HATE IS A STRONG WORD. I BEAR AFFECTION FOR IT. I just feel that it is, quality-wise...bad. IDK, I have not in truth seen every episode of it yet (I KNOW I KNOW OMG SECRET FANDOM SHAME), but the following is sort of my feel:
a) the writers do not so much have a good handle on the characters at all. Uuugh, Owen, I love your s2-self, but why you gotta be a grody pseudo-rapist in the first season? And Gwen, omg, you are my bb girl always, but what is with the cheating and asking your SO to forgive you and then retconning him to forget it anyway? I could go on but basically I just feel the showrunners didn't have half the grasp they do on everybody later on. (Plus there is kind of a frequent case of Dumb For the Sake of the Plot? I don't have examples off the top of my head for this, but it is just another ~feeling~ I have. I JUST HAVE A LOT OF THOSE)
b) it's so OVER-THE-TOP DRAMATIC sdajslfa;;;;;; I mean okay, Torchwood has always been both dark and cracktastic and I love that, but there is a line between that and unintended comedy. And they cross it. And then go back and jump on it just for good measure.
SO THOSE ARE MY (ADMITTEDLY BASED ON LIMITED KNOWLEDGE) REASONS AS TO WHY THE FIRST SERIES IS NOT QUITE UP TO PAR.
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a) the writers do not so much have a good handle on the characters at all. Uuugh, Owen, I love your s2-self, but why you gotta be a grody pseudo-rapist in the first season? And Gwen, omg, you are my bb girl always, but what is with the cheating and asking your SO to forgive you and then retconning him to forget it anyway? I could go on but basically I just feel the showrunners didn't have half the grasp they do on everybody later on. (Plus there is kind of a frequent case of Dumb For the Sake of the Plot? I don't have examples off the top of my head for this, but it is just another ~feeling~ I have. I JUST HAVE A LOT OF THOSE)
b) it's so OVER-THE-TOP DRAMATIC sdajslfa;;;;;; I mean okay, Torchwood has always been both dark and cracktastic and I love that, but there is a line between that and unintended comedy. And they cross it. And then go back and jump on it just for good measure.
SO THOSE ARE MY (ADMITTEDLY BASED ON LIMITED KNOWLEDGE) REASONS AS TO WHY THE FIRST SERIES IS NOT QUITE UP TO PAR.