Alas, I was spoiled for the soul. (Didn't quit Buffy and Angel spoilers until s7 for BTVS and s5 for Angel, so the only Buffy twists I was unspoiled for were very early - Faith showing up at the Mayor's doorstep, stuff like this.)
TW: that episode was They keep killing Suzie, wasn't it? It was a good episode - I loved Indira Varma in it - , though my prize for best s1 episode would go to Out of Time. The stopwatch scene actually bothered me at the time and I only now have reconciled myself to it. Back then, I just couldn't understand how we got from the end of Cyberwoman to this, and it in a way epitomized why I felt unable to muster any enthusiasm for Jack/Ianto - I thought it was an underwritten and unbelievable relationship. However, the Fragments flashback changed my mind because now it looks to me, to slightly paraphrase someone else's summary, as if Jack and Ianto were in a sexual relationship pretty much from the get go, Jack realised he had been screwed in more ways than one in Cyberwoman, and Ianto signalled that service as usual was ready to resume by the stopwatch scene. Which all makes sense, and doesn't ask me to believe the big relationship jump happened between Cyberwoman and They keep killing Suzie.
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Date: 2009-01-23 03:15 pm (UTC)TW: that episode was They keep killing Suzie, wasn't it? It was a good episode - I loved Indira Varma in it - , though my prize for best s1 episode would go to Out of Time. The stopwatch scene actually bothered me at the time and I only now have reconciled myself to it. Back then, I just couldn't understand how we got from the end of Cyberwoman to this, and it in a way epitomized why I felt unable to muster any enthusiasm for Jack/Ianto - I thought it was an underwritten and unbelievable relationship. However, the Fragments flashback changed my mind because now it looks to me, to slightly paraphrase someone else's summary, as if Jack and Ianto were in a sexual relationship pretty much from the get go, Jack realised he had been screwed in more ways than one in Cyberwoman, and Ianto signalled that service as usual was ready to resume by the stopwatch scene. Which all makes sense, and doesn't ask me to believe the big relationship jump happened between Cyberwoman and They keep killing Suzie.