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Miracle Day ep 8.
Catching up, slowly.
Twas OK, and we began to get answers and that was neat (I'm not expecting there to be big twists or anything by the way. It'll be something RTD-y and that's fine). Although (to be callous for a moment) the whole categories set-up is... well, it works. I mean, you have this whole 'OMG NO ONE CAN DIE!' scenario, but then the Families (one presumes) have a solution all ready. All that's needed is to burn Categories 1 and 0, and the world can continue almost as before - the only extra burden would be those who stayed alive after dying (like Rex), which would mean a fair bit of adjustment, but not hugely overburden the world. Mostly I'm not quite following why everything's going to pot, when the solution is already in place... If they hadn't kept it secret everything would probably have worked out better.
Oh and there was stuff with Jilly and Oswald and things and Alien Technology and Jack got to make Important Speeches about how Humanity Shouldn't Have This Because It Would Endanger History, and it was a teeny tiny bit like they remembered the actual show. (ETA: Mind you the way in which the alien tech had been acquired - as well as the reason behind it - made next to no sense, but that's sort of beside the point. There Were Speeches To Be Made!)
ANYWAY. Jack went to see Angelo and there was a nice quiet moment, which Jack then made ALL ABOUT IANTO and my shippy little heart overflowed. I think that ep 7 is probably meant to be during Jack's slow path years, which makes no sense continuity wise, but is DELIGHTFUL when viewed in the context of 'Ianto Was Jack's Only Significant Other'... ("Did you see him? Ianto? You would have liked him... Or maybe not. Maybe been jealous...") The Only One. <3 <3 <3
Like I said, I'm shallow.
Twas OK, and we began to get answers and that was neat (I'm not expecting there to be big twists or anything by the way. It'll be something RTD-y and that's fine). Although (to be callous for a moment) the whole categories set-up is... well, it works. I mean, you have this whole 'OMG NO ONE CAN DIE!' scenario, but then the Families (one presumes) have a solution all ready. All that's needed is to burn Categories 1 and 0, and the world can continue almost as before - the only extra burden would be those who stayed alive after dying (like Rex), which would mean a fair bit of adjustment, but not hugely overburden the world. Mostly I'm not quite following why everything's going to pot, when the solution is already in place... If they hadn't kept it secret everything would probably have worked out better.
Oh and there was stuff with Jilly and Oswald and things and Alien Technology and Jack got to make Important Speeches about how Humanity Shouldn't Have This Because It Would Endanger History, and it was a teeny tiny bit like they remembered the actual show. (ETA: Mind you the way in which the alien tech had been acquired - as well as the reason behind it - made next to no sense, but that's sort of beside the point. There Were Speeches To Be Made!)
ANYWAY. Jack went to see Angelo and there was a nice quiet moment, which Jack then made ALL ABOUT IANTO and my shippy little heart overflowed. I think that ep 7 is probably meant to be during Jack's slow path years, which makes no sense continuity wise, but is DELIGHTFUL when viewed in the context of 'Ianto Was Jack's Only Significant Other'... ("Did you see him? Ianto? You would have liked him... Or maybe not. Maybe been jealous...") The Only One. <3 <3 <3
Like I said, I'm shallow.
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I mean, like Torchwood was letting him off their leash during those years? And everything else you were saying...
I believe Angelo was almost a rebound. Jack's next attempt for another Ianto-like relationship. He wanted to connect with someone.. and he'd finally grieved and moved on.. that doesn't mean he doesn't still think about Ianto.. and he knows his own personal timeline, and knows Angelo would've/could've seen younger Jack with Ianto :)
Anyways, yeah, it's getting somewhere...but it's sooooooo slow.
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Oh of course. And yeah, the slow path thing doesn't make any actual sense, but they just seem to have kinda forgotten about his away-years. I mean, I much prefer if that's what it's supposed to have been, but I'm not counting on it?
Oh, I don't care. I like for it to have been a rebound (which backfired rather spectacularly) and then timey-wimey-ness of things in that case, but eh. Jack made it all about Ianto, so I'm happy.
Anyways, yeah, it's getting somewhere...but it's sooooooo slow.
Oh yes. I almost wrote that it's the anti-CoE. I mean, that week was... I can't describe it. The days felt like treacle and the NEED for knowing what happened next was only matched by the worry. This? I took two weeks to get round to this ep, and I had to tell myself very sternly to watch, or it'd disappear off iPlayer before I knew it...