I'm pretty much right behind you Tom.

There is just nothing compelling in the story. As much as I love Jack and Gwen, it seems all the fun _and_ profundity has been wrung out of the show.

I was holding out to see who/what would have engineered such a horrible assault on humanity, but I don't care anymore.

Comments where will be enough for me.

Scola,

What was the straw that broke the camel's back?

I haven't seen the ep yet. Oh no.

It was what bonny said. It wasn't so much what happened in the episode, but what didn't happen.

I've never been a huge fan of Gwen (love her kicking ass, but the personal stuff annoys me), but I hated that she was a huge hypocrite. If the doctor had signed the order to recategorize her dad, she would have walked away. Instead, because the doctor stood her ground, Gwen went on about the horror and the shame of it. but she would have been willing to let it go if it saved her dad.

I can't get over how she was only concerned about Her Dad. The rest of the category ones could burn, but not Her Dad. So not seeing how this is heroic.

And the show's been so black and white - not dealing with what in the world are the going to do with the category ones. We can't feed all the people in the world as it is; how are we also going to feed the dead?

I love the show for raising the questions in the first place, but they woosed (sp?) out since then.

On the True Blood front, I'm glad Jessica didn't die, but not pleased with everything in that storyline since (though it beats the shit out of the panther crap). Fiona Shaw continues to rock. She looks like she is having more fun with this role than anything I've seen her in before (which has generally been on the repressed side). And bonus points for the Siouxsie on the credits tonight.

I feel bad for Jessica, but it's kinda what should happen for her character, really. Not that it's what she deserves, but that's just the sort of thing that happens at that age, and probably to young vampires, too.

I'm liking the Shreveport pack quite a bit, though I'm guessing Alcide swooping in to try to save Sookie will cause problems there.

On the Jessica front - it does seem like something that would happen at her age but I wonder how much that vampire blood connection has to do with it.

Oh, yes. I see lots of problems stemming from that coming up. I had forgotten that Marcus is Luna's ex.

TW -- Agreed that the unrelenting gloom is getting to be a bit much. (Though I liked ordinaryman Rhys's drive through the gate....)

But I'd add that there are just too many subplots to do them all justice. We barely saw Jack in this episode. And no Oswald. Though lack of Oswald is almost a plus -- between the unlikelihood of a convicted child rapist and murderer becoming a (cult? folk? mass?) hero and the ever-irritating Jilly, that storyline is better off red (rhymes with "dead").

Yeah, the vampire blood connection could well be the root cause of the attraction.

Can I just say that I hate the Andy Bellefleur is a V addict storyline? Tiresome.

Torchwood: y'all are more articulate than I could be on what's wrong with Torchwood this season, but I am also dissatisfied. I do want to find out what's behind the "miracle" enough to keep watching, but it's kind of a chore. I'm starting to think that going for a season-long arc (or long miniseries, whatever it is wit the subtitle and all) was a poor choice. Then again, I didn't like Children of Earth and I've seen at least a couple of reviews that mention CoE as a step up from regular season Torchwood, so what do I know?