Obvious insight is obvious.

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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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[frenchani.livejournal.com]

I'm with promethea_tank, I don't think that the show was Jack's story when it started, it was Gwen's, but it slowly morphed into it and by season 3, it seemed to be mostly about Jack.


During that process the Jack in Torchwood became very different than the Jack in DW, and now we've got an American Jack that appears also quite different, not only because he's gay but also because he's trapped inside an American tv formula.

It's like watching a character mutation.

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Well it was the story of Torchwood, and how Gwen became part of that. There is no Torchwood anymore. (Gwen was used the same way as Rose was in S1 of DW - major deja vu btw - but personally I never did the identification thing. I was there for the aliens.)

That said, I'm absolutely with you on the mutation. It's *weird*. I wish they'd left Jack out of it altogether.

[frenchani.livejournal.com]

BTW next episode might change your mind...

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Well, it certainly is Jack-centric! Still not *Torchwood*, but lots of Jack, definitely. :)

[frenchani.livejournal.com]

Indeed. Unfortunately the next episode was a terrible mess...well, you'll see.

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Oh Rusty...

*sigh*