Subject: Some things are definitely Jack's fault.
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Posted on: 2019-12-11 17:06:47 UTC

Usually it involves him being so secretive that nobody has all the information they'd need to make good decisions. Some of the time I get it; some of the time I could just smack him. This time, the scenario itself prevented him from realizing he had the information, and then he was dead for a while. >.> Props to them for avoiding that over-utilized plot device.

Calling the 456's bluff without a backup plan in case they weren't bluffing was pretty dumb. I think this is one of the mistakes that I get, though, because a) they were on countdown and didn't have much time to think it through, and b) it's consistent with Jack's theme of trying to be a better man. Jack says, "What was I supposed to do?" Ianto says, "Stand up to them." Jack thinks to himself, "Oh. Right, that is what a good man would do. That's what a man worthy of being loved by you would do." So he says, "Okay, let's go stand up to them." And the two of them have a really great scene of doing that together, united in purpose.

And. Well. In most other universes, that would work, but it's Torchwood, so.

I think most of the blame in this story falls on the British government, though. When your first instinct is to kill off potential assets because you're worried about your image, that does not bode well.

(Re. Cyberwoman, I forgive it for being an early S1 episode; as I said above, S1 episodes are often a bit clunky. In that case, I can see through the clunk to what they wanted it to be. I wish they'd explained how the hell Ianto snuck her into the Hub, though. That's the one plothole I can't overlook. {= / )

Re. "when it's actually written well," I think I responded to that sentiment above, and I totally agree.

~Neshomeh

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