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[elisi]

Torchwood was always Jack's story. (And the story of Jack's people.)

Miracle Day isn't. It's just a story that happens to have Jack in it.

(He might be pivotal to events, but so far? It's not his story. Not even close. And hey, that's fair enough, it's Rusty's show, he can do what he wants. Although it does please me how (as always) I can see him as a mirror to Buffy: 'Oh, poor little lost girl boy. She He doesn't fit in anywhere. She's He's got no one to love.')

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[kaffy_r]

I'm not 100 percent sure that Torchwood was only Jack's story, but I'm about 95 percent sure that it was Jack's story, if you can see the difference. (I guess I say that because I think that Jack's story can only be told in tandem with the telling of other peoples' stories - largely because I believe that Jack needs other people to an unbelievable degree, and so their stories inform his.)

Miracle Day, so far, holds the potential of being Jack's story, or at least I still think so; but I think RTD has made a significant pacing mistake, by holding the nut of the story, its core and heart - which I still believe is Jack - to what he obviously thinks is the last possible moment. I think he may have irretrievably sabotaged his own brilliant story idea in doing so, and I can speculate about the reasons, but the end result may be pretty sad. I'm going to be as optimistic as possible and say I believe he may be able to pull it out, and believably return Jack to the center of the story, where I think RTD always meant him to be.

[elisi]

I'm not 100 percent sure that Torchwood was only Jack's story, but I'm about 95 percent sure that it was Jack's story, if you can see the difference.
Oh absolutely. That's kinda what I was trying to imply with the Buffy quote. There are new people in the team, but they're not Jack's people.

Miracle Day, so far, holds the potential of being Jack's story, or at least I still think so; but I think RTD has made a significant pacing mistake, by holding the nut of the story, its core and heart - which I still believe is Jack - to what he obviously thinks is the last possible moment.
Funnily enough, it's exactly the same mistake he made in S1, more or less. I remember how utterly frustrating S1 was, since we only got the vaguest hints and clues about why Jack was what he was etc. and then the big reveal didn't happen until Utopia. Here, however, it's a bit different, since we know pretty much everything about Jack, but the show still revels in mystery, which just comes off as really weird. I hope they can turn it around, I really do, because I want as much Jack as I can get!