Torchwood - Exit Wounds

[tencrush]

I think this episode's been discussed to death, so I just have some random observations. I'll be looking at Jack/Ianto seperately, I think.

• Why did the Weevils target the four most senior officers? Was that ever explained?


• Ah, the Hoix. Shame Owen didn't know the trick with the bucket, eh?


• Captain John. The fact that he wasn't working of his own volition was painfully obvious from the start, even if I hadn't been spoiled for the episode. I can't help thinking Marsters was, from a plot point of view, completely unnecessary. If it had simply been Gray doing all the dirty work, we'd have had more time to explore why the hell Gray was doing this in the first place. Because it's just a bit excessive, isn't it? I mean, yeah, he's pissed off, obviously, but why all the complicatedness?


• Speaking of Captain John and Gray though, maybe it's a blessing they stuck Marsters in, he was far shinier in the acting department than I feared he would be. Gray, on the other hand, was ABOMINABLE. Dear sweet Lord, that boy was bad. Maybe he was trying to exude some family resemblance or something? And, scriptwise, who uses words like "absolve" in regular conversation?


• I jokingly said Gray was upholstered, but seriously, what was going on there? (If I'm fanwanking, it looks like an attack dog training suit, so maybe he was spending some time training up the Weevils? Maybe they cut a scene about to which extent Gray was controlling them? it would also explain why the Weevils targeted the senior police officers, yes? OK, let's just go with that, then.)


• "King of the Weevils", gosh. That's fucking handy, innit? *Ianto-style eyeroll*


• Oh, man, if only Jack had said "One from the vaults." That would have been Rocky-tastic.


• Owen and Tosh. Yeah. I thought their deaths were both hugely dignified in the end, and perhaps I may have done a wee cry. I'll leave you to speculate on that one.


• If ANYTHING ever happens involving the unfreezing of Gray, I shall slash my wrists. I do not want to see the unshiny sleeping bag dude again. DO YOU HEAR ME, RUSTY???


• YES, THAT WAS TOTALLY AN EYEROLL. THAT IS ALL. Ianto logging them out, though, again with the face, Gareth, just... ow. How does Gareth do that? I'd like to see an episode next season in which Gareth has NO LINES AT ALL and just does subtle face acting. It would rule.


• Jack/Ianto? Seperate post. Coming right up, peeps.

Comments

[cirrocumulus.livejournal.com]

GARETH IS SO AWESOMESAUCE WITH THE FACE-ACTING. True facts. The scene of him logging everyone out was totally the scene that hurt me the most and it was absolutely due to his little scrunchy-faces. And speaking of, I think he's come a long way in that department, too, because his scrunchy-faces in Cyberwoman were just kind of uncomfortable to look at while his scrunchy-faces in Exit Wounds were painful AND hot. That's skills, man.

I basically agree with everything else you said, yeah. Gray was kind of ehhh, but luckily his un-shininess didn't detract from the episode as a whole for me. Possibly it could have been better with a different actor, but que sera, sera. I'm just glad they didn't fuck the show up the ass. Yet. Much looking forward to the Jack/Ianto post.

ETA: I agree with off_coloratura about not seeing an eyeroll. I just think that he was looking over at Jack while simultaneously trying not to weep like a pussy, hence causing some eyeroll-esque eye movements. What would he be eyerolling about anyway?

[rowanswhimsy.livejournal.com]

Gareth's face is one of the reasons I watch the show. When I first saw KKBB, I said to myself, 'Who is this wonderful actor who does all this subtle stuff with his face, just like James Marsters?'. It's been love ever since.

[cirrocumulus.livejournal.com]

The date scene in KKBB is where I really started to appreciate Gareth's acting. Everything he did in that scene, from the facial expressions and the vocal acting and all, was just perfect.

[tencrush]

That's my favourite Jack/Ianto scene, and my favourite scene in Torchwood, ever. It was so SUPERBLY executed, and the fact that Gareth really nails that one so well makes John up his Game just a bit, making it one of the only scenes in which I don't find John cringeworthy. (Same goes for the kiss scene in TTLM)

[erinnthered.livejournal.com]

Yeah. That scene gave me goosebumps. I annoyed the heck out of people because I went on about it for days.

I'll sign any petition that gets us a "Hush" style episode with lots of Gareth in it. His face in incredible...the acting too. ;)

[tencrush]

Yeah, I'd join you there. Between that and his sad scrunchy wincey faces at the end of Exit Wounds whan he was logging them out... just, guh. He gives great face, he really does.