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Thoughts all mixed together because I watched them back-to-back and to be fair, it was pretty much one long episode. That isn't over yet, if next week is anything to go by; all they were lacking was the 'to be continued'.

So.

Huh. Zombie!Owen. That's cool, in a we-are-Torchwood-and-shall-handle-this-typically-ineptly-by-freaking-*arm-wrestling*-the-Grim-Reaper. I wish they could've worked finding the glove into an earlier episode to cut out the impressively-creepy but pathetically deus-ex-machina device of the psychic little girl (though I would've forgiven them all for the coolness it would've been if they could've dropped in that her name was Faith. Even if Jack didn't notice, though it would've been also cool for him to have an "...oh" moment about it at the end, dropping that in as a nifty plot point for the audience to chew on would've rocked. Buffy so would've done that.)

Once again I think it's a case of Torchwood having a great idea - an undead team member? Okay, so already done by Buffy, Red Dwarf, Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) etc, etc but doing it at this point in Torchwood brings this whole new dynamic to the group that could really be something awesome, if handled well. There's always that addendum with this show isn't there? If they don't screw up the handling of these great ideas. The Owen/Tosh felt a little pushed in there, as if calling attention to the fact that one of them was going to die before the end of the episode; it would've been smarter to put that conversation in the episode before and then have some sort of "So what're we doing on our date then?" discussion in this one but I'm all aware of time constraints and all, and I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.

"Is it still necrophilia if I'm conscious?" <--- Genius. Lines like this make me want to forgive the scriptwriters. Mostly.

I cracked up at Owen realising he had no 'blood flow'. More embarrasingly, I'm not sure my mother got it. I don't know whether to roll my eyes at her entire generation or just her. BUT, bac to the point, I hope they don't just forget about it now that they've set him up as genuinely undead. (Though I didn't buy the farting thing - okay, so actual dead bodies do it but that's the gas escaping as muscles relax and cells decay right? I'm far from any kind of fountain of knowledge on the topic but Owen's moving around and not visibly decaying and does not, in any apparent way, appear dead. This doesn't gel with him getting all the other corpse issues. Even if he was possessed by Death. Once again going a bit too far from plausibility there Torchwood and not giving us enough to work with to believe it. A little make-up (actual progressive make-up, not sporadic contacts) or even CGI to make Owen look worse/odd/weird as the percentage points ticked up would've been a great help in getting the audience to really buy that whole thing.

But I want to see how this all impacts him and Tosh. I want to see if she pushes him, if she'll get him to see past the no-sex issue (Torchwood! Limiting the sexual prowess of your characters?! Is the world ending?!!) If she'll love undead!Owen like living!Owen and get him to deal with the differences. None of which looks likely from the preview trailer for next week but it'd be nice.

This is why longer series runs work. My dad bitched about Heroes running too long and okay, maybe it could've clocked in three or so episodes shorter and been just as good but having that much time to deal with every issue meant everything was fleshed out. Characters get time to have arcs. Episodes have time to be set up. Give Torchwood sixteen episodes and someone who knows how to plan a seasonal arc for characters/plot and it'd be fantastic. Though Suzie's warning from the first season coming back to bite them now was a nice touch; more of that please.

Overall I liked the idea but, as usual, the execution lacked finesse. Whoever came up with the idea for the camera position when Owen escaped the Hub should be shot. It was so cheesily bad. Apparently Wales gets John Barrowman and David Tennant but not a single competent camera-person. Balance and all, I suppose. Figures.

Also, there was a minimum of Gwen in these episodes. This was excellent. Plz to be continuing until she gets a spine.


Other news? I'm still having to jump through major hoops to get my internet to connect. -_- Suckage.