 Reviewing the episode " Kiss Kiss Bang Bang " for The Daily Telegraph James Walton was sceptical about the fact that " some of the fawning [ over Captain Jack ] even came from the main baddie " and what he felt to be the indication that the character was " thrown into the mix on the principle that one glamorous space @-@ travelling bisexual isn ’ t enough . " Whilst The Daily Mirror 's Jane Simon expected that the physical contact between Marsters and Barrowman would result in " somebody 's sci @-@ fi fantasy " being realised she saw it dashing her " hopes series two might serve less sex , less rubbish aliens and more credible drama " . However , Dan Martin of The Guardian described the character as the " best thing about the opener " and stated that " he stole every scene he was in " . He felt the production team " shamelessly and brilliantly .... transplanted " the character of Spike into the series . Richard Edwards of SFX magazine also gave particular praise to Marsters portrayal and like Martin , stated that he " steals the show " . Ben Rawson @-@ Jones of Digital Spy felt Hart 's arrival to be " self @-@ consciously iconic " in providing " swagger , innuendo and a wonderful Star Wars reference " . He felt that overall the characterisation verged " dangerously close to parody at times " but this didn 't detract from Marsters being " a joy to watch , in a similar vein to his role in Buffy . " Charlie Jane Anders commented in regards to the episode that " " Spike " is pretty great in his Adam Ant jacket , with his paralyzing lip gloss and his zany sexual innuendo " . IGN felt John to be a " lot of fun " and a " good character to add to the mix " who showed the team " just how much of a mess they are " . 
