Torchwood #8 (spoilers)

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"I've only got one thing to say to you... Macbeth!"

The worry about the effects of repeated Retcon use reminded me of the MIB character worrying about the long-term effects of the flashing memory eraser widget.

There's a some bad cause/effect analysis: the Detective Swanson blaming Torchwood for the killers (she does turn out to be basically right but she certainly doesn't have anything like evidence), Jack/Owen blaming the glove for Suzie going off the rails (when in fact everyone in Torchwood was way off the rails to start with). Gwen has an arguably better point about Jack's responsibility though.

How many bodies do Torchwood have on ice?

Welcome back Suzie. Maybe you could go out with Jack, he's dead too. I'm sure he won't mind that you shot him, nobody seems to care all that much that you were evil last time you were breathing. Oh, and you hate your father for some unstated reason, is that connected to why you turned bad?

As for being desparate to get back because there's something there in the dark: she wouldn't have known that before dying and carrying out the plan to come back. Just being desparate to be alive again because, well, it's got to be better than being dead, would have made perfect sense, and she could still gasp out some backplot with her last breath.

The glove wearer ultimately dying recalls Laura Rosen's healing/punishment machine from Babylon 5 (though it's an obvious likely property for such gadgets). It's good to see that, despite its numerous other faults, Torchwood is prepared to deal with the consequences of keeping the gadget of the week around, though two weeks in succession where it's destroyed may suggest an excess of enthusiasm for clearing the decks.

WTF was that with Jack and Ianto? I mean, there's an obvious interpretation, but ... a stopwatch?

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[karen2205]

Breathplay?

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Relatedly, and given the Welsh connection, I'm reminded of the competitive toking in Twin Town...