I haven't seen this most recent Torchwood yet but from the whitefont:

I don't know if I can watch something bad happen to Ianto. He's my little ray of sunshine. Okay, that was creepy but

I don't care who knows my whackosis.

I love him.

I have to say that, with this 5-parter, RTD seems to have taken the lessons learned from the Whedon-Minear book of TV-writing and then decided to outdo them. First Clem then Ianto? Bastard.

I don't know where they're going with this either. I hope they do. Much as I like Jack and Gwen, I don't think I'll stick with the series for them alone.

However, the preview quite clearly showed a live Mr. Dekker, last seen expiring quietly in a hazmat suit, so maybe Ianto isn't quite as dead as all that. I hope not anyway.

Also, the image of the child attached to the 456 was one of the creepiest things I've seen in a long time .

ETA: And I was pretty disappointed, after Torchwood seemed to be getting a clue, how massively they messed up against the 456. Go into the building and shout at them - what sort of a plan is that?! No wonder it got Ianto killed .

Also, some Who news:

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Is anybody going to Comic Con?

Article is spoilery in the broadest sense.

DW: Why do I have the feeling that after this feature event, Ten will get his very own spin-off show? Longest swan song ever.

TW: Eep! On one hand, I don't want to have another "this character was totally All Dead and now, after the cliffhanger, they'll use the resurrection glove and it won't unwork (undead Ianto, careful with him, Jack). Or we'll find out that they were only Mostly Dead/in a coma/unable to die because of constant and intimate contact with Jack's DNA.

Because the resolution to the creeptastic "It was a gift" by actually changing the mood of the scene and deleting that line was cheap.

On the other hand, I don't like the idea that if Ianto stays dead, they might bring back the Gwen/Jack thing, which, ugh.

I have seen no Torchwood, and have only spoiled myself a wee bit in this thread, but IANTO MUST NOT DIE!!!!!!!!

::flails::

I HAVE SPOKEN!

::looks very sternly at the universe::

Windsparrow and I watched TW part one last night. Will likely watch more tonight or tomorrow.

I'm totally with Fiona. (And, thanks Juliebird for directing me to DailyM!)

The handling of the 456, from beginning to end, has been a total cock-up . Maybe I'm so bewildered that I can't recall a worse series of decisions on this show, but I really can't.

The pathosy bits have been really powerful but the actual execution seems much more handwavey than usual. Even the mostridiculous situations in series 1&2 made SOME sort of sense. But not this time .

I suppose the overarching theme being the bitter wages of guilt makes its own sense but...feh .

So I should have held off on watching Day Four until I had Day Five in hand. I won't nitpick until I see it through. I'll just sit here quietly sobbing NOOOOOOOOOOOO !

Yeah, I hear you, Laura. I keep adding hours to my current time to see how long it's going to be until I get resolution.

Oh yeah, I know that routine too.