Oh, glad to see someone else talking about this. I had a very similar reaction. Epitaph was vaguely similar to COE in its apocalyptic qualities, yet the main character survived in some form, and the end was hopeful. In contrast, COE's end was just depressing. The only "hope" is Gwen's pregnancy, about which I couldn't care less.
Topher's dramatic scene was very painful to watch and Adele comforting him was just heartbreaking. (Personally, I find Topher kind of irritating, or at least, the actor's performance of him is too full of quirks that are supposed to convey "eccentricity" but just annoy me. I think I'm developing a thing for Adele though.)
felt like maybe everything would turn out alright despite the fact that everyone was completely fucked Yes, exactly! COE left me with the opposite feeling. My show was destroyed and so were its characters. I'm still kind of in denial about the whole thing.
I might have to re-watch Epitaph because there was a lot to absorb. And I don't have any idea how this is supposed to fit in with the regular series story.
Now Ianto's big dramatic scene made me cry simply because it meant Ianto really was dying and the spoilers were true, but didn't actually emotionally affect me because the scene itself was ridiculously overblown and melodramatic. Oh, God, this is exactly how I felt about it. I did not cry during the actual scene the first time I saw it - the main impact was that, well, Ianto was dying, not the actual way they played it out. Not to mention the stupidity that caused it.
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Topher's dramatic scene was very painful to watch and Adele comforting him was just heartbreaking. (Personally, I find Topher kind of irritating, or at least, the actor's performance of him is too full of quirks that are supposed to convey "eccentricity" but just annoy me. I think I'm developing a thing for Adele though.)
felt like maybe everything would turn out alright despite the fact that everyone was completely fucked Yes, exactly! COE left me with the opposite feeling. My show was destroyed and so were its characters. I'm still kind of in denial about the whole thing.
I might have to re-watch Epitaph because there was a lot to absorb. And I don't have any idea how this is supposed to fit in with the regular series story.
Now Ianto's big dramatic scene made me cry simply because it meant Ianto really was dying and the spoilers were true, but didn't actually emotionally affect me because the scene itself was ridiculously overblown and melodramatic. Oh, God, this is exactly how I felt about it. I did not cry during the actual scene the first time I saw it - the main impact was that, well, Ianto was dying, not the actual way they played it out. Not to mention the stupidity that caused it.