Honestly, I had such a hard time with this episode and I think it has to do with foreshadowing more than anything.

I loved that Clara was resourceful, clever, compassionate, and brave. Honestly, she is that without even trying. But what I struggled with was the dynamic between the Doctor and Clara. I struggled with lying, to both Danny and the Doctor. I struggled with the approval that Clara needed so much from the Doctor. I struggled with the way the Doctor demeaned Rigsby before Rigsby had a chance to prove himself. I struggled with the Doctor not allowing himself to open up to Clara in the end, by pushing her further away.

I think he needs his companions to be the opposite of himself, he needs them to be the light to his darkness and it scares him a little that Clara can so easily make the choices he never wants his companions to have to make. whoufflemachine puts it eloquently in their post here (which you should all read): http://whoufflemachine.tumblr.com/post/100346773846/that-final-scene-where-he-steps-out-of-the-tardis

“HE is the one that makes those choices. Not her, he’s the one who kills when he has to kill, who doesn’t care about innocent lives. Who sees the bigger picture.”

I just wonder where this could go. I don’t even think it’s a matter of Clara having to choose between her two lives. I think that choice may be taken out of her hands. I think the Doctor sees what this life of theirs is turning Clara into and it terrifies him.

Honestly, the rest of the season I will be on pins and needles for these two!
Your thoughts? How do you see this dynamic playing out?