
One of the sweetest scenes of the season-opening
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was Gwen (
Eve Myles), wide-eyed, explaining to Jack (
John Barrowman) that the ring she was wearing was an engagement ring. Rhys (
Kai Owen) had asked, and she'd said yes, because "Nobody else will have me." Throughout the season the writing team has done a good job of referring to the wedding without making too big a deal of it, which was a very good thing. Anyone who has ever been married or planned a wedding knows how the process can take over your life; the problem is, the details you're obsessing over are deathly boring to the rest of the world. "Something Borrowed," a wedding episode,
Torchwood-style, avoids both the precious and the obnoxious, with shape-shifting aliens, tons of snappy dialog, and terrific action set-pieces; in the end, love and a really, really big gun conquer all.
If you couldn't tell already, I thought this episode was a blast. Read the rest over at
The House Next Door.
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