Yeah, he sprayed, the boyfriend said, "I'm going to have you," and Owen called for a taxi -- not, I thought, in a "get me out of here!" kind of way but rather in an "excellent!" kind of way.

I have a friend who is sexual in the way that Jack is sexual. He just lives sensually. If anybody ever asked him, he'd say yes. Slut, sure, but mostly he was just a guy who enjoyed his sexuality. And it just kinda emanated from him all the time, and people responded.

So every interaction that everyone ever had was charged with sexual tension, especially from the outside looking in. That's kinda the way I see Jack.

Last series' shooting lesson? Totally hot. Does it indicate a specific preference for Gwen? I dunno that it does, necessarily, although it might. I just think Jack sees most situations as sexually charged, and rolls with it.

Yeah, he sprayed, the boyfriend said, "I'm going to have you," and Owen called for a taxi -- not, I thought, in a "get me out of here!" kind of way but rather in an "excellent!" kind of way.

yeah, he looked at the camera and wiggled his eyebrows or winked or something.

There was also some background material from the Torchwood Hub website last year that indicated Owen got into trouble as an M.D. because he was sleeping with patients, both female and male.

Last series' shooting lesson? Totally hot.

See, I watched that scene and was like, This is how British people get their illicit thrills, isn't it? Because violence is more censored, and guns are so rare IRL, it was just very... gun-porny, and not nearly as porn-porny as I think it would have been if it had been done for an American series.

Does it indicate a specific preference for Gwen? I dunno that it does, necessarily, although it might.

Yeah, I had some... goggle trouble, if you will, with that scene. Through understanding-of-the-character goggles, it looked like exactly what you're describing -- generally sensual person, rolls with the tension inherent in the situation. Through narrative-TV-script-conventions goggles, it looked like a JackNGwen4ev! kind of thing. On the other hand, maybe I'm too jaded and underestimating the writers. That'd be lovely.

Because violence is more censored, and guns are so rare IRL, it was just very... gun-porny, and not nearly as porn-porny as I think it would have been if it had been done for an American series.

You could switch that basic scenario to a pool table and still have it be hot--and guns aren't that rare (rare enough to significantly elevate the label of hot past America) in Britain. They have cop shows with people running around and shooting each other too.

guns aren't that rare

Still, it was an American expatriate civilian teaching a British police officer how to fire a weapon, and enjoy the everliving daylights out of it. I think there's warrant to see fetishism in that.

Pool table, and I think it would go toward fetishizing expertise, or bravado, or pure kinetic smoove; but when the whole point is to stand still and squeeze your index finger, while the camera swoops and stares adoringly...

(Anyway, I think we all agree with Liese's point that it was some kind of porny!)

Oh, I thought the guns were totally just an excuse for the intimacy. The close-ups of the scene were of their eyes and faces mostly, not the shiny gun and gun barrel, etc. A lot of the time the gun isn't even in the frame. It's the proximity and the touching.

What Scrappy said. I think finding the guns a sexy part of that equation is an American way to look at it, now that I think more on it. Toss in a side of "I am manly, little lady--witness my prowess" on top of the closeness, and we have the hot.