Children of Earth - Day Two

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Have you guys noticed that the title text seems to be getting, uh... bloodier, as the days progress? Yeah. *bites knuckles feverishly*

Can this season really be so much better than the ones before? Or am I just looking with the beer goggles of love & deprivation? (...Love goggles?)

But really, everything seems to be beautifully balanced and tightly presented. And everyone is so freaking awesome, I just want to hug them and squeeze them and never let them go. eeeeeeeee.

Watching Jack get spattered with concrete = buried alive again, OMG. And Ianto being all, "oh no!" I'm right there with you, Ianto.

ALSO BARROWMAN COCK IN ALL ITS FLACCID GLORY.

Not much other Barrowman, but what he gave was great, I thought. Also! Now we know a little more about how he comes back... so were those the bits that were left, and they came together and grew the rest (sans coat, guys! oh god, the Hub. The Coat. WHAT ELSE WILL YOU TAKE FROM US, OH CRUEL TORCHWOOD GODS????) Does he need the head to grow back? Is he an earthworm? What is it???? How does it work???

On another front, my wish was answered and Ianto saves the day, in true Lieutenant Jack Harkness, jr. fashion.(Here he comes on a ruddy great tractor construction thingie!!) And whoa, holy daddy issues, Batman! Wouldn't be a RTD production without, would it? And Gwen and Rhys continue to be perfect! On a truck full of spuds! I really adore their way of handling traditional gender roles -- I find it very authentic and true. I love you, Gwen & Rhys. You guys make heteronormativity look cool.

I thought everyone really sold everything; beautiful job of racheting up tension on all parts, without seeming manipulative, and drawing out the team separation or anything. It is so great to really love EVERYONE, and not be annoyed at anyone. Even the kids are great. Frobisher's kids: AWESOME. "WE WANT. WE WANT A PONY." love it.

P.C. Andy! (except why was he so dumb?! He knows about Torchwood and its spooky dos! AND WE PUT YOU IN THE HUB*, YOU GWEN-BETRAYING BASTARD. invisible_lift better give you extra spankings to make up for this. You're gonna be in that cage a long time, buddy.)

*not that there is a Hub anymore. *weeps*

Jack's daughter, worrying. Gorgeous, and just the right note. I like her so much that when she produces the new greatcoat for Jack out of her attic, I won't even be annoyed!

I like Lois, and I thought Gwen continuing to be Torchwood Recruitment Officer was extremely cute,.... but uh, does she have, like, a special skill besides thinking outside the box? Because, you know, Torchwood already has a Super P.A. (Whoniverse continues to glorify the ordinary worker... supertemp, supershopgirl, supersecretary... and I continue to love it.)

And now... we're back to business at the end. No time for hugs, Mr. Jones... and Gwen. And Rhys. I like how Jack immediately moves to the front of the car. And doesn't put on Rhys's coat. Back in charge, all *ahem* guns blazing, that's my Jack. (And by guns, I mean his penis.)

Incidental sidenote: ...this is not a Rift-related emergency! They've really moved into not being Torchwood 3: rift monitor near cardiff, but Torchwood: the one and only. I guess everyone has to grow up sometime.