Time for another, rare non-Knight Rider post

Last night gave us a cracking double bill of Torchwood. I’ve mentioned before just how much stronger I’m finding season 2, but these episodes underlined it nicely.

Adam was a great episode. You really felt for Rhys when Gwen couldn’t remember him and pulled a gun on him, and Jack’s backstory was great. Some of the stuff regarding his memories seemed a bit confusing though. Did Adam permanently change his memory of his family?

And it has to be said, I loved Owen in this episode. Burn Gorman did a cracking job of turning his character around, stripping him of his confidence. It really gave him a chance to show off his acting skills. Another good week for Naoko Mori as well, as she got to play Toshiko as a more confident character.

And then, just to cap things off, the announcement over the credits that the next episode was on BBC3. Brilliant!

Cracking to have Martha back. I was never a huge fan of Rose, and was really gutted when Martha left the TARDIS after only one season. Her and Jack were on good form, and I loved the idea that the Doctor had pulled some strings (phoned the Brig?) to get Martha the UNIT job.

And the ending! Forget how good Adam was. Forget Martha coming back. Owen dying came as a huge shock. Granted, this being the genre it is, there’s a good chance he’ll get better next week, but there’s a side of me that hopes this is permanent. It was a brilliant shock, and it’d be a shame to undermine it by undoing it a week later.

However, saying that, I’ve been enjoying Owen a lot more this season, and I loved his turn as “geeky Owen” in Adam, so there’s a side of me that hopes he does recover via some alien gizmo-of-the-week.

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