April 06, 2008

Fragments (2008)

The penultimate episode of the series is quite an unusual one to do but is the most revealing episode out of the two series. The simple plot was that the team were investigating an abandoned building but there are explosive devices and they go off trapping the team in various precarious positions. This meant that we got to see how all five members of Torchwood ended up working there. Jack’s was quite interesting and so was Gwen’s whilst Ianto’s was entertaining and the scene where Jack and Ianto are trying to capture the terradactyl was humorous. Tosh’s was predictably average whilst Owen’s was perhaps the most emotional, the fact that he actually was in love with someone was shocking at first and then the revelation that his fiancĂ© had an alien growing in her head was also a nice twist.

The moment that I thought was really tense was where the window glass was about to fall and decapitate Owen. With this series being unpredictable it was perfectly believable that Owen was going to be half the man he use to be. The biggest question that had to be answered and was brilliantly hidden behind all the action was who planted those bombs and why, the answer was revealed to be Captain John and he had Jack’s brother which was totally shocking.

A brilliant episode and a fantastic climax making me look forward to the season finale.

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