<p>I've watched Season 1, but have caught very little of Season 2 due to it airing at my girls' bedtime. I'm trying to resist tuning in anyway because I'd rather watch them in order. ;-) I did catch the first 20 mins of "Fragments", though. (Sure was lucky that when the building came down, Jack was the only one to receive a fatal blow! <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-tongue-out.gif" border="0" alt="Tongue out" title="Tongue out" />)</p><p>I like it a lot. At first, it bugged me because it seemed to be just going for the usual themes of sex and violence -- in other words, trying too hard to be "mature". But my fears faded away fairly quickly, as the sex and violence was just part of the stories -- and because although it did feature casual sex, it showed that such encounters have emotional and social consequences. Sex changes relationships in the real world, and it did on Torchwood too. It was refreshing to see that; so many sci-fi series have a male lead who sleeps with the female guest star every week and then goes on as if nothing had happened. Of course, part of the reason this series *isn't* like that is because it doesnt' just have a male lead. It's an ensemble piece, and there are really two leads: Jack and Gwen, who, unlike in a lot of other series, are not romantically involved with one another and likely never will be. That's also refreshing.</p><p>It's good. I like it a lot. But I wouldn't say Gwen is hot. I don't swing that way. ;-) But Jack is a walking ball of sexual magnetism. Ianto's pretty easy on the eyes too. Owen, however, is a jerk, and I find him repellant. Not bad looking, but his attitude screams "don't accept a drink from this guy". He's very selfish, despite occasional noble instincts. Which, from the point of view of the story, makes him a very interesting character. </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em> -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>