I thought his edge-of-doomsday proposition to Tosh and Ianto in "Sleeper" was pretty unambiguous, even though it's not canonically followed up on.
... okay, true. And yeah, I think he is 100% serious about it.
I have not yet finished season two! I have caught up on the rest of season one and am contemplating just watching straight through the first half of season two again as opposed to skipping ahead to "Reset" and continuing on.
Oh right, I forgot you had stopped after "Reset"! Honestly, I recommend watching the first half of season two again - I think you'll get new things out of it now that you've seen season one, and then you'll have that entire emotional roller coaster fully prepared to launch you into everything that comes after "Reset."
This spring, I watched all of season two for the second time (having watched it back in 2008); then I watched season one; then I rewatched the whole thing from the beginning with rachelmanija, scioscribe, and magistrate as a sort of virtual rewatch party, and I really had fun. The emotional developments in season two develop a whole new underlayer once you've seen where they all started out. I particularly found myself enthralled with watching Owen and Ianto develop a smooth working partnership after they were literally brawling on the floor and shooting at each other at the end of last season.
(Someday I want to write the fic about Gwen, between seasons, ordering everyone to do team-building exercises, because it seems like exactly the kind of thing she'd do ... and it actually works, possibly only because they are interrupted halfway through by aliens and have to fight for their lives.)
I can offer opinions on season one Owen, which in the second half consist majorly of "ouch." That is not a man who handles the discovery of emotional vulnerability well at all.
"Ouch" is definitely the right reaction to season one Owen.
One of my Torchwood-watching friends described Owen as a man in a hatesex relationship with his emotions, which is tragilariously accurate.
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... okay, true. And yeah, I think he is 100% serious about it.
I have not yet finished season two! I have caught up on the rest of season one and am contemplating just watching straight through the first half of season two again as opposed to skipping ahead to "Reset" and continuing on.
Oh right, I forgot you had stopped after "Reset"! Honestly, I recommend watching the first half of season two again - I think you'll get new things out of it now that you've seen season one, and then you'll have that entire emotional roller coaster fully prepared to launch you into everything that comes after "Reset."
This spring, I watched all of season two for the second time (having watched it back in 2008); then I watched season one; then I rewatched the whole thing from the beginning with
(Someday I want to write the fic about Gwen, between seasons, ordering everyone to do team-building exercises, because it seems like exactly the kind of thing she'd do ... and it actually works, possibly only because they are interrupted halfway through by aliens and have to fight for their lives.)
I can offer opinions on season one Owen, which in the second half consist majorly of "ouch." That is not a man who handles the discovery of emotional vulnerability well at all.
"Ouch" is definitely the right reaction to season one Owen.
One of my Torchwood-watching friends described Owen as a man in a hatesex relationship with his emotions, which is tragilariously accurate.