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[graculus]

Well, this is probably going to be an unpopular opinion but I thought this was the weakest of the three episodes. I guess, for me, 'Utopia' was such a tough act to follow that it was always going to be unlikely that RTD could cap it - though the following episodes demonstrated some flashes of brilliance, as a whole I found them disappointing.

The high point for me was John Simm's performance in both episodes; he was all sorts of awesome, managing to combine manic energy with an undercurrent of malevolence.

The use of Jack as a character was pretty poor, other than the throwaway line with which RTD is clearly challenging JK Rowling for the title of Queen of Foreshadowing. That one line, about the Face of Bo, distracted me so much from the rest of the episode. ;) Apart from that, why was he there? It felt as though they needed him back for 'Utopia' but then didn't really know what to do with him after that... And are we going to see a new, shinier Jack in Torchwood next season?

And hey, we managed to get through an entire RTD episode without mentioning Rose! Woohoo! \o/

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[cycnus39]

Well, I can't say I was impressed either. John Simm I loved and also the twist with the metal balls but the rest was WTF -- and not in a good way. It all seemed a bit contrived, trying too hard in general. And don't start me on the Face of Bo. *blinks* And although I wish it was the end of Martha, we all know she'll be back. Why do the Who and Torchwood crew insist on telling us these women (Martha and Gwen) are fabulous when it's patently obvious they're just not. And, yeah, they so under used Jack and seemed to have him get over his whole Doctor thing pretty damn a fast too (one year off screen? Pfft). I think I'm quite happy forgetting the whole episode happened and looking forward to a shiny Jack -- even if sans Gwen is just too much.