I find this really interesting. I've constantly thought about what Ianto was doing, ever since I saw Fragments. I often thought that Fragments would have been better places earlier in Series 2, so we could get more understanding of not only Ianto, but Owen too.
I think that Ianto does his research on Jack. There was something somewhere saying that the times that Ianto meets Jack in Fragments, weren't over a period of days, they must have been over weeks, or even months, and Ianto obviously knew a lot about Jack, and knew how to manipulate him. I always thought that Ianto was using Jack to get Lisa into Torchwood, because he knew that was the only place he could keep her 'safe'. But then he found himself enjoying his time with Jack, and that tension was always there, so Ianto used it to keep on Jack's good side. HENCE WHY Jack was so annoyed and upset with him when he found out that Ianto had basically used and abused him to keep Lisa there. So that scene "I clean up your shit, no questions asked" is so heartbreaking, because you see all the betrayal coming up and how upset Jack was. But he couldn't kill him, because he knows that Ianto only did it because he was in love with Lisa.
THEN when we get to 'Adam', and how Ianto really believes that he's killed girls, Jack won't believe it, because he knows that Ianto has lied about stuff before, and wouldn't do it again and Jack can't ever believe that Ianto is a murderer, because of the way he acted after Cyberwoman....Ianto wouldn't keep secrets again.
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I think that Ianto does his research on Jack. There was something somewhere saying that the times that Ianto meets Jack in Fragments, weren't over a period of days, they must have been over weeks, or even months, and Ianto obviously knew a lot about Jack, and knew how to manipulate him. I always thought that Ianto was using Jack to get Lisa into Torchwood, because he knew that was the only place he could keep her 'safe'. But then he found himself enjoying his time with Jack, and that tension was always there, so Ianto used it to keep on Jack's good side. HENCE WHY Jack was so annoyed and upset with him when he found out that Ianto had basically used and abused him to keep Lisa there. So that scene "I clean up your shit, no questions asked" is so heartbreaking, because you see all the betrayal coming up and how upset Jack was. But he couldn't kill him, because he knows that Ianto only did it because he was in love with Lisa.
THEN when we get to 'Adam', and how Ianto really believes that he's killed girls, Jack won't believe it, because he knows that Ianto has lied about stuff before, and wouldn't do it again and Jack can't ever believe that Ianto is a murderer, because of the way he acted after Cyberwoman....Ianto wouldn't keep secrets again.