Torchwood: EPIC FAIL - Episode 1x10
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shadydaveTorchwood, Series One: The EPIC FAIL Project
Episode 10: "Pod People Take Over Torchwood and Produce an Almost Fail-Free Episode" aka "Out of Time"
I like this episode a lot, and it hardly fails at all, so you should really just go watch it. It gets an automatic WIN due to good writing. A shocking occurrence on Torchwood, I know, but statistically, it had to happen some time.
Anyways, we begin with Team Torchwood watching a prop plane land. The pilot and two passengers disembark, and we find out why Torchwood has taken a sudden interest in avionics: the travelers are all from the 1950s. Their plane accidentally flew into the Rift mid-flight, and now Diane (the pilot, totally not Amelia Earhart) and John (a businessman) and Emma (a diligent 50s proto-housewife) are stuck in the 21st century.
Apparently time travel makes your screen caps look weird:
They go back to the Hub, where Jack can engage in some dual grammar/secrecy FAIL:
JACK: The least you know about us, the better. Meet the team.
1. The LESS you know about us, geez.
2. Are you even LISTENING to the words coming out of your mouth?
Anyways, Torchwood sets up the time refugees with new identities and Ianto takes them shopping at the grocery store. He gets miffed when they are distracted from his explanation of automatic doors by the fruit section:
IANTO: Of course, bananas are far more interesting.
This IS the Doctor Whoniverse, after all. Bananas are good!
Anyways, despite the wacky Christmas music playing, all is not well. John and Emma in particular take losing their families badly, so Jack and Gwen attempt to take them under their respective wings. Owen, meanwhile, starts hitting on Diane almost immediately, and despite trying to pick her up with fart jokes (seriously, WTF dude), he is much less of a tool than usual and Diane responds favorably, because she is a free spirit who cannot be constrained by the repressive norms of the 1950s. Also, she is pretty much made of awesome:
DIANE: ::makes Owen pull her chair out for her::
OWEN: You expect equality AND chivalry?
DIANE: I don't see why they should be mutually exclusive.
[later]
DIANE: Do you have a girlfriend?
OWEN: ...No.
DIANE: Then who do all these beauty products belong to?
Unfortunately, this does mean we have to see way too much naked Owen. However, after asking Diane if she wants to be "fuck buddies" (Owen's a REAL classy guy), Owen gets informed that just because they have lots of hot sex doesn't mean they can't have a meaningful relationship, and he falls hard for her.
Meanwhile, Gwen tries to bring Emma up to date on feminism and the sexual revolution, like how she can get her own job and bang all the guys she wants without marrying them. Rhys, however, gets upset because Gwen lied to him about Emma being a relative staying over for Christmas. Between this and Emma's questions about sexual fidelity, Gwen basically ends up feeling like a huge ho for cheating on Rhys, and it's nice that the show acknowledges that she's acting like a jerk as opposed to a wonderful character of wonderfulness. WIN.
Final passenger John tries to find out what happened to his family, and discovers that not only is almost everyone dead, but his only son had no children and is now in the nursing home with Alzheimer's. Jack tries to comfort him by telling John that he also has ended up in the wrong era, looking for people, but this doesn't help much, probably because Jack still refuses to explain how he ended up in Cardiff in the 21st century, and also possibly because he's wearing a weird shirt that kind of makes him look like he should be on a boat.
Ahoy there, emo skipper!
All three time refugees decide they want to leave, one way or the other. Diane wants to fly away through the Rift to find adventures beyond, which upsets Owen. Emma wants to leave to seek her fortune in London as a fashion designer, which upsets Gwen. John steals the keys to Ianto's car from his desk (Torchwood: people steal our car keys!) and attempts to commit suicide, which upsets Jack.
Torchwood eventually realizes they have to let their charges go, with varying degrees of acceptance. Gwen gets over her empty nest syndrome and sees Emma off to start her new life. John persuades Jack that he's too old to start a new life, and asks him to let him die with dignity, so Jack agrees to be his suicide buddy. Owen desperately tries to convince Diane not to leave him:
OWEN: I'll come with you.
DIANE: I fly solo, Owen. I go faster and further than others.
OWEN: We have no idea how this rift works. You can end up anywhere.
DIANE: That's the beauty of it.
OWEN: It's too dangerous!
DIANE: It's what I do.
DIANE: Sorry, Owen, I'm too awesome for this show.
Basically, Diane is kind of the Doctor, and wins at everything forever. Owen stands helplessly by, attacked by flashbacks, as she flies off into the Rift, where she will hopefully team up with Jenny from Doctor Who Series Four and achieve ultimate awesome. THE END.
The Fail Scale:
FAIL:
- Simultaneous grammar/secrecy FAIL
WIN:
- Gwen gets called on her shenanigans
- Diane!
- well written episode yay!
TOTAL SCORE:
2 (A new high score!)
Death By Torchwood
1: Jack, suicide. Predictably, it didn't stick.
Captain's Blog
Next Episode: The first rule about the next episode is you don't talk about the next episode.
The Torchwood: EPIC FAIL Project Table o' Contents!
Episode 10: "Pod People Take Over Torchwood and Produce an Almost Fail-Free Episode" aka "Out of Time"
I like this episode a lot, and it hardly fails at all, so you should really just go watch it. It gets an automatic WIN due to good writing. A shocking occurrence on Torchwood, I know, but statistically, it had to happen some time.
Anyways, we begin with Team Torchwood watching a prop plane land. The pilot and two passengers disembark, and we find out why Torchwood has taken a sudden interest in avionics: the travelers are all from the 1950s. Their plane accidentally flew into the Rift mid-flight, and now Diane (the pilot, totally not Amelia Earhart) and John (a businessman) and Emma (a diligent 50s proto-housewife) are stuck in the 21st century.
Apparently time travel makes your screen caps look weird:
They go back to the Hub, where Jack can engage in some dual grammar/secrecy FAIL:
JACK: The least you know about us, the better. Meet the team.
1. The LESS you know about us, geez.
2. Are you even LISTENING to the words coming out of your mouth?
Anyways, Torchwood sets up the time refugees with new identities and Ianto takes them shopping at the grocery store. He gets miffed when they are distracted from his explanation of automatic doors by the fruit section:
IANTO: Of course, bananas are far more interesting.
This IS the Doctor Whoniverse, after all. Bananas are good!
Anyways, despite the wacky Christmas music playing, all is not well. John and Emma in particular take losing their families badly, so Jack and Gwen attempt to take them under their respective wings. Owen, meanwhile, starts hitting on Diane almost immediately, and despite trying to pick her up with fart jokes (seriously, WTF dude), he is much less of a tool than usual and Diane responds favorably, because she is a free spirit who cannot be constrained by the repressive norms of the 1950s. Also, she is pretty much made of awesome:
DIANE: ::makes Owen pull her chair out for her::
OWEN: You expect equality AND chivalry?
DIANE: I don't see why they should be mutually exclusive.
[later]
DIANE: Do you have a girlfriend?
OWEN: ...No.
DIANE: Then who do all these beauty products belong to?
Unfortunately, this does mean we have to see way too much naked Owen. However, after asking Diane if she wants to be "fuck buddies" (Owen's a REAL classy guy), Owen gets informed that just because they have lots of hot sex doesn't mean they can't have a meaningful relationship, and he falls hard for her.
Meanwhile, Gwen tries to bring Emma up to date on feminism and the sexual revolution, like how she can get her own job and bang all the guys she wants without marrying them. Rhys, however, gets upset because Gwen lied to him about Emma being a relative staying over for Christmas. Between this and Emma's questions about sexual fidelity, Gwen basically ends up feeling like a huge ho for cheating on Rhys, and it's nice that the show acknowledges that she's acting like a jerk as opposed to a wonderful character of wonderfulness. WIN.
Final passenger John tries to find out what happened to his family, and discovers that not only is almost everyone dead, but his only son had no children and is now in the nursing home with Alzheimer's. Jack tries to comfort him by telling John that he also has ended up in the wrong era, looking for people, but this doesn't help much, probably because Jack still refuses to explain how he ended up in Cardiff in the 21st century, and also possibly because he's wearing a weird shirt that kind of makes him look like he should be on a boat.
Ahoy there, emo skipper!
All three time refugees decide they want to leave, one way or the other. Diane wants to fly away through the Rift to find adventures beyond, which upsets Owen. Emma wants to leave to seek her fortune in London as a fashion designer, which upsets Gwen. John steals the keys to Ianto's car from his desk (Torchwood: people steal our car keys!) and attempts to commit suicide, which upsets Jack.
Torchwood eventually realizes they have to let their charges go, with varying degrees of acceptance. Gwen gets over her empty nest syndrome and sees Emma off to start her new life. John persuades Jack that he's too old to start a new life, and asks him to let him die with dignity, so Jack agrees to be his suicide buddy. Owen desperately tries to convince Diane not to leave him:
OWEN: I'll come with you.
DIANE: I fly solo, Owen. I go faster and further than others.
OWEN: We have no idea how this rift works. You can end up anywhere.
DIANE: That's the beauty of it.
OWEN: It's too dangerous!
DIANE: It's what I do.
DIANE: Sorry, Owen, I'm too awesome for this show.
Basically, Diane is kind of the Doctor, and wins at everything forever. Owen stands helplessly by, attacked by flashbacks, as she flies off into the Rift, where she will hopefully team up with Jenny from Doctor Who Series Four and achieve ultimate awesome. THE END.
The Fail Scale:
FAIL:
- Simultaneous grammar/secrecy FAIL
WIN:
- Gwen gets called on her shenanigans
- Diane!
- well written episode yay!
TOTAL SCORE:
2 (A new high score!)
Death By Torchwood
1: Jack, suicide. Predictably, it didn't stick.
Captain's Blog
Next Episode: The first rule about the next episode is you don't talk about the next episode.
The Torchwood: EPIC FAIL Project Table o' Contents!
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Date: 2008-08-07 02:53 am (UTC). . . I have nothing else to say, since I have never actually finished watching this episode. I do enjoy the intense look Owen is giving Diane in the second to last screencap though. It makes him look like one of those pointer dogs.
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Date: 2008-08-07 04:49 pm (UTC)You should finish the episode! It is good and not annoying.
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Date: 2008-09-30 12:46 am (UTC)I really liked this episode, so I am glad that is scores positive.
These reviews are awesome. Many thanks.
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Date: 2008-10-03 10:21 pm (UTC)I'm glad you enjoyed them!
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Date: 2008-10-10 03:12 am (UTC)P.S. I think you forgot to add John to your death list. He committed suicide in the car alongside Jack.
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Date: 2008-10-12 03:06 am (UTC)(Suicides don't count on the "Death by Torchwood" list because they aren't actually Torchwood's fault. Unless they are members of Torchwood, like Suzie and Jack. It's supposed to show the upsetting disparity between "People Torchwood Manages to Cause the Death of" and "People Who Are Actually a Threat".)
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Date: 2008-10-12 01:32 pm (UTC)Thanks again for making this! Any hopes for Season 2?
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Date: 2008-10-12 05:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-13 09:12 pm (UTC)I will wait patiently :)
Also, your icon is a fucking trip. I'm not sure why, but it had me laughing SO HARD. Is it from anywhere or just general advice?
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Date: 2008-10-15 04:40 pm (UTC)I wanted to ask if it would be ok to friend you. I love meeting new people, especially ones that get me to laugh more. :)
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Date: 2008-10-15 08:59 pm (UTC)I wanted to ask if it would be ok to friend you
Go ahead! I do have to warn you that most of the time I just babble randomly. So if my ridiculous theories about Supernatural or the stories of my battles with psychotic callers and Satanic copy machines become too much for you, I won't take it personally :D
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No worries, I happen to be quite fond of babbling. Feel free to friend me back, if you like. I talk a bit about fandom, but mostly about my personal life. :)