Episode review 2.05 and 2.06

[donutsweeper]

Not an in depth one for either one, just some quick thoughts, more for my own benefit to try to wrap my head around it...

"Adam" made me uncomfortable, the premise itself.  Mucking with memories is one of those plot ideas I just don't like. We are who our memories make us. Who would Jack have been if he'd not had those two years erased? Would he have left the Time Agency? Would he have become a conman? By altering memories what was Adam doing to what we think of as the core personality of each member of the team?  Tosh wasn't in full control of her mental facilities- Adam planted the year of dating memories and then basically raped her.  (Would she have slept with him without the memories? No?  Then it's not consentual sex)

I didn't understand the sand being in the box- was Adam actually supposed to have been on Jack's homeworld?

And what about Rhys? He'd met Adam, abet briefly, but won't he wonder about Gwen's 48 memory loss and whatnot?

And I'm surprised Jack didn't leave a 'you lost 48 hours of memory on purpose' sort of message for himself. Because, really, is Jack they type to actually let something like that slide?

On a 'hey we learned something' front- we actually know 100% now that Jack is from the 51st century.  (Still don't know his name or what the worst monsters you can imagine are though)

BUT- I hate episodes that don't happen.  It's a frequent plot device in scifi, but I've never liked it.


"Reset" had a lot of great bits.  Martha's interactions with the team were wonderful.  All geeky doctor stuff with Owen, girl talk with Gwen, teasing Ianto and trying to find out about him and Jack... loved it all.

However I have one word for the TW team.  CPR!  Why oh why oh why not perform it!

Now, I have not read a single spoiler (and please don't mention one in comments) but I have trouble believing Owen's dead.  So the "DRAMA" ending left me with a shrug and a "oh, they'll figure their way around that somehow."

Comments

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Yeah- I've seen plenty of scifi shows where their memories were wiped on purpose but they screwed up in some way and then wound up remembering and had to wipe their memories all over again. Some sort of "I did this, don't mess with it" message from Jack to Jack would have made a lot of sense.

and the sand? No clue. Was it what was left of Adam, or a sign he was on Jack's world or the writers messing with us? no idea

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

He seems the type of guy to do that sort of thing.

My guess? The writers messing with us.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

the idea that the writers are messing with us (or just dont care enough to make things clear) is all that gets me through certain episodes of some shows. That and looking forward to the episode tags people will write as a result

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

I think they just get bored, sometimes...

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

or lazy

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

That too.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

although, to be fair, TW isn't as bad as others on that front

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Not at all.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

NCIS and SGA make me want to pull my hair out some episodes. TW is only mildly annoying in comparison

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

SGA...ugh.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

exactly. TW isn't nearly as bad.

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Not even close.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

as much as dropped storylines and plot holes you could drive trucks through annoy me on TW, I never get the 'do these writers even watch the show" feeling that I get with my other shows sometime

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

LOL...very true.