Review: Torchwood S2 07 Dead Man Walking

[crabby_lioness]

Why do so many wonderful character moments have to be trapped inside such a wretched plot?

About halfway through my husband said, "I hope they're going somewhere with to this.  It's nice and creepy."  When it was all over I asked him what he thought about it.  "It was different."

"Yeah, but was it creepy-with-a-point or creepy-but-pointless?"

He

Comments

[kateorman]

Imagine the sheer quantity of survivor guilt Jack must be carrying around by now. *rubs hands*

[crabby_lioness]

It will be interesting to see how he deals with it.

[crabby_lioness]

I'd give it a "C".

[pinkfairy727]

Have you read the spoilers for episode 7?

[crabby_lioness]

A few, and I accidently left my rough draft in a public folder. Sorry.

[crabby_lioness]

Yeah, but why not great lines with a better story?

[lefaym]

I agree. Great character moments, sucky plot. And Smokey! You win. :)

I actually liked The Impossible Planet/Satan Pit, particularly since it had strong resonances with Pyramids of Mars from the Tom Baker days. The problem with Dead Man Walking, in my opinion, is that Jones used the same motifs in this as he used to represent Satan in the who episodes, and as you so rightly point out, the Death-figure really only came across as a minor demon. I also think that it was too soon after Abaddon for the show to have another demon-- these things should be carefully spaced out, and I really think they should have waited until mid-season 3.

[crabby_lioness]

Sutehk was a much stronger character than anything Matt Jones has written so far.

[jbsnow]

"I would have said the moment where he swears to Jack that they are going to make up for the deaths they caused was over the top, but this is Owen."

i thought that little bit at the end was the only thing in the episode that didn't fit. it seemed so.... tacked on.

*toddles off to grow some Carrots of Resurrection* ;o)

now where did i leave that shovel...

[crabby_lioness]

They grow well with the Tomatillos of Hope. ;)