Dear TORCHWOOD, Most people who know me will tell you, "Liz Shannon Miller, she admits when she's wrong." Because I do. I don't see any point in pretending otherwise, when the facts are against me. It's just common sense.
But here's the thing. On one of my most firmly held beliefs, I am not wrong. Torchwood Season 1, taken as a whole, is bloody awful. The characters don't make sense and neither does the plot, which is fine, because the acting is so awful that you can barely notice. You are BAD TV, Torchwood Season 1. No, you're worse than that. Bad TV, I enjoy. Torchwood, you are DISAPPOINTING. Go stand in the corner.
I have spent a full solid year saying this to anyone who asks (and they ask, actually -- I wait for them to ask, because given the choice I'll talk about good or bad TV, not disappointing TV). But I have been watching you, Torchwood Season 2. And although you have some of the same problems (okay, you have exactly one of the same problems, which is that I DON'T CARE HOW PRETTY AND FLIRTY YOU ARE JOHN BARROWMAN THAT DOESN'T EXCUSE THE FACT YOU ARE AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL), you've actually been, dare I say it, good this season? Episode 1 was predictably abysmal (slutty-sexy, but abysmally written -- seriously, Chris Chibnall, I don't get how you can have this job and also be so awful at it). But episode 2 was great. And episode 3 was all right. And episode 4 was all about a main character's toolish boyfriend, and I didn't hate it, and episodes 5 and 6... They were downright RAD. And now I'm excited about episode 7! I'm excited, goddamn it!
We're halfway thru the season, which means that you have seven more opportunities to go completely off the rails. And part of me strongly suspects that this run of not-being-awful can't possibly last. But that's the thing I like about life, and the reason why I admit my mistakes. I'm constantly being surprised. And sometimes, I really like being proven wrong.
I have hope you'll do so.
Hugs,
LizLabels: great britain, teacher mother secret lover, tv:torchwood
posted by Liz # 4:37 AM
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Being one of the four people on the internets who's watching Torchwood S2 on BBC America, I only just saw ep 4 last night. Still, I gotta agree: S2 is a vast, vast improvement over S1. My S1 fondness for the show was based on having something reliable to mock on a weekly basis, but this season I'm actually ... genuinely enjoying the damn thing.
# posted byKarin : February 19, 2008 6:53:00 AM PST
I know! It's so confusing! It's like people can admit their flaws and change, or something! WTF?!?
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