'I wanted to give the sense that Jack could slow himself down. He could put himself into a trance and he was basically going to put himself into a trance and never come out of it. He knows he’s going to be found.' (source (http://drwhointerviews.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/john-barrowman-gareth-david-lloyd-naoko-mori-julie-gardner-2008/))
As for Sleeper, Gwen being so ~nice~ irritated me almost more than Jack's behaviour in this episode. Jack at least from start to finish absolutely knew what he was doing to Beth. He was convinced he was right and that it was necessary so he went ahead with it. He knew he was going to hurt her, just as he knew they'd end up killing her from the moment his suspicions about her were confirmed.
But the others? Ianto mocking Jack's intimidation technique is all very well, but Beth was terrified, so it clearly worked on her. And the thing is... in the scene when they put the mind-probe on her Jack does nothing. He only gives the orders. Any of them could have stood up and said that if he wanted to do that, he would have to do it himself, because they weren't going to be part of it. Instead they gave her a bottle of water so that she wouldn't dehydrate. And none of them ever looks back and wonders if that was right, because of course the outcome justifies the means, and the rest of the episode is so action-packed that there is no time to go back and reconsider.
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As for Sleeper, Gwen being so ~nice~ irritated me almost more than Jack's behaviour in this episode. Jack at least from start to finish absolutely knew what he was doing to Beth. He was convinced he was right and that it was necessary so he went ahead with it. He knew he was going to hurt her, just as he knew they'd end up killing her from the moment his suspicions about her were confirmed.
But the others? Ianto mocking Jack's intimidation technique is all very well, but Beth was terrified, so it clearly worked on her. And the thing is... in the scene when they put the mind-probe on her Jack does nothing. He only gives the orders. Any of them could have stood up and said that if he wanted to do that, he would have to do it himself, because they weren't going to be part of it. Instead they gave her a bottle of water so that she wouldn't dehydrate. And none of them ever looks back and wonders if that was right, because of course the outcome justifies the means, and the rest of the episode is so action-packed that there is no time to go back and reconsider.