Subject: A question for any Torchwood fans out there
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Posted on: 2011-11-28 21:50:00 UTC

So, I decided to watch the series on netflix, because why not, and it did not take long for me to find a major flaw. Right there in the first episode one of the characters, ostensibly one of the good guys, is involved in a long sequence that’s supposed to be hilarious, about a spray that is essentially a rape spray, a super-roofie.

He goes to a bar, tries to talk to a woman, she wants nothing to do with him. He says he’s got to work in the morning and doesn’t have time to waste talking to her or charming her, so he sprays this stuff on his face that turns her into a sex maniac, for him exclusively. Ha ha, not funny.

Then they go outside and her boyfriend shows up, and she tells him she’s going to have sex with this idiot, so it’s not just rape, it also will destroy her relationship, and it’s all played for laughs. The boyfriend is about to pound the guy into oblivion, so the guy sprays another spray on his face, and the boyfriend now wants to jump his bones, too. Ha ha, titter titter, giggle, it’s even more hilarious now because it’s a guy, ha ha. Hee hee, he’s going to rape the guy now, too.

Am I missing anything here? Does this ever get explained or redeemed? Because otherwise, I don’t think this show is for me.

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