And I took a wee bit of umbrage at Allison dressing prettier and talking more softly, just because she wasn't smart.

Yeah. The line between "dumb" and "childish" wasn't very clear. I think it would have worked better if it were more like "Band Candy", and it was explicit that everyone was acting like a child.

Because you can be plenty smart and still watch "Dexter's Laboratory."

(Though her dress really was lovely.)

I think the vet is Allison Hossak, whom I think I recognize from Kingdom Hospital as the doctor working Andrew McCarthy.

Stark got way too much of a surfer-dude doing an impression of John Wayne. Allison almost redeemed herself when she said "I feel like I'm losing myself" and was actually upset about what was happening to her.

Speaking of Band Candy, did Stark's outfit last night seem reminiscent of how Giles dressed down when he went all Ripper?

Jeans and a teeshirt? I can't make alot out of that.

Torchwood & Doctor Who 3 DVD News:

Torchwood DVD Extras Sneaked


The first-season DVD of the BBC's Doctor Who spinoff series, Torchwood, streets on Jan. 8, 2008, and will include 10 behind-the-scenes featurettes on seven discs.

The show, which will also premiere in the United States on Sept. 8 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on BBC America, stars John Barrowman as Capt. Jack Harkness, the leader of a top-secret team of British agents who investigate the unknown and fight the impossible, using scavenged alien technology.

The bonus features include the featurettes Welcome to Torchwood; Torchwood on the Scene; Torchwood Out of this World; Torchwood Sex, Violence, Blood and Gore; Torchwood on the Road; The Team and Their Troubles; Torchwood: Moments in the Making; The Captain's Log; Torchwood on Time; and Torchwood Declassified. The DVD will also feature deleted scenes, audio commentary on all 13 first-season episodes and outtakes.

Torchwood: The Complete First Season will carry a suggested retail price of $79.98 in the United States.

The third season DVD set for Doctor Who, meanwhile, will street on Nov. 6.

The six-disc set will include the featurettes Freema Agyeman Tour of the Studio and David Tennant's Video Diaries, outtakes, deleted scenes, video of the first rehearsal of the season's finale and audio commentaries. The DVD set will also include an Easter egg of the Doctor's message from the episode "Blink." The set will carry a suggested retail price of $99.98.

Ouch on those prices. I'm tempted to rent the Torchwood ones for the extras, though.

I know! They are so expensive.

Amazon has season 3 for $69.99 - Torchwood isn't up on their site yet.

But 30% off of 70.98 is about $56.04.

or that Carter gave him the inside scoop on how to woo her.

That pinged me too. Giving inside information about a friend's interests to another longtime friend that you can vouch for is one thing, but some jackass guy off the street that you had in jail not too many hours ago? Beyond the pale.

Jo should find a female equivalent of Fargo and arrange a double date for them as retribution.

I thought he was a horrible prig and can't accept the fact that Jo actually seemed to be warming up to him or that Carter gave him the inside scoop on how to woo her.

I think that Jo was responding to the blatant interest. I think that she is warming up to the idea that he doesn’t find her intimidating.

"It's becoming a running gag. Every episode they throw another suiter at her. Maybe the season finale will have her fighting off the entire town (except for Carter, who is immune to everything) and we'll discover the dirty little secret about that perfume she wears."

So, from “Band Candy” to “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered”. EVERYONE steals from Buffy!

Yeah. The line between "dumb" and "childish" wasn't very clear. I think it would have worked better if it were more like "Band Candy", and it was explicit that everyone was acting like a child.

Yeah, I agree. It felt very band candyish. It would have been better if the lack of gabba also reduced inhibitions.

Giving inside information about a friend's interests to another longtime friend that you can vouch for is one thing, but some jackass guy off the street that you had in jail not too many hours ago? Beyond the pale.

I think that returning the money to the foundation raised his esteem a lot in Carter’s eyes. Yes, the guy is a jackass, but he has a good heart, and that’s what Carter finds important. Plus, I think that Carter sees that a lot of his attitude is bluster.

Is this guy going to be a regular. If so, I suspect that they added this character to skew the demographic younger?

That pinged me too.

Yeah, definitely a sort of betrayal of trust, and not what I wanted out of that previous interaction.

I did like the guest dude, though, dunno why.

I liked that things moved along in the overall plot. I liked the vet having to step up and work out of her comfort zone, and I agree that the chemistry between her and Carter was strong.

I didn't mind the MotW plot other than it being all Band Candy. Definitely thought it was more on the side of childish than dumb.

I did wonder about the implication that wrestling viewers were dumb, though. Pushback at Sci-Fi Channel's exciting new programming choices? Hee.