A Question for the Torchwood Watchers

[gnomi]

So, a friend of mine who is also a Torchwood fan posed the following question after watching "Fragments" (2.12):

OK... in the Ianto flashback, we see Ianto flirting with Jack and trying his hardest to get a job at Torchwood. But as my friend J pointed out, at this point, he was still in love with Lisa-the-half-Cyberwoman. So, was he eager to get the Torchwood job because he wanted a place to stash Lisa (and, perhaps, access to whatever Torchwood intel he could to perhaps find a way to help her), or was he eager to get the job because he was lusting after Jack?

Any and all speculation is welcomed.

Comments

[betra.livejournal.com]

Ianto was working out of the London office of Torchwood at the time. He could have had a bit of ambition as well as lust.

He certainly was trying to impress Jack, at any rate.

Some from column A and some from column B.

[marsgov.livejournal.com]

I had the distinct impression that Jack said the London office had already been destroyed.

[betra.livejournal.com]

I thought he said they were unaffiliated. But even if it was destroyed, Ianto could have been there and was then unemployed, as it were.

I suppose I should go watch it over. May as well, to see Ianto in those jeans and leather jacket again.

[kuroshii.livejournal.com]

marsqov is right. the london office had been destroyed at the time of the flashback: that was the "canary wharf" incedent they were talking about. ianto rescued some equipment, like the rift activity locator...

...and the contraption sustaining his girlfriend, but of course he doesn't mention that to jack.