Torchwood finale thoughts

[ffutures]

A good ending to a series that dragged on a bit too long - would have worked much better as say 6 episodes - but it does leave me a little worried about the future of the show.



Was just talking to rozk. Roz was pleased that PR girl survived, and I suppose I am too, but it occurred to me later that she's hitched her star to an organization that seems to be firmly modeled on e.g. THRUSH rather than SPECTRE - no charismatic leader, takes decades to develop hugely complex plans that fail in about five minutes then claims that the backup plan was better anyway, etc. etc.

Since their whole operation is operating in the shadows what the hell do they need a PR person for anyway? Wouldn't they do better to ditch her and give the illusion that they no longer existed? And so forth.

Obviously they're going to be back, possibly as the big bads of the next series or next but one - I just hope that Torchwood isn't going to become the new Man From Uncle, and that there will be more variety, fiendish alien plots, etc. in the next series.

As for Rex - look, we've already got Captain Scarlet Jack, do we really need another immortal in Torchwood? The only way I can see this working is if it's somehow temporary and gradually wears off as Rex's blood replaces itself. But I think it's more likely that this is the setup for a separate Torchwood US show - we'll just have to see.

Two thoughts on the denouement;

if I was the villain in Torchwood I would have killed Gwen then used my thugs to subdue Jack and Rex without shedding their blood - just knock them out and drag them out of the buildings. Maybe push Danes down into the pit before he can detonate. There must have been ways to handle that without spilling enough blood to trigger the change, e.g. tranquilizer darts.

And lastly, did Danes really have to die a hero? I was hoping he would be scum right to the end...

Comments

[frandowdsofa.livejournal.com]

I'm still spitting. I didn't really give a toss about how they stopped it, the most interesting thing was always going to be how (or indeed if) the world sorted itself out again afterwards. It became obvious they weren't going to address that at all, when suddenly people were carrying normal first aid kits. The only mention was how many funerals there were.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Torchwood and Who have always been a bit that way, five minutes after the crisis ends things are back to normal. It's such a common trope I really didn't think about it until you mentioned it.

[vitruvian23.livejournal.com]

The lawsuits, including malpractice ones, would be literally endless, I would think.

[mymatedave.livejournal.com]

I've fallen behind on Torchwood recently, but I would be very interested in your thoughts on this weeks Doctor Who.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Up to the last five minutes I thought it was an OK episode, then they made the hard choice at the end, which turned it into tragedy. I'd sum it up as a VERY good episode.

[dsample.livejournal.com]

My PVR stopped recording just as Rex got the email IDing the mole, but before they could confront her, so I'm going to have to wait a few days before I can catch the last few minutes (Now I've got the PVR set to record the rerun, and the next program after it, so that shouldn't happen again.)

As for Rex's immortality, I'm hoping it was a one time deal, because he was full of Jack's blood.

As for trying to subdue Gwen and Jack, they really didn't have much they could do there, with Danes having his thumb on the trigger button, but they should have gone after Rex. They only had to stop one of them, after all.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

True. About all they really needed to do was get a sheet of polythene between Rex and the pit!

[davidkevin.livejournal.com]

I don't thing Danes died a hero, he was evil to the last, knew he was evil ("The blessing tastes like sin."), and accepted himself for it. That isn't being heroic, it's just being honest about his nature. He was a murderer and liked murdering. That's why he took the blonde Families supervisor with him, he hadn't been able to indulge himself since Miracle Day even through he was free.