Episode 2 is follows on from what I thought was a fantastic episode. The biggest fear I had about this episode was that it would fall short and to be honest, it didn’t. One of the things that struck me about the beginning of the episode is who it fooled you into thinking it was a case of the woman just pretending to be human when in fact she was just made to think she was human (very Battlestar Galattica). Another nice thing I noticed about this story is how the plot seems to unravel at a really steady pace, it doesn’t reveal itself to quickly and doesn’t rush itself in the last five minutes. It did get a bit annoying when Beth couldn’t seem to accept that she was responsible for the deaths. She did redeem herself with her possed acting.
Another thing that I thought was good was how you never knew when it was over, just when you thought Beth was going to be frozen and forgotten about we discover that she has tricked the Torchwood gang and she has escaped from her pod. Then when she’s about to go in the pod again she holds Gwen captive. I was very impressed with Ianto’s humour in this, it was used well and eased the tension that was starting to build. The funniest bit was when he was in that chair and pretended to be electrocuted. My favourite moment of the entire episode has to be when Dyfed Potter is walking towards to Nuclear Base and is being shot left right and centre but doesn’t seem to be affected was just mesmerising.
Sleeper was a very well written episode and James Moran is writing an episode of Doctor Who (Series 30) which I am now looking forward to. The cast were brilliant again and the directing was superb. Overall it was another fine effort from the Torchwood team and shows that they have learnt from their past mistakes in Series 1.
Another thing that I thought was good was how you never knew when it was over, just when you thought Beth was going to be frozen and forgotten about we discover that she has tricked the Torchwood gang and she has escaped from her pod. Then when she’s about to go in the pod again she holds Gwen captive. I was very impressed with Ianto’s humour in this, it was used well and eased the tension that was starting to build. The funniest bit was when he was in that chair and pretended to be electrocuted. My favourite moment of the entire episode has to be when Dyfed Potter is walking towards to Nuclear Base and is being shot left right and centre but doesn’t seem to be affected was just mesmerising.
Sleeper was a very well written episode and James Moran is writing an episode of Doctor Who (Series 30) which I am now looking forward to. The cast were brilliant again and the directing was superb. Overall it was another fine effort from the Torchwood team and shows that they have learnt from their past mistakes in Series 1.
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