" It just... it's MORE than just being pointless, it seems almost selfish and from a writing point of view... contrived, as in this-is-the-scene-where-Jack-gets-closure-and-Ianto-dies-and-that's-why-this-scene-happens. I just don't really get it. "

And this is why I felt Ianto's death is anticlimactic and pointless. Tencrush, I always like your analysis. You said that was a good death. For himself maybe, but I can't say the same from the third person's point of view. When you get a chance and are in the mood, please elaborate on that, maybe you can convince me to look it in a brighter light. Since I really don't think he's coming back, and that death was just not as grand as Tosh and Owen's exit. Sweet maybe, stirring even, but certainly not as majestic as Exit Wound.