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Birthday Girl (2002)
Love comes softly
Rachael Jones (Sarah Lancashire) is thirty something school teacher who had survived a battle with cancer. Her best friend Nina, also a colleague is the only one who knows her secret, that the cancer is back. At a school trip Rahael tells to Nina on a boat that Jesus died at thirty-three so it is not to bad if she dies also after she turns thirty three. The only thing is that she has not found her one and true love. Syddenly a young and attractive artists Donal(Ciaran McMenamin) enters her life. He is twenty-seven and Rachael is hesitating to call him to her birthday party which Nina planed for her because of age difference. But eventually she does. At a party her sister Tracy, a very unhappy married woman finds out the truth that Rachaels cancer is back, and accuses Rachael that she is selfish for keeping it a secret, and Rachael leaves party alone. Then when everything seems lost she finds her way back to Donal's heart where she realized she had never left. I saw this film on Hallmark channel years ago and found it to be worth seeing.The movie was very good. The birthday party which could have been the climax for the movie was ruined by her sisters revelation, but everything apart from that was very likable. The ending was unexpected. Rachael ending up at Donals house and asking him will he spend the rest of her days with her,which he accepts. I specially liked the sentence when she says can we push the fast forward button, and then she kisses him.
SeaQuest DSV: Brainlock (1996)
With shield or without it
When Lt.Henderson is arrested after saving two orphans, and is charged for kidnapping ,captain Oliver Hudson suggest to rescue her. After the deal with president of Macronisia falls through and diplomacy fail, Henderson is sentenced to death. Lt. Oliver Brody volunteers for mission to rescue Henderson, because he did not protect her during the rescue of the orphans. Henderson is proposed to become presidents mistress but she refuses, and eventually she gains trust of a young Micronesian guard. With freelance people in disguise, Captain with Brody and team rescues Henderson, but Brody and her guard dies. Henderson is full of regret, but captain comforts her. A really intense episode. A trial scene was terrifying. When Henderson started shaking after sentencing I got chills. There was some really good acting when Henderson said she was afraid to die and of course Brody dieing was totally unexpected. Honestly that was the best scene in all season three. But this was not, again easy to watch. Michael York as a president of Micronesia was incarnation of pure evil. Who knew he could act so good as a villain.
Graffio di tigre (2007)
The trace of a tiger
During second world war Fabio and Gino, two deserters find their hi-dding place in Ginoes village and Fabio finds a job working for count Innocenti. After counts son leaves for the front his wife Ginevra finds a comfort in Fabios arms. Rosa,Ginoes sister is secretly in love with Fabio. She is tormented soul, because her past romance with her cousin ended tragically and now she is unable to have children. Her uncle Piero is a fascist who hates her father and dreams of catching his son Gino for desertion. When he succeeds in killing Gino and his Father. Rosa leaves to join partisans. She asks Fabio to join her but he cant because countess Ginevra, now a widow and separated from her father in law is pregnant with his child. This mini series definitely did a good job depicting the life during the war. It reminded me of Fiesta where Jean- Lui Trentignant says to young Gregoire Colin(Raul) that during war you can eliminate a cousin or other relative you dislike for any reason. And that is exactly what happened to Gino and his Father. Fabio is a pathetic character. He doesn't just fall for the countess but every decision he makes is made for her wellbeing. He is too submissive and countess made plans which always failed and she had no choice but to ask him to help her. Rosa makes for herself a new life and becomes one of the leaders of partisans. Lovely scenery, I just loved the look of Counts house and his vineyards. And Ginoes village was very authentic also. I liked the first movie more. The second was less family drama and more action. It was disappointing.
Comme un jeu d'enfants (2009)
In the quiet countryside anything goes
An orphan boy Thomas is sent to country side to live with his new foster parents Jaques and Fanny Dumont. Jaques likes to make a life bitter for his wife and son Leo while in public he acts like the perfect family man. Thomas becomes friends with Leo, who is just a few years older then him. Jaques is a lier,cheater, manipulator which leads to only one end,revenge. A very good TV movie.Thomas and Leo becomes an unlikely heroes, and Fanny insecure wife of a bully triumph's. It resembles french thriller movies of the sixties. It is an excellent family drama that could almost become a play. The plot is amazing. Just when you think how it is going to end it surprises you.
Abgefahren (2004)
She loves me, she loves me not ?
Mia wants to be a rally driver and together with her three girlfriends she enters the cave race. Her opponent Cosmo is interested in her but Mia is already involved with Sherin, her Girlfriend. Since she only drives a Volkswagen ,she bets with Cosmo who adds to the bet ,that he wants to spend a night with her since he drives a better car. Then saying she owes him a kiss he kisses her. Mia agrees. When she wins against Cosmo her victory becomes her defeat when on tape it is discovered that Sherin has sabotaged Cosmos car so Mia can win. There was a lot of resemblance with Chasing Amy, the story that a girl loves a girl first then a boy later. The leading actors were looking good,very nice hear styles and i liked her wardrobe. Sharin was short and nasty and not a very nice person. The movie was made in a manner of American movies from eighties which I liked. A theme, a girl likes a boy and a boy yearns for the girl is something you don't see anymore. I watched the movie with subtitles. Really liked her car when Cosmo painted it in Pink with red hearts all over it. Movie was a slow narrative, there were some jokes but mostly the sexual tension between Mia and Cosmo held my attention.
Lilies (2007)
Since you were gone
In Liverpool just after first world war we see the lives of family Moss.The oldest sister Iris was very devoted to god and father Malia convinced her to become a nun, only because he loved her and wanted her to go away from him. Her younger sister May, a former maid in the family Brazendale, had an affair with Mr.Brazendale and got pregnant. Later she found out that it was all planed an arranged by his wife, because she could not have children. The youngest sister Ruby had a twin brother who died in the First World War. She forms a wonderful friendship with local butcher, Austrian communist which ends up in romance. The only brother Brian turns out to be a very sensitive, and he gets a job as a stuard on a cruise ship for America. Father, a widower who is a veterinarian falls in love with Miss.Bird a local school teacher. The best scene in a whole series was the one where Dadda, the father expresses his love for Miss.Bird. Brian McCardie who plays Dadda gave an excellent performance. The story of family Moss was the story of a very close family. The story was very interesting, after you laugh in one scene ,you are likely to get sad in the one that follows. I am sorry that things did not worked out more happily for Moss sisters. When father found out about Mays pregnancy he took his belt and started to hit her. Soon the other two sisters like little birds hugged her to protect her. A very emotional scene. Brian was very devoted to his sisters and a very likable character. Frank, a Mays childhood friend, had a wonderful scene when he expressed his feelings towards May.
Maria Montessori: una vita per i bambini (2007)
For the children
Maria Montessori was the first woman to get enrolled into medical school in Rome. The beginning was hard and as the only female enrolled in medical school, she had to wait until every student was in his seat before entering to a lecture. At her second year in 1893, she needed help with her experiment and she asked the first young man in the corridor does he smoke, because she needed the smell of cigarette. Later she found out that he was one of her professors. His name was Giuseppe Montesano and he was a psychiatrist. After Maria learned that he works at the university psychiatric clinic she offers to help. When she comes to the clinic she finds out the ugly truth, that in the asylum there are children without parents and some of them have been there since birth. Soon she falls in love with her professor but the relationship remained secret. After her graduation she becomes pregnant but Giuseppe is reluctant to merry her. She gave a lecture at the Educational congress in Torino about training disabled and there she impressed the minister of education. By then the children from the psychiatric clinic thanks to her famous Montessory method learned how to read and write and they passed their exams with better grades than children from state schools. Paola Cortellesi was excellent in a role of Maria. It is difficult to take a true story and make it into a movie, but it was brilliantly done. There were no false emotions. The scene when Maria and Giuseppe dance together with mentally disabled seemed a bit odd, but everything else was very good. I liked the fact that her parents supported her decision to become a doctor. After Giuseppes mother came and informed her mother of her pregnancy I was very moved when she stood by her side. Her natural capability to approach every child as a different person was very impressing. Yet everything she has done for the children was done with her absolute dedication and love for the children. Giuseppe from a quiet and grateful college professor and then lover became her worst nightmare and bitter enemy. I do believe that he was jealous of her achievements and that her growing fame was the cause of his cruelty towards her. After all, his mother did say to Marias mother that she stole acknowledgment from her son, but it was obvious that was not the truth. The relationship between Maria and her son Mario was very endearing. It was so sad that the woman who has done so much for other peoples children could not do anything for her own son. Definitely worth seeing.
Torchwood: Exit Wounds (2008)
I will miss you
After Torchwood team escapes from the ruins. Captain John Hart appears with Gray, Jakcs long lost younger brother who seems to be his prisoner and threatens Torchwood. Jack returns alone to Torchwood,only to find there John who expresses his love for him just before he shoots him. When Jack wakes up he is chained and John uses his time bracelet to cause him pain. At the police station four senior officers have been murdered by weevils and Gwen and Rhys arrive to investigate. Andy gets angry because Rhys is present, but when John ask them all to go to the top of the buildings, he activates explosives and the Cardiff ends up in flames. Then John kidnaps Jack and returns him to 27.AD where Jack is united with Gray. But is this a happy reunion of two brothers? The story was well written. Some of the dialogs were heart breaking, specially the ones between Tosh and Owen at the very end of the series finale. Gwen was tough taking command at the police station and as Andy said to Rhys he was a lucky sod. Can someone really hold a grudge for so long? I think that Jacks penitence was taken to the extreme horror! I must admit I never saw it coming. Why did screen writers decided to eliminate some of Torcwood team members? To conclude the series two did break some, if not all boundaries of known cinema. Some plots were unbelievable, some dialogs were hilarious but in its own way Torchwood is unique. For me sexual orientation of the characters was not the reason for watching. The evolution of characters however was. I would only wish that the ending climax did not involved anyone dying.
Torchwood: Fragments (2008)
Lost but found
Jack, Ianto, Tosh and Owen arrive at abandon factory. They split up in two trying to catch aliens but instead each one of them finds a bomb. When they all simultaneously go off, it is up to Gwen to save them. The only problem is that Gwen overslept and received massage later. When she found Jack trapped in ruins first, he was angry because she came with Rhys.While Toshikos arm was possibly broken, and Ianto shoulder has been dislocated, Owen was the only one in real danger, stuck in a concrete rubble looking at the glass window that is falling from a celling closer and closer to him. The story focuses on how each member of the team was recruited to Torchwood. The most cruel story was Toshikoes it resembled a lot like Orwels 84. Jacks story showed how he from a mercenary waiting to find Doctor again stayed near the rift hoping it will take him, but then he met the two very persuasive members of Torchwood. It was probably the most interesting piece of episode watching how as time goes by Jack becomes the key figure in Torchwood and eventually recruits others. Ianto starts as a disappointed member of a destroyed Londons Torchwood. But I liked the fact that he seemed to be a trained operative, rather then getting to that position by having a fling with Jack. Owens story was the most bizarre one. I don't know what was more strange the fact that he had a fiancé or that she was suffering from Aleichem's disease. Owen genuinely looked in love with the girl. So there was someone he loved before Diane came briefly into his life. The most interesting scene was the one with pterodactyl trapped in a hangar, while Jack and Ianto tried to catch him. It did looked a lot like the one from BBC series "Walking with dinosaurs". In their stories, including the one about Jack they all looked miserable, with shattered lives and joining Torchwood saved them all or it seemed like the only solution. Why ?
Torchwood: Adrift (2008)
He looked into a hart of a dark star
Jonah Bevan a fifteen year old, is late coming home. While he crosses the bridge he sees his mother in the distance standing at the window of their apartment and he receives the text message from her on his mobile. He answers, but then a strange light appears and Jonah looks in terror. All that is left of Jonah when light goes away is his mobile. Seven mounts later at the same bridge Gwen and Andy discuss the case. Gwen is angry because he missed her wedding on purpose, but Andy denies it. Then Gwen finds out that Andy is still not over her, aldo the relationship ended three years ago. Andy tries to interest Gwen to investigate Jonas disappearance, and he has a clue. About forty five minutes after Jonah disappeared, Jack was seen arriving at the bridge. When Gwen asked him about it Jack said it was coincidence. Immediately after I have seen the opening scene I thought that light must have been connected with the rift or that somehow the rift itself had taken Jonah. However the rest of the story was hard to guess. The scene where Gwen accidentally catches Jack and Ianto together was a huge surprise, but a little was said so far about Jack and Ianto and their relationship, and the scene did not explain nothing new. The story about Jonah and his mother Nikki was specially moving. The bond between mother and child was well portrayed. Rhys was very supportive about Gwens work in Torchwood which was unusual. Tosh was really there to help Gwen investigate. Owen was really out in this one. I think he was only in one scene when, he was on Jacks side and against Gwen. As the few episodes before this one was very emotional. To answer why Torchwood have not erased Nikkies memory after she found out what happened to Jonah, the only thing I can say is that she wanted to know so badly and sometimes the truth is hard to erase. Jack in the end came out as a humanitarian, the savior and protector of human rase. I liked the scene where he and Gwen just talked at the cliff and the sea was in the distance. He looked like the wisest man on earth and Gwen like his apprentice. I really liked Andy, he looked like the perfect guy for Gwen but...
Torchwood: From Out of the Rain (2008)
Since you were gone
In the middle of a night around early twenty's, mother and daughter arrived at circus. The man with cylinder offers the little girl a red ticket and when she accept it, she disappears along with circus and everyone else. Her mother is left alone in the dark staring at an empty field.While Jack and Toshiko are working in the Torchwood, Ianto takes Gwen and Owen to reopening of movie theatre Electro that Ianto went with his father as a child. While Jonathan Penn is working on old rolls of film about Hope street he notices that it becomes changed by sequences of an old circus. While everyone watch the movie, pictures of old circus members and their acts appear on the screen over and over again. While Jonathan and his father are trying to shut down the projector, Ianto notices that one of the participants is no other but Jack. When finally the movie shuts down and everyone leaves Ianto is the only one who notices that two shadows pass by him. Later they appear to be The members of notorious Night travelers group of performers. The Ghostmaker and his companion Amazing Pearl are loose and in their physical form they attack in a Chain Lane their first victim Netti Williams. But when Torchwood team arrives they discover that she is a mind absent, but her heart is still beating. Soon Jack reveals that he did join the traveler group in effort to find more about the ones everyone called "They came out of the rain".The ghost master had a really cool cylinder and was scary. The amazing Pearl was more delicate and looked like a parceling doll. When Jack finds his first witness Christina, now an old woman who managed to escape from the leader of the traveling group Ghostmaker when she was a child. She said that Jacks eyes looked older than the rest of him. I thought it was rather cleaver observation. This was a very complex episode. There were so many clues, and story continued in unexpected directions. Of course there were so many victims and the very uncertainty of how will they fix everything was highly appealing. The only problem I had was not miss anything, otherwise you would not be able connect all the scenes. This was so far the only episode that did not deal with current lives of Torchwood team. It was very refreshing.
Torchwood: Something Borrowed (2008)
At last
Gwen is late for her bachelor party. The reason for that is because she was hunting for a shape shifter who while fighting with her managed to bite her just before Jack killed him. After bachelor party she returned home, and the next morning woke up pregnant. Jack and Owen arrived and confirmed that she was impregnated by the bite of a shape shifter. After she calls Rhys he comes angry thinking she want's to bail out but then he sees her pregnant and blames Jack. Aldo Jack advised her to postpone the weeding witch was five hour away, Gwen refused because as she said to Rhys now is the right moment to get married and she wont wait no more. After Owen does a post mortem for alien he finds a disturbing facts that shape shifters have an unusual way of procreating and that Gwen is in real danger. Unaware of this Gwen has other problems for one how to explain her pregnancy to her parents. The episode was funny, sure there was action and a chase as usual. The shape shifters were disgusting. They had claws and their mouths were full of something that looked like black inc. Toshiko confided to Gwen that she has no future with Owen and that was really the sad statement. The connection between Rhys and Gwen never looked better. In the end like Jack said he was her hero and savior. Jack looked melancholy for loosing Gwen, but wished her great honeymoon. The other shape shifter had a few lines, but the actress did look like an alien with her dark eyes and black hear. Spooky. Gwen in her weeding gown, even pregnant looked gorgeous and the weeding ceremony was beautiful.
Torchwood: A Day in the Death (2008)
An answer to our hope
Owen is on the edge of the building with Maggie, a young widow who want's to jump. It has been just three days since he was shot and died. Jack refuses to hire him and instead Martha is doing his job. That makes Owen jealous, and he resents Ianto because the roles have changed. Now Ianto is going on missions, while Owen makes coffee for everyone. That is until Toshiko finds an unknown source of energy and the right man for the job can only be Owen. The story about Owen continues. It was strange finding out that since he is dead, he can't eat, breath and if he cut himself like Matha explained it will never heal. He is a "glass man" or as he called himself permanently chilled, and slowly he is coming to terms that his life will never be the same.. And yet...When Toshiko comes to his apartment, they argued. He accused her that she loves him and now that he is no longer able to flirt with anyone else he can be all hers. When he told that Maggie she found that insensitive and her negative reaction sounded real. Maggie however was not a passive listener, and meeting Owen eventually changed her perspective on life. For the first time Owen helped someone to cope with the pain of loosing somebody. The scene where he runs and try to drown himself was hilarious.
Torchwood: Dead Man Walking (2008)
What walks behind me in the dark ?
After Owen saved Martha, he was shot and killed by Dr.Aaronn Copley in retribution because Torchwood destroyed his facility called Pharm. Jack using the resurrection glove, he stole from weevils brought back Owen to life, but he had no pulse . Aldo the team suspected that Owen was using Jacks life energy to live, since he was the one who woke him up with the glove that assumption proved to be wrong. The power that kept him still alive was coming from the glove itself. Soon Owens body started to change, then his eyes became black and he spoke in strange language. When Owen disappeared Jack found him in a disco club and then they got chased by the weevils. On the top of the building of car park Jack and Owen are cornered by dozen of weevils. Will they escape and how ? The scene where Owen talks with Gwen about how hollow he feels inside was sad. Jack looked like he enjoyed being chases by weevils. When the glove turns her powers against Torchwood team it reminded me a lot of a scene from Alien 2. Martha got the best chase scene. It was scary watching the hand attack her again and again. I liked Owens new found sarcasm, and his courage to sucrifice himself so he can stop something horrible to come out that used his body as a gate. The scenes at the hospital were full of suspense, and Owen really showed some guts. While Owen was dying Toshiko said she loved him but later Owen said he knew she only said it because he was dying. That seemed insensitive to me. I do believe Toshiko was in love with Owen. Let's not forget that they did agree to go on a date in the previous episode. The story was not bad. The action was fast but watchable. And I think that adding love scenes between the characters like in previous episodes would have been a mistake. Owen and his "dead but not really dead situation" was enough to make this episode work.
Torchwood: Reset (2008)
Strange worlds
After the team chases weevil into an empty wear house they find a dead body. Soon they discover a body of a young college student who suffered from diabetes, but according to his roommate was miraculously healed. After they received a knew information of another attack everyone is surprised that a woman survived. She explains that her her dog saved her by biting her attacker. Then Jack introduces the mysterious guest that will help them with their investigation. It is Dr.Martha Jones who has no regrets for not working with Doctor anymore, but instead she is a part of special unit. Before woman in hospital dies,she reveals that she was HIV positive but curred in the facility Pharm with drug reset that puts body in it's primal function. Martha shows the team the puncture in the eye of the victims which was lethal, and she explains that the victims are all of different age, occupation etc. Jack and Owen decided to visit the Pharm. There they meet Dr.Aaron Copley who receives them well but won't reveal anything. Then Martha volunteers to go undercover to the Pharm as a test subject for a knew drug. A very intense episode. Martha comes unexpectedly and immediately everyone likes her. The chat between her and Gwen was interesting, but her talk about Jack with Ianto was revealing. When Martha goes undercover Owen gives her cool gadgets of alien origin that even 007 would be envious. Strange enough at the end Owen becomes an dashing hero. Jack had full confidence in Martha, but of course she did need help and like in every episode so far at the end Torchwood team did come to her rescue. Only this time the action was very good and the plot was very thought out.
Torchwood: Adam (2008)
If you can remember, his name was Adam!
Before going to work Gwen and Rhys are laughing in bed, then when she arrives to work she sees Adam. When Gwen asks who Adam is, he stands up from a chair and touch her on shoulder with his left hand. That is when he implanted the false memories of himself and Gwen, talking, drinking coffee. After that Gwen hugged him like he was her best friend, saying that she knows him. Trouble began when Gwen returned home and couldn't remember Rhys. In panic, thinking he is a burglar, she called Jack to help her. When Jack appeared with Adam he recognized her boyfriend and Rhys accused him that he deleted her memory. Jack was surprised, but he told Rhys he had nothing to do with it. Owen looked like a geek. Since Adam changed his personality with false memories, for the first time we saw him in colorful clothing and not his usual black. Also his obsession with Toshiko was just simply silly. Toshiko who thought was in love with Adam, blossomed and was very cruel to Owen when he expressed his feelings. It was so unlike how she really was, quiet and shy. I did not care much about this woman who crushed mans hearts. Ianto strangely looked the same, that is until Adam set up his mind to destroy his. Jack was haunted by past memories, and by letting us know something more about him, made him even more human. But it also made him loose just a bit of that cool, mysterious persona he really is. Adam was just an alien who could only exist if he influenced others. He liked making people feel pain and had no compassion for anyone of the Torchwood team.
Torchwood: To the Last Man (2008)
If you have to say goodbye
In the year 1918 in the Hospital Tommy Brockless is recovering from being shell shocked. While Jerald Carter and Hariet Derbyshire are looking for evidence for rift opening they see Tommy and Toshiko. Toshiko convinces Tommy to tell them that he is in the ward down the hall and that they should take him. Jerald and Hariet rush to the room and they take half a sleep Tommy from his bed. But just before that, they informed him that they are Torchwood and that he must trust them. Back in present Gwen witnesses awaking of Tommy who has been cryogenicly frozen from 1918, and since then Torchwood has awaking him up every year for one day. Gwen is surprised when she finds out that somehow he is connected with a box that actually holds the rift key, that will stop the year 1918 to mix with one year in the future. But not even Jack knows when will that be. After so many action packed episodes we finally have one to really enjoy. It is a very interesting to see Toshiko actually smile for ones . Tommy on other hand was very good looking, sensitive, perfect. To bad they don't have a character like that in every episode. Many will agree that relationship between Tommy and Toshiko must have been love. The relationship between Jack and Ianto got steamy. Gwen was there at the begging of a story and even had some scary moments when time collided with past, and Owen had a really good lines and showed compassion. But this was really a story about two people from different time but not so different. Definitely make sure not to miss this one.
Torchwood: Sleeper (2008)
There is something about Beth
When Beth stops the burglary, the Torchwood is intrigued. Soon they discover she is a part of a four team members cell of aliens that are send to destroy the Earth. When Jack tells Beth that she is really an alien, she can't reconcile with that and ask Jack can he make her human inside, but of course the answer is no. When she is frozen into cryogenic state she escapes, and runs to a hospital to say goodbye to a Mike,her boyfriend who loves her deeply. Beth was a really sad character, alien trapped in human looking body, that just wanted to marry and to have children. Her bond with Gwen was really touching right until the very end. The other aliens that lost their human memories were cold murders with a blade on wright arm that they can activate to appear and disappear. Jack was a real hero in this one, and even he joked on this subject. A very suspense packed episode. Will Torchwood make it in time to stop alien invasion ?
Torchwood: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2008)
What lies beneath...
The Torchwood team is looking for a creature who has stolen a sports car and looks like a blowfish. After they catch him, he takes a girl for a hostage and threatens to kill her. In the last minute he is shot by no one else but Jack Harkness. While Jack is getting used to cold vibrations the team is projecting on him, and old friend arrives. His name is Captain John Hart and he claims he is searching for a three radioactive canisters that fell through a rift. Jack agrees to help him. What to say about John Hart. We didn't really had time to know anything more about the character than the first impressions. He was a liar, killer and manipulating person. Except the fact he revealed to the team that he and Jack were time agents who worked together for five years, everything else was a mystery. Interesting enough the plot was quite intriguing but the end was just another enigma. About relationship between Ianto and Jack, well it seemed like Jack was doing him a favor, by asking to take him out on a date. And after that he grinned witch i did not like at all. Gwen looked pathetic, it seemed that in her case ruled applied, happy at work, unlucky in love. Owen seemed disappointed in life, all he wanted was to find his true love. Toshiko looked stupid by saying how she finds John Hart handsome, specially since just seconds before he kissed Jack. The good plot was over shadowed by past romances and a start of knew ones. The action scenes would be enough.
Torchwood: End of Days (2007)
Facing the enemy
When Owen opened the rift Jack and Toshiko did return but the consequences of that act was horrifying. Mr.Bilis Manger appears again to Gwen, when she comes to prison where the guard Andrew shows her and Jack a killer. It is a roman soldier who speaks in Latin, and he had savagely killed two persons. Jack decides to take him with them and lock him in one of the cells in Torchwood. Gwen tells Jack that Bilis asked her to forgive him, but she did not understand what he meant. In the hospital Owen and Toshiko are faced with another issue. The episode was very intense. As a closure for the first season some really unbelievable things happened. Bilis was an evil character from the start. It was strange to me that the team members one by one started to believe in his lies. Nobody was listening to Jack and I found that unacceptable. I really loved special effects in this one. The ending was a nerve wrecking but it was wort it.
Torchwood: Captain Jack Harkness (2007)
The very last kiss
Kaptain Jack Harkness and Toshiko are sent back in time. It is 1940. and they get among other guests in the dance hall. Soon they meet the members of 71 division and their captain. This is their last day on leave. While being introduced Jack and the Captain starts at the same time, but the captain says his name first. His name is Jack Harkness and Jack being stunned at first says his name is Captain James Harper. Toshiko insists to know what is happening , and Jack explains that the captain did not take his name but it was vise versa. In Torchwood Ianto and Owen realize that Jack and Toshiko had fallen trough the rift and with Gwens help they try to find the way to open the rift. But the story really begins when mysterious and know it all Mr. Bilis Manger appears. It is a very emotional episode. Traped in the past, Jack becomes more human than ever. Toshiko becomes very capable and ready for any sacrifice. Gwen walks through the corridors of a dance hall in present and only hears music in the distance but she still stays cool. Owen has a secret plan and the way he achieved it I believe it was rather in his self interest and not to help the team. Ianto was a real stronghold, remained as always faithful to Jack. The dance hall was beautifully decorated. If I didn't know it was an episode of Torchwood I would really believed I'm watching a second world war movie.
Torchwood: Combat (2006)
Between Darkness and Light
While trying to catch a weevil, a savage creature that fell through rift, Jack and Toshiko lose their pray when guys with mask get him first and drive away in a wan. When next morning they find abandon warehouse where weevil was transported to, they also discover a body of a man. He was killed by a weevil, but it appears that he had other injures before he died. In the meantime Owen gets into a fight while drinking himself into oblivion. After Diane left with her plane through a rift, he couldn't ease his sorrow in any other way because he loved her. Strangely enough Gwen finds out about Owen and Diane when Toshiko accidentally mentions it. Then Jack set his plan into motion. Owen goes undercover as a rich businessmen. This episode had more violence than any other. Yes the alien creatures were wild and they killed their victims by pulling their hearts with teeth, but that does not justify their bad treatment by humans. On that I agree with Toshiko. Owen looked stupid while intoxicated and his disguise in my opinion was not successful one. Finally his confrontation with bad guys and the grin on his face was awful. He looks better when he smiles. Jack was more cleaver in this episode and he actually had a plan how to solve situation. Usually he just goes from one moment to another. And of course once more we saw his great capacity for compassion.
Torchwood: Out of Time (2006)
Forever gone
At the airport Jack and a team patiently waits for a plane to arrive. The pilot and the two passengers came through a rift from a year 1953. The pilot Diane Holmes befriends Owen, while the passengers eighteen year old Emma stays at Gwens place and Jack is left to help John Ellis. The relationship between Owen and Diane blossoms into love affair, though he called it differently. Gwen eventually became a very good friend to Emma, whose parents have died and in this new world she has no one. John Ellis story was more sad. He left his wife and his son Alan, who know was ninety years old and had Aleichemer's. The episode was very on a personal note. It is always a delight to watch what happens when someone travels through time. The sex scenes was a surprise, specially since Owen had a fling with Gwen. And we only saw Gwen dressed in his shirt at the end of an episode, marking the begging of the affair. She was standing by his colossal window, which I found very discreetly. When Owen brought a dress for Diane,you could see a even greater view from his apartment window. The music at the end was absolutely beautiful.
Torchwood: Random Shoes (2006)
Chasing your dream
When Eugene Swanson awakens he realizes that he is laying in the road with no memory of what happened to him. Soon he realizes when he sees Gwen and the rest of the Torchwood team examine his body laying in the dirt that he must be dead. Then his wish becomes reality. For years he has been trying to meet the members of Torchwood and know as a ghost he is able to follow Gwen who is trying to investigate why he died . Gwen first visit Eugenes mother, than his friends where he worked, but they are all obviously hiding something. Eugene looked very cute and his crush on Gwen was nice. All he wanted was to believe in the impossible. Unfortunately while he was convincing himself that somehow he will get to contact with alien his personal life was a disaster. The episode is really a story from an angle by Eugene and it was fun to see through his eyes Torchwood. Also the scene in Gwens bedroom was very beautiful, and somehow the way he was able to connect with Gwen was interesting to watch. He himself said that he doesn't want it to end, but of course nothing lasts forever. The episode was in very slow narrative pace and I really liked it.
Torchwood: They Keep Killing Suzie (2006)
Who wants to live forever
When Torchwood team arrive at crime scene the police detective Swanson is not happy to see them. She believes they are responsible for the murders because the killer wrote Torchwoood on the bedroom walls. With no suspects Jack propose they use gauntlet, a silver glove that can make dead come alive for two minutes. When they fail to get information from three victims, they decided to revive Suzie Costello predecessor to Gwen, but something goes wrong. Instead of being awaken for just two minutes Suzie becomes alive again, while Gwen who used the glove to awake her get's weaker and weaker. This episode definitely showed how there is a thin line between life and death, though I will not agree with Suzies explanation of what happens when you die.When team is locket in and they cant talk to anyone, they try the police but it was very stretched storyline. Why should Gwen feel any pity toward the person who tried to kill her and Jack ? In "Doctor Who" we first find out that Jack is " a real man of fifty first century" as the Doctor told told Rose.By telling her that he was implying that Jack is bisexual. But making other characters in the show also, is a confusing thing. The episode was not fun to watch. Suzie looked horrible when she came back from being dead. The whole story was a lot of action and less probability.