Yes. I loved it (for certain values of love). It was horrifying, and sickening, and I thought they were going to cop out at the end with some levity but I was wrong. I think in my heart of hearts this is story I wanted to see for Jack: one that acknowledges who he is, where he been, the things he's done. It just... it rang true for me.
And I ended up liking the fact that Gwen was the only one who survived. Really, she was us: the outsider perspective, trying (and in some ways ultimately failing) to bring some humanity to Torchwood. All the others had been there so long they'd lost their way, in various manners, but because of Rhys Gwen was still the ordinary person with a life outside of the job.
I admired Frobisher for having the guts to protect his children in the only way he could, even though it was horrible and even though in the end it turned out not to be necessary. He acted to save them from pain, in the only way he thought possible. Wow. I had to stop the vid at that point and have a cry, before I could watch the end.
I actually liked that the aliens' motivations were so... well, for lack of a better word, human. They were petty, just like us, rather than megalomaniacal. That made it all the more horrifying.
It was so painful to watch, but in a cathartic way that I rarely get from television. The horror of it all skirted a fine line, where it could have easily tipped over into gratuitous cruelty and torture-porn, but to me they got the balance just right.
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And I ended up liking the fact that Gwen was the only one who survived. Really, she was us: the outsider perspective, trying (and in some ways ultimately failing) to bring some humanity to Torchwood. All the others had been there so long they'd lost their way, in various manners, but because of Rhys Gwen was still the ordinary person with a life outside of the job.
I admired Frobisher for having the guts to protect his children in the only way he could, even though it was horrible and even though in the end it turned out not to be necessary. He acted to save them from pain, in the only way he thought possible. Wow. I had to stop the vid at that point and have a cry, before I could watch the end.
I actually liked that the aliens' motivations were so... well, for lack of a better word, human. They were petty, just like us, rather than megalomaniacal. That made it all the more horrifying.
It was so painful to watch, but in a cathartic way that I rarely get from television. The horror of it all skirted a fine line, where it could have easily tipped over into gratuitous cruelty and torture-porn, but to me they got the balance just right.