Torchwood and Lost, March 17

Lost- Ji Yeon

This one had quite a twist, and I really had to think about the ending. Part of the episode is on the island, with Sun having doubts about the impending rescue. Juliet tries to convince her that leaving the island is the only way to save herself and her baby, and even blabs Sun's past infidelities to Jin in order to get her to stay. (I officially hate Juliet more than Kate now. Her intentions there may have been good, but it wasn't her place to blab!)

Part two appears to be a flashforward- Jin is running around town, trying to pick up a stuffed panda for a baby...and the viewer is led to assume that it's his and Sun's. Meanwhile, Sun is in labor, crying for Jin. She gives birth to a daughter...and Jin is nowhere in sight. Jin is shown giving the panda to another mother and her baby...and says that he's only been married for two months! The episode ends with Sun and baby being visited by Hurley...and they all go to Jin's grave! She says she misses Jin, and that she named their daughter Ji Yeon like he wanted.

So Sun is the last of the "Oceanic Six", and apparently, Jin is dead or everyone believes he is dead. Jin's part of the story was actually a flashback, not a flashforward. It took me a while to figure that out!

Meanwhile, on the boat, Desmond and Sayid keep getting messages telling them to not trust the captain. Ben's spy is revealed to be Michael (like no one saw that one coming...), and he is introduced to them as "Kevin".

Good episode, though Sun/Jin stories usually don't interest me.

Torchwood: A Day in the Death (just a repost from my live journal)

Owen is really most sincerely dead. But he has not ceased to be, joined the choir eternal, is not yet an ex-Owen. And he is not having a good day. Jack relieves him of his duties, leaving Martha as Torchwood's medic...and Owen is reduced to Ianto's coffee and tea duties. Martha informs him that he is now 100% Owen (no more "Death" in him), but he can no longer heal himself. He goes home and empties out his flat of things he no longer needs- food, drink, etc. He chews Tosh out in his frustration ("I have nothing to give you!"), tries to drown himself, and finally Jack gives him an assignment. Because he is dead and has no body heat, he's the only person able to get into this rich old guy's mansion to retrieve an alien artifact that could be dangerous to the entire city. Owen tells all of this to a suicidal woman on a roof, hoping to help her (and help himself a bit in the process). He releases the artifact, which just shoots out purple lights. I was kind of hoping it could somehow restore Owen to his normal self, but no such luck. We're stuck with Zombie!Owen for a while...and he's already started to fall apart like in the movie "Death Becomes Her". Yuck. Martha leaves, Owen apologizes to Tosh, and gets on with his life death. He does admit to Tosh that he's frightened...

This was a much better episode than Dead Man Walking, and once again Burn Gorman sold it all. I loved Owen's cute banter with Martha, and the horror Ianto displayed when Jack gave Owen the coffee making duties. I also liked the girl on the roof, and Owen's interactions with the dying old man. I thought Jack was a bit of an ass to Owen- though the parallels between them are interesting: Eternal life for Jack, eternal death for Owen.

Lots of good stuff- but a couple of things had me cringing. Owen slicing his hand, Martha stitching him up. Ouch. Owen telling Tosh "I'm broken" and then breaking his finger in front of her. Double ouch.

A few pics (as usual, from time-and-space.co.uk):

Owen tries to drown himself.



Ianto tries to demonstrate proper coffee making. And tries not to freak out about the idea of anyone but himself touching the machine!



Owen and Tosh have a little chat...and he promises to let her know when things are bad.



Regarding rumors that have been floating around about the finale...they are looking more and more like they're legit. I'm not happy about that...and unless there is some kind of reset planned for season three, Torchwood has lost a viewer. Torchwood with no Owen, Tosh, very little Jack, and Gwen in charge? DO NOT WANT.