Great review. I really liked this episode, for all the things you mentioned. I loved the Jack/Ianto dancing scene, if the rest of the team didn't know about them I think they do now; plus I loved that smile on Jack's face. I wish I could have seen Ianto's face, though. I can't figure out why most people (in the fandom) are so angry; I've heard everything from 'Jack's just using Ianto, until he can get Gwen' to 'Ianto needs to grow a spine and dump Jack'. I really didn't see that at all. If anything Jack feels more like a father to Gwen in this episode, and if Ianto felt threatened by Jack/Gwen I think he would do more than just stand-back (Ianto does have one heck of a left hook).
In the dancing scene I noticed that Jack/Ianto and Gwen/Rhys were together, whilst Owen/Tosh were standing near to each other in the background. If that doesn't speak volumes about their respective relationships, I don't know what does. How I love the staging in this show.
When Jack was looking at all those pictures in the box, I noticed that they were all of Jack; that could mean that they were pictures he gave to lovers and he may have taken them back when the lover died. Either that, or he just likes to keep pictures of himself (this is Jack we're talking about).
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Great review. I really liked this episode, for all the things you mentioned. I loved the Jack/Ianto dancing scene, if the rest of the team didn't know about them I think they do now; plus I loved that smile on Jack's face. I wish I could have seen Ianto's face, though. I can't figure out why most people (in the fandom) are so angry; I've heard everything from 'Jack's just using Ianto, until he can get Gwen' to 'Ianto needs to grow a spine and dump Jack'. I really didn't see that at all. If anything Jack feels more like a father to Gwen in this episode, and if Ianto felt threatened by Jack/Gwen I think he would do more than just stand-back (Ianto does have one heck of a left hook).
In the dancing scene I noticed that Jack/Ianto and Gwen/Rhys were together, whilst Owen/Tosh were standing near to each other in the background. If that doesn't speak volumes about their respective relationships, I don't know what does. How I love the staging in this show.
When Jack was looking at all those pictures in the box, I noticed that they were all of Jack; that could mean that they were pictures he gave to lovers and he may have taken them back when the lover died. Either that, or he just likes to keep pictures of himself (this is Jack we're talking about).