I had been looking forward to this for ages. Whilst last year's series had its ups and downs, overall it impressed. This season premier for 2008 was a huge disappointment. Less Doctor Who spin-off, more Queer as Folkwood.
Sure there have always be the LGBT undercurrents in Torchwood and what else can you expect given the writer but this episode was just incredibly boring with lots of guy on guy action, minimal real action and zero tension.
It's been so long since the last series I can't even remember what happened. A recap would have been nice. So Jack's back and his old boyfriend appears claiming nuclear bombs will go off. Of course he has an ulterior motive and is soon picking them off one by one. The welsh bird with the gappy teeth ends up paralysed in a lorry container. I swear I thought they were going to find Peter Petrelli in there speaking with a Northern Irish accent.
So they weren't bombs, they were parts of a key to a diamond. Except the double crosser was double crossed and ended up with a bomb embedded on his chest. This lead to the only 2 minutes of action in the episode with no actual engagement since you know they are all going to survive.
I don't know what Russell has up his sleeve. As long as it is sci-fi and not hard core gay porn, he has a chance of recovering things. The "what's coming next" did actually look exciting with minimal tongue action.
I'll give it a few more weeks before making up my mind.
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