Sadly, BBCA has informed TV shows on dvd that Torchwood isn't coming out on dvd in the US in January -- they still think it's coming out in the first quarter of 2008, just not January.

especially with Ray Wise as the Devil.

This is what tipped me from "Oh, that looks cool." to "OMG WANT TO SEE THIS NOW!"

New York, huh?

Nice - most complete Torchwood promo I've seen and it's on Scifi. Meanwhile, I saw a very nice Dr. Who (season 3) promo on BBCA.

I love the look on Ten's face when he saw the Dalek. They make such a mockery of everything he's lost and sacrificed. Tenant bristles well.

Yes, he does.

And Ewww - human/dalek. Icky.

Back to Eureka:

I'm on the not liking Abby much too train as well. (Plus, Zoe's underage, so shouldn't they have some kind of custody agreement? Not just, "hey, I'm taking her now.")

For a therapist with a doctorate, Abby is definitely short on coping skills I was learning how to teach people as an undergraduate (never completed the degree, so that's even more telling against Abby's skillz) - I believe Daniel had to rewind a bit of the show after I ranted long and hard about how Abby should have been saying, "Ok, I can see something important is going on, and our conversation about Zoe has to wait. So let's make an appointment to sit down and talk - let's say when all this is over plus 45 minutes to fill out the paperwork. If you skip that, you'd better hope Lupo's as good as you think she is, because I'm betting she won't be able to find your body." I'm also terribly curious as to why Abby would adamantly blind herself to how appropriate it is to include Zoe in these negotiations, as she is 16. At which age, family court judges are generally inclined to allow the minor a huge say in custody agreements. Ah well, the cobbler's children have no shoes.

I'm not taking this too seriously, am I?

I don't think so. I think writers can take you too far out of what should be expected behavior in order to achieve what they feel is dramatic conflict. I'll cop to willing suspension of disbelief with the science of the show, but not the way professionals should be portrayed. I'm sure they handled it the way they did to make Jack more solidly our wobbie, but it really wasn't necessary for me. Plus, if they'd done it the way you mention, it would have given them a chance to show Jack being willing to grow by rising to the occasion, rather than still a petulant child having his favorite toy taken away.

I'm not taking this too seriously, am I?

I don't think so! I noticed a lot of the same things, and I'm in no way a professional in that field.

It's easy to see why they're portraying her in this way, as Sail said, to make it clear that we need to side with Jack on this issue. But they probably could have done it while still making her seem at least a little capable.

If they want to move her into Eureka, they should make her seem competent. (Though, their current shrink kinda sucks, so maybe she would be an upgrade?)

The Futoncritic's report from the SG1 panel at Comic-Con. (Yes, the SG1 panel.)

And their report from the Eureka panel.