Torchwood - Adrift

[tencrush]

THOUGHTS ABOUT ADRIFT...

• Ummm... Andy was in it! LOTS! And he called Rhys fat!! Go Andy. After this episode I can quite truthfully say I'd be MORE THAN HAPPY with Andy as a part of Torchwood. It's just Gwen who looks down on him and thinks he's shit. Boo, Gwen, boo.


• Ah, but there's the rub: ANDY'S IN LOVE WITH GWEN. Why is EVERYONE always in love with Gwen? What on earth does the woman possess??? Please explain it to me. I can't IMAGINE Andy being in love with Gwen. In my ideal world Andy would get it on with Tosh and they would BOTH be TOTALLY HAPPY. Forever. Poor Tosh.


• Rhys was in it! And being manly! I was indifferent towards Rhys when this season started and now I love him to bits.


• I actually quite liked this one. The moral being that sometimes Jack does spooky mysterious things which are FOR THE BEST, and sometimes it's perhaps better to just leave him to it.


• I'm intrigued by Ianto. Again. He obviously knows that Jack does spooky mysterious things, and he knows where he does them. The question is, did Ianto know what they were? In which case, did Ianto and Jack elaborately set Gwen up? Or did Ianto just see in Gwen a handy opportunity to investigate said things behind Jack's back? Either there is more to the relationship than meets the eye, or there is far more to the manwhorespy aspect of Ianto's character than has been revealed. Either way, I'm intrigued.


• And then there was THAT SCENE. Really, in my mind, two scenes. Scene One involving Gwen walking in on what is quite possibly the most unambiguous sex act I have ever seen on television. Which was, let's face it, played FOR LAUGHS. And it was quite amusing and made me giggle profusely. Handjobs in the Hub, yes, anyone who tries to tell me there's significanty more to this relationship that LULS, weevils and handjobs in the Hub, is WRONG. Having said that, I believe Jack may be more in love with Ianto than I have been giving him credit for. The whole thing reeked of giddy teenage lust, and despite the fact that it didn't, on paper, actually disprove my doubts about there not being any depth to the relationship, the giddy young love aspect actually surprised me. There may yet be more to this kinkfest than meets my jaded eye.


• How good was that second bit though? I'm talking purely visually here, there was something really horny about Ianto actually PUTTING HIS CLOTHES ON. I couldn't help but think as he slowly hid his manflesh from my probing eyes that he was WANTONLY TEASING US. With smirks and everything. Take that, fangirls! I mock you with my buttons!! Bless.


• And then Gwen intrudes on the action and immediately Jack goes a bit weird. Again. The threesome joke I could understand, he wasn't offering her a threesome, he knew she wouldn't take him up on it, it was A JOKE, and I didn't find it offensive to her, or to Ianto, or anything like that. (It's the sort of remark I'd normally pounce on as PROOF JACK DOESN'T LOVE HIM, but I'm not so sure anymore) But, having said that, his cocky attitude towards her and the fact that he didn't even bother doing his trousers up? Either he's flaunting what she's missing at her, or he's just being INCREDIBLY RUDE. Either way, way to look like a bit of a dick again, Jack. What was up with that?


• The one week later bit? The woman whose life was effectively RUINED by Gwen? That really upset me and I kept hoping Ianto would ring her doorbell with a big, frothy retcon milkshake. And that didn't happen, which made me sad. I was actually genuinely sad for her. Downer.


• Pie status: undecided, perhaps a slight pie resurgence here and there.

All in all, a solid episode and one of my favourites so far.

ETA: JUST REALISED THOUGH: WTF??? Jack wears PANTS??? That just seems so... unlikely to me.

Comments

[kurthummel.livejournal.com]

I thought it was a brilliant episode, and not just for gratuitous handjobs. Then again, any episode that came after FOotR (which looks a lot like FotR now that I look at it) is bound to look brilliant.

[fahrbotdrusilla]

The one week later bit? The woman whose life was effectively RUINED by Gwen? That really upset me and I kept hoping Ianto would ring her doorbell with a big, frothy retcon milkshake. And that didn't happen, which made me sad. I was actually genuinely sad for her. Downer.

Yeah, I was thinking retcon too :( would have been for the best.

[aquirkofmatter.livejournal.com]

I was yelling "RETCON!" at the telly for that poor woman. It would've been the best way to finish it - she's seen her son, now she can have all them old memories back that she lost.

And I think Andy would be amazing in Torchwood. Stupid Gwen with your stupidness. Andy would bring comedy and be PERFECT for Tosh. Plus, they need more alive people now Owen's dead. I don't know why Andy loves Gwen, but Rhys was very good - manly and angry when Gwen deserved it, and all lovely and cuddly when she was sad.

All I established this episode was that Gwen's a silly cow. But I agree - great episode, much better than last week's, but it just made me like Gwen less, and I did quite like her before!

[th-esaurus.livejournal.com]

LOL PIE STATUS.

I didn't watch the freakshow one, because most people said it was rubbish. So I am glad that this one is getting better reviews!

[rowanswhimsy.livejournal.com]

PIE STATUS:

Jawline: blurrier than last week
Back: Pudgy if not flabby

Put down the pies and pick up some free weights, Ianto. You would think all that sex would burn some calories.

[off_coloratura]

I LOVE ANDY SO MUCH.

Seriously, he is so completely awesome. And his idiotic crush on Gwen just makes him all the more lovable. Everyone needs a flaw.

Oh his face when Gwen told him she'd recommend him for Torchwood. And then when she said she wouldn't really! HIS LITTLE FACE!

[off_coloratura]

Tighty whities with a black stripe. Interesting.

[supermolo.livejournal.com]

It's just Gwen who looks down on him and thinks he's shit. Boo, Gwen, boo.

yesh. hands up people who would pick Andy over Rhys a million times if they found out he had a crush on them? *waves both*

not that i don't like Rhys :3