You are my new intertubes hero. I completely agree with everything you have said and quoted. Didn't you just love the first few episodes where the hints of a real, long-term relationship were everywhere, only to peter off to 'meaningful' glances and oh yeah, meanlingless death.
What irritates me is that all of a sudden TPTB realised that if Ianto was going, they had to generate some interest. So they throw out lines like the broken leg card and the debenhams dad... only to completely waste what could have been utterly killer storylines. I was looking forward to seeing lots more backstory in this season, as it was promised, only to have it rushed through.
Had they kept to a 13 episode season, and introduced the storylines then - even having 13 episodes telling the one story, a little bit like 24, but uh 13.... (I digress), they could have covered it and it wouldn't feel so cheap.
Well that was rambly and not particularly concise. I'm going to glare at random members of the public until I feel better.
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What irritates me is that all of a sudden TPTB realised that if Ianto was going, they had to generate some interest. So they throw out lines like the broken leg card and the debenhams dad... only to completely waste what could have been utterly killer storylines. I was looking forward to seeing lots more backstory in this season, as it was promised, only to have it rushed through.
Had they kept to a 13 episode season, and introduced the storylines then - even having 13 episodes telling the one story, a little bit like 24, but uh 13.... (I digress), they could have covered it and it wouldn't feel so cheap.
Well that was rambly and not particularly concise. I'm going to glare at random members of the public until I feel better.