Following on from the fantastic cliffhanger, the action starts immediately with Gwen and Ianto being hunted in the wreckage of the Hub which has just been blown up. This is where we start to get into unchartered territory because there has always been the comfort blanket of the Hub but now that has been blown up and the Torchwood crew being hunted down there an excitement when watching this episode. After being mentioned in the first episode, 456 starts to get more and more involved in the plot. We learnt that they are coming back which when I was watching it at the time thought it had something to do with children on the bus in 1965. It’s at this stage that we see the return of Tom Price as PC Andy. This is clearly an attempt by RTD to introduce some comedy to the story because up until now it’s been a bit intense and it was in danger of running out of tension too soon into the series. Another fun comedy moment is with Rhys and Gwen sneaking into a lorry that is filled with potatoes.
The 456 announce that they are coming tomorrow so there is already a build up of excitement for the next episode. Along with the construction of a device which will house the 456. The whole room (including the box that will hold the 456) is very atmospheric. It’s essentially a normal room but is made all the more important by the box. It’s where a large chunk of the action in the next few stories will occur.
One of the things I like about this story is the government conspiracy. It’s like the X-Files in the UK. The plan to wipe out Captain Jack and the rest of the Torchwood team is something that seems to have been in the works for sometime due to their popularity or lack of. The Prime Minister Brian Green (played by Nicholas Farrell). Farrell is utterly dislikeable from the moment he appears in episode one but he really steps up a gear in this episode. Another great character that really steps up a gear is Liz May Brice as Johnson who is a character (donned head to toe in black) is tasked with killing the Torchwood crew. This is nice little character that is well acted by Brice. The character of Habiba is fleshed out a bit more as she starts to betray her boss and starts to help Gwen. It’s the start of the fight back by Torchwood. In just two episodes my opinion has gone from not really having an opinion of an ok character to being really liking a strong character who is not portrayed as a mildly important character but is starting to be.
Episode two is quite violent and dark with Gwen shooting someone in the foot and a mutilated Jack merging himself back together. The start is quite creepy with the bag getting bigger and when the bag is opened, Jack is red raw with blood and other stuff on him. It’s quite difficult to watch even though the skeleton is only on screen for about a second. Jack goes through the ringer in this episode. He starts off being exploded by a bomb to being drowned in cement to being chucked off the edge of a cliff.
The regular characters are all very good but John Barrowman doesn’t feature in this one too much so it falls to Eve Myles and Gareth David-Lloyd who carry the story and are involved in the action sequences. Peter Capaldi, Nicholas Farrell and Ian Gelder are the main stars from the supporting cast. In particular Gelder who plays Mr Dekker and is a very sinister figure who I really really like because he is just so good as a baddie and there is a sense that Dekker is enjoying everything that is going on but is clearly someone who cant be trusted.
The cliffhanger to episode one was fantastic and whilst the cliffhanger for this episode wasn’t as explosive it was just as entertaining. It’s the revelation of the box filled with poisonous gas and ends with Dekker walking towards the box and breathing. Very sinister. Episode Two is a great continuation of the story with some impressive characters and the story is moving along at a steady but frustrating pace. I say frustrating because I always want to know what is going on immediately. But RTD is not rushing the story and allowing things to move at the right pace.
By the way the Dead Jack count is now 3.
The 456 announce that they are coming tomorrow so there is already a build up of excitement for the next episode. Along with the construction of a device which will house the 456. The whole room (including the box that will hold the 456) is very atmospheric. It’s essentially a normal room but is made all the more important by the box. It’s where a large chunk of the action in the next few stories will occur.
One of the things I like about this story is the government conspiracy. It’s like the X-Files in the UK. The plan to wipe out Captain Jack and the rest of the Torchwood team is something that seems to have been in the works for sometime due to their popularity or lack of. The Prime Minister Brian Green (played by Nicholas Farrell). Farrell is utterly dislikeable from the moment he appears in episode one but he really steps up a gear in this episode. Another great character that really steps up a gear is Liz May Brice as Johnson who is a character (donned head to toe in black) is tasked with killing the Torchwood crew. This is nice little character that is well acted by Brice. The character of Habiba is fleshed out a bit more as she starts to betray her boss and starts to help Gwen. It’s the start of the fight back by Torchwood. In just two episodes my opinion has gone from not really having an opinion of an ok character to being really liking a strong character who is not portrayed as a mildly important character but is starting to be.
Episode two is quite violent and dark with Gwen shooting someone in the foot and a mutilated Jack merging himself back together. The start is quite creepy with the bag getting bigger and when the bag is opened, Jack is red raw with blood and other stuff on him. It’s quite difficult to watch even though the skeleton is only on screen for about a second. Jack goes through the ringer in this episode. He starts off being exploded by a bomb to being drowned in cement to being chucked off the edge of a cliff.
The regular characters are all very good but John Barrowman doesn’t feature in this one too much so it falls to Eve Myles and Gareth David-Lloyd who carry the story and are involved in the action sequences. Peter Capaldi, Nicholas Farrell and Ian Gelder are the main stars from the supporting cast. In particular Gelder who plays Mr Dekker and is a very sinister figure who I really really like because he is just so good as a baddie and there is a sense that Dekker is enjoying everything that is going on but is clearly someone who cant be trusted.
The cliffhanger to episode one was fantastic and whilst the cliffhanger for this episode wasn’t as explosive it was just as entertaining. It’s the revelation of the box filled with poisonous gas and ends with Dekker walking towards the box and breathing. Very sinister. Episode Two is a great continuation of the story with some impressive characters and the story is moving along at a steady but frustrating pace. I say frustrating because I always want to know what is going on immediately. But RTD is not rushing the story and allowing things to move at the right pace.
By the way the Dead Jack count is now 3.
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