Torchwood 2.0

So...the finale was...kind of lame. It's like the Grey (Gray?) thing was supposed to have been something built up and weaved in all season, Doctor Who style, instead of just in that one previous episode. I don't think it had near the gravity that it was supposed to have. There was kind of a lack of gravity all around. I was even having a hard time caring about the destruction of Cardiff. It also really bugged me that Owen didn't know Tosh was dying. If he had known then they could have kind of consoled each other and had a "see you on the other side" type of moment and it would have felt a lot more meaningful than Owen thinking he was going out in a blaze of glory all by himself.

The main thing that surprised me, though, is that Jack is still there. I was under the impression that Tosh, Owen, and Jack were all going to be gone next year and it was just going to be Gwen and Ianto left to rebuild. Now that it seems like Jack is still going to be around, I'm curious as to how things are really going to be different. Also, I think I've heard that Martha is joining the team. I wouldn't be surprised if PC Andy got an invite as well. But maybe they're not interested in keeping up a five person team. Although I'd love to see more Andy/Rhys interaction. I was kind of hoping next year would be Gwen, Ianto, Martha, Andy, and Rhys. I guess that would leave a crippling lack of alien expertise, though. And that reminds me, there were definitely points during the episode where I was pretty sure Rhys was going to die. Glad that didn't happen.

Well, regardless, I'm curious about where things stand and I do love Gwen and Ianto so I'm very likely going to watch at least the first episode of next season, even though this season was pretty terrible. The whole show would be so much better if the Doctor would show up every once in a while, just to laugh at the silly apes.