"I let go of his hand. It was the worst day of my life. That's the last thing I'd want to remember."
Writer: Catherine Tregenna
Format: TV
Broadcast: 13th February 2008
Series: Torchwood 2.05
Featuring: Captain Jack, Gwen, Owen, Tosh, Ianto
Synopsis
An alien with the power to change memories infiltrates the team. With Captain Jack caught up in memories of his lost family and Gwen struggling to remember Rhys, it takes Jack's love of Ianto to reveal the truth. Yet there's always a price to pay...
Verdict
So a second episode in a row for Catherine Tregenna and Adam was certainly the best of the two. This was astoundingly good! It was particularly crucial for the viewer as we learned so much about the origins of Captain Jack, former companion of the Ninth and Tenth Doctors, now saving Earth with his own gang. Not only did we learn an incredible amount about the roots of the 51st century conman, but we now know who Gray is, the person Captain John revealed he'd found in Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang. Jack's younger brother! And events of this episode will, I'm almost certain, help to understand a future episode where John returns. I loved the character of Adam and the ability he had was scarily good! Being able to implement himself into the lives of the Torchwood team, to change them so drastically, was just incredible! The side of Owen we saw was completely the polar opposite, and the same can be said about Tosh! She was more flaunting whilst Owen was more shy and selfless. The effect Gwen was given by Adam's false memories was also fantastic and brought out a new side to my favourite Torchwood character. But the obvious highlight was what Adam did to Jack and what it enabled the viewer to learn. Jack's whole immediate family were introduced to us in just one scene - that's quite significant for the lead character! It was also wonderful to see a young Jack as a child. The climax and the way Adam was toppled was just brilliant! But all events of the episode were wiped out from the team's memories, but the viewer kept the information which was vital and pure genius!
Rating: 10/10
A very grand one.
ReplyDeleteAdam prove such a jerk, using them for personal gain. He even mess with poor Ianto and forge phony memories of him being a modern Jack the Ripper to shut him up.
Poor Jack. he lost his dad. Since I was small, the saddest part be the loss of a parent especially through self-sacrifice.
I enjoy how Jack got cross with Adam. His toying on ianto backfire coz JAck found out and gave the rogue his commupance.
Nice cameo of Gwen's black shirt from First Day.
This gave me ideas;
ReplyDelete1. A Pete's World version.
2. Instead of Ianto, Adam messes on Rose's humanised Dalek causing him to rememebr all the mruders he's done and some phony ones involving Canary Wharf. But Rose sees through. And boy she gets mad and slaps Adam coz he nearly trick the poor mutant to do suicide.
3. Rose would reveal Adam to be an Eternal and say words the 5th Doctor describe them. And thus trick Adam to reveal how he views humans as jsut animals who dwell to serve his people, revealing his real clorus to Tosh on video.
4. Rose would say to Adam before forgetting him 'It's mroe than about me'. She refuses to sacrific eothers for herself.