Torchwood 4.04 Escape to L.A.

Back during BTVS's seventh and AtS' fourth season, I reached the point where I was more an Angel than a Buffy fan. Not in general for the shows in totem, either then or looking back now, and no, I didn't hate the seventh season (it had a lot I appreciated but I think it undeniably showed the signs of narrative exhaustion whereas AtS' fourth season was the best written Angel season overall and definitely the one where I was most emotionally invested). But in terms of "which show's next episode am I most looking forward to, which show's characters' lives am I most involved in, which show's themes make me think most". I've reached that point now with Doctor Who and Torchwood. Again, just for the current seasons. The current DW season had me entertained but only one of the episodes - the Neil Gaiman episode - had me emotionally involved, and you know, I can live with the hiatus pretty well. When the trailer for the second half of the season hit the internet a few days ago, I didn't feel "can they broadcast that NOW?!?" urgent impatience, but "huh, okay then, intriguing, oh, maybe the Hitler thing won't a disaster after all, oh, that's nice".

Whereas I was absolutely gleeful when TW came back, am loving the new characters, and every time an episode ends want the next one NOW. I'm not saying the episodes are flawless (they're not), but this is how I feel. And if you'd told me that I'd be more of a TW than a DW fan back when I was busy rolling my eyes over Cyberwoman, I'd... well, I might have thought of the BTVS season 7/AtS season 4 thing, but I'd have been highly sceptical. And there it is.

( This week also gave me flashbacks to my scholarship in Los Angeles )