Yeah, that's pretty much MacGyver in a nutshell, but Richard Dean Anderson is just always fun to watch. It's pure escapism, nostalgia.

Gwen being an expert was just unbelievable, she's the least likely person to know that stuff, she's had a sheltered life before Torchwood, but she was RTDs darling, the character who would always have everything her way, who nothing bad would ever happen to. Jack and Ianto were apparently supposed to be the comic relief in CoE, because repeatedly killing someone is great for laughs? Just disgusting.

I don't think the CoE script should have been made. It definitely shouldn't have been used as a Torchwood script, it forced the characters into roles they didn't fit and made them look stupid.