Gwen looks mildly interested at Jack’s appearance. Rhys looks ready to hit someone. Probably Jack. I’d recommend it. Jack apologises to Gwen (not Rhys) for the interruption, but they have to stop now. Brenda stands up and haughtily announces that she just knew the baby wasn’t Rhys’s. “What the hell are you doing?” hisses Rhys. Jack continues to ignore him completely and directly addresses Gwen as he says once more that they can’t get married, not now, still without actually explaining why he’s doing this. Seriously, Rhys, just hit him. It won’t do anything useful, sure, but I bet it would make us both feel better. “You have screwed things up enough between me and Gwen,” Rhys adds, “you are not going to mess up our wedding.” Because it was going so well before. Jack finally notices that Rhys is their and finally offers some justification for his actions; “I am trying to save Gwen’s life! Yours too.” That was such an afterthought it hurt. Gwen asks Jack what’s going on.
Upstairs, Owen and Ianto track down Tosh’s radio signal to Pomegranate’s room, and set about freeing them from the goo cocoon. “Alright, bud,” says Banana, “I’m Banana.” “More like a gooseberry,” Tosh retorts. Somebody, somewhere, honestly believes that this passes for witty banter. Chew on that. Ianto spots poor, stupid Mervin’s body, which appears to have been decapitated, as well as, uh, degenitaliated. Owen declares it “disgusting”.
Gwen’s room, I guess. Jack leads Gwen and Rhys in, and explains the whole Nostrovite breeding deal again. There’s no particular need for this scene to exist.
Outside, wedding guests mill around, with no idea what to do at an interrupted ceremony. Trina and Apple reach the obvious conclusion that the baby is actually Jack’s, and agree that in Gwen’s position, they probably wouldn’t go through with the wedding either. Apple decides to go find Mervin and tell him not to bother setting up his DJing equipment. She walks past Pomegramate, who looks devious.
Gwen’s room. Gwen is still insisting that the wedding is happening, right now. Fucking hell, what difference would it even make if you postponed it now? The damage is already done about ten times over! She appeals to Jack with another “no one else will have me” argument, though she words it in a slightly nicer way since Rhys is standing right there. Rhys gives her a quiet “thanks”, though what he has to thank her for, I don’t know. “Thanks, but it is my wedding too. Don’t I get a say?” Further discussion is interrupted by a piercing shriek.
It’s Apple. She’s found what remains of Mervin. She rushes out of the room, Jack, Gwen and Rhys rush in, Jack sends Ianto after her to contain the situation. Rhys sees the body and demands that Jack get Gwen to safety, Tosh helpfully tells Jack that she’s seen the shapeshifter. “It’s a woman. She’s in black.” Yes, she’s also a shapeshifter, Tosh. Think about it.
April 9, 2009 at 10:30 am
I think that it is a very interesting and amusing article. Practically all its main points are true.