Well, it was certainly a great improvement over the finale of series one, with its truly bathetic monster. But I still found it a bit of a curate’s egg.The best bits (for me) were:
- Naoko Mori’s acting at the moment of Toshiko’s death. For me, it was up there with Sir Laurence Oliver’s interpretation of John Mortimer’s father going blind in a climatic moment from A Voyage Round My Father.
- Toshiko’s message from beyond the grave. Nice touch, which brought happy tears to my eyes.
Bad bits:
- Captain Jack’s brother. I’m sorry, but both the character and the actor did not convince me in the slightest. Dreadful plotting, dreadful acting.
- James Marsters disappointed me. I had expected more of an edge. Instead I felt I got a rather soft and mushy sleepwalk of an interpretation.
Oh well, at least my main man is now back again.
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