TW 208: A Day in the Death

Enough with the OwenWood! (Now there's an image!) And what a complete waste of Martha...


If you're looking for someone to give an episode of dull angst about death and the hideousness of life, Joseph Lidster is your man. He seems incapable of writing a story that doesn't make you want to slit your wrists, and this is certainly no counter-example (even the alien contact plaque can't counteract the effect). Eh. What a way to end the arc. (Not to mention the continual lack of talk between writers. Is there even a story editor? So does Owen still have the Mystical Energy(tm) in him or not?)

It's all about the Owen, and Burn Gorman gets to completely give in to the lack of emotion, which he plays very well (suspiciously so). Yes, I can see how the lack of various body components not reacting mean no emotions, but if the neurons aren't firing, how is he able to see or speak? (Actually, given the lack of breath, how can he talk? Fundamental point of acoustic physics there.) But everything is finally resolved... by somehow saying "right, we suspended you but now we're fully reinstating you"... eh?

Farewell Martha, we'll miss you... although you were hardly in this episode. Much like most of the other characters. And I have to side with Owen here, I don't care about the details of Gwen's wedding (in fact, for most of the episode, I didn't even know what wedding they were going on about!).

Hopefully the producers have gotten their Owen-revision out of their system, and we can return to the series being about the actual team. Maybe. For a change...


Next week: The wedding episode! Enthusiasm is... so not high...

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