianto: Sort of.
Gwen: Well, he's either 24 or he's not.
Ianto: Depends how you work it out.
Gwen: Alright then, when was he born?
Jack: 1894.
(They bring Tommy back, he goes crazy, shouting "Leave me alone!")
Tosh: Tommy Brocklas (sp?)! It's me -- Toshiko.
Tommy: Toshiko?
Tosh: Remember?
Owen (getting up off the floor where Tommy shoved/hit him to): It's harder every year.
Ianto (a teeny bit breathless): Good left hook though.
Gwen: Jack? Have you got any more of those pretty boys in the freezer?
Jack: Hands off Missy, Tosh got there first.
Tosh (to Owen): Thanks for holding the fort while I'm out.
Owen: No worries, have fun. Be careful.
Gwen: Where you off?
Tosh: Drink, film, maybe a pizza.
Jack and Gwen: Awww, nice, very nice.
Tosh: I'll be on the mobile if you need me.
Gwen: Have a lovely time... (to Jack) He's a frozen soldier from 1918.
Jack: Nobody's perfect.
(Yeah, I know, no Ianto -- but it's a good scene, so I had to put it in.)
(In Jack's office, Gwen and Ianto looking at photos from 1918)
Gwen: He's a bit of allright.
Ianto: He's the boss.
Gwen: Nothing changes.
Ianto: She's alright, too. Harriet Darbisher.
Gwen: Wonder what happened to her.
Ianto: She died. The year after that was taken. Only 26 years old.
Gwen: So young.
Ianto: They all were. Nothing changes.
(It's late at night. Jack's sitting quietly in his office, reading the papers. Ianto walks up the stairs into the office.)
Jack: This time tomorrow he'll be back in 1918.
Ianto: His own time... Would you go back to yours, if you could?
Jack: Why? Would you miss me?
Ianto: Yep.
Jack: I left home a long time ago. Don't really know where I really belong. Maybe that doesn't matter anymore.
Ianto: I, uh, (sits on the edge of his desk) don't you get lonely?
Jack: Going home wouldn't fix that. Being here I've seen things I never dreamt I'd see, loved people I never would've known if I'd just, stayed where I was. And I wouldn't change that for the world.
(And Ianto kisses him.)
I love Torchwood.
So, I sort of quite liked this episode. See, here in the UK, we pretty much have one sole writer for a whole season, if not the whole TV series -- or a team of writers. So, unlike American TV shows, when there's an episode that centres around a particular character, it isn't written by that character's actor, therefore there is still a decen amount of the other characters in it. This thus makes it a lot more enjoyable. For example, every Teal'c episode in SG1 that I watched I found mind-numbingly boring, because, lets face it, he's a boring character. every Sam episode was teeth-clenchingly irritating, because she's an irritating character. On th flip side, however, every Jack or Daniel episode was great! But that's only cause I like/love those particular characters. However, that doesn't change the fact that British shows are more balanced as the writers are often much less biased.
Thus, even though this was a Toshiko episode, it wasn't all bad -- I still don't much like her, she's definitely not one of my favourites, but I still enjoyed the episode, and Ianto still got a few clever lines, and a wonderful scene with Jack! And it looks like next episode is gonna be a Gwen and Rhys one, which could also be interesting. I can't wait for the Ianto one!
If this season is anything like last season, each character will get their chance to shine -- last season Toshiko got that ep with Mary, the alien she had an affair with, Ianto got the Lisa episode, Owen got the weevil one, and Gwen and Jack pretty much got good parts in all the episodes. So, Toshiko's had hers, next is Rhys' and Gwen's... who's next?
I'm sorry, I have to go back and drool over the kiss...