So another alright one…not really much else to say.
A good set up from the previous episode, gets this one off to a pretty good start. Although, to be honest, while I liked it, seeing what we’ve already seen through the eyes of new characters, who are presumably not ever going to be seen again may come across as a bit of a waste of time to others. Also, (spoiler warning) when the guy commits suicide (or joined the “45 Club”) at the beginning of the episode, I couldn’t figure out if it was because he’d found something new and terrible in the site just outside Shanghai or the oven system that we already knew about from the previous episode. If it’s the latter, then I don’t really see the point in having the whole he thought it was so terrible he had to jump off a building thing, as we were all made aware of how bad the situation was at the end of episode 5.
Anyhow, it may turn out to be the former, in which case there could be some awesome new shocks to come in the future.
One thing that kinda irked me about this episode was how crap Rex and Esther seem to be at being CIA agents. I mean Rex collects all that evidence the divulges it to the head of the camp thing as soon as he’s captured; he tells him everything, without so much as attempting to find out whether this guy’s in league with the bad guys or not. And (surprise, surprise) that turns out not to be a good idea.
Another thing that really annoyed me was Gwen’s apparent split personality.
For anyone who didn’t notice this, she goes from being a compassionate, contemplative person, to someone who blows up an entire military base and films it for the internet in the space of an hour. This is majorly out of character for Gwen; she’s always been a character who would always try to talk her way out of something, frequently trying to get hostile forces to see reason, rather than taking the aggressive line, as Jack and other characters would. So the idea that her first response to what are effectively concentration camps being built on British soil, is to grab some C4 and engage in some light terrorism, is one that I find a little bit dumb.
Also, the shot of her riding off on a motorbike is stupid. Eve Myles does not suit a motorbike and I never figured a character, who spent a first few minutes of series 2 lecturing Owen about driving at the speed limit, while pursuing a giant talking blowfish through Cardiff, would be a fan of a high speed getaway on motorbike.
Also, to spoil the end a bit, one the whole thing’s been exposed, there’s a bit with US politician on TV, justifying their actions by saying that it would be their response to any state of prolonged worldwide emergency. That just seems a bit contrived for me, I know looking for realism in a Sci-fi show is pretty much a fools game, but do you honestly think a politician would say to the people who vote them, that the standard response to world wide emergency is concentration camps and culling?
Other than that, this is a pretty watchable episode, Barrowman does quite well in his seemingly non-action role for the episode and the supporting cast all put in believable performances. It’s interesting to see the character of Gwen put in a position where she’s so closely linked to the threat of the story, but as I said I didn’t like the way that particular arc ended.
All in all, watchable.
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