Torchwood, often seen as the cheesiest and weakest stepchild of the successful NuWho franchise, it is a rather unsual beast; it's a good show at heart and has good ideas, but it has been very hit 'n miss, taking a similarily lengthy amount of time to get genuinely excellent like Star Trek: The Next Generation did.
Here's a rundown of the episodes I've watched and the scores I give them (from what I've vaguely remember of them):
"Everything Changes" - 6/10
"Day One" - 3/10
"Ghost Machine" - 7/10
"Cyberwoman" - 1/10
"Small Worlds" - 6/10
"Countrycide" - 2/10
"Greeks Bearing Gifts" - 4/10
"They Keep Killing Suzie" - 3/10
"Random Shoes" - 6/10
"Out of Time" - 8/10
"Combat" - 4/10
"Captain Jack Harkness" - 7/10
"End of Days" - 4/10
The first season was patchy to say the least, with a trio of great/good episodes, while the rest ranged from average/mediocre to downright terrible. I found it infrequently entertaining and it had potential; I personally think it suffered from a pretty rushed production and the writers approaching the concept of the show from the wrong direction (making it too gory and potty mouthed for a family audience, but too silly for older teens and adults).
"Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" - 5/10
"Sleeper" - 6/10
"To the Last Man" - 4/10
I didn't see much of the second series of Torchwood; what few episodes I saw were not shockingly bad and were competently entertaining, but there was nothing about the second series to keep me watching TW as must-see television and I was more into Primeval over on ITV1 at the time.
"Children of Earth" (mini-series) 10/10
This is were Torchwood really found its feet and finally struck the right tone for a show aimed at older audiences, with storyline, directing, and characterisation that could contend with the best years of The X-Files series from the mid 1990s. This is arguably Russell T. Davies' best screenplay in the last two years and the best set of episodes featuring Captain Jack since his debut in "The Empty Child"-"The Doctor Dances".
Here's a rundown of the episodes I've watched and the scores I give them (from what I've vaguely remember of them):
"Everything Changes" - 6/10
"Day One" - 3/10
"Ghost Machine" - 7/10
"Cyberwoman" - 1/10
"Small Worlds" - 6/10
"Countrycide" - 2/10
"Greeks Bearing Gifts" - 4/10
"They Keep Killing Suzie" - 3/10
"Random Shoes" - 6/10
"Out of Time" - 8/10
"Combat" - 4/10
"Captain Jack Harkness" - 7/10
"End of Days" - 4/10
The first season was patchy to say the least, with a trio of great/good episodes, while the rest ranged from average/mediocre to downright terrible. I found it infrequently entertaining and it had potential; I personally think it suffered from a pretty rushed production and the writers approaching the concept of the show from the wrong direction (making it too gory and potty mouthed for a family audience, but too silly for older teens and adults).
"Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" - 5/10
"Sleeper" - 6/10
"To the Last Man" - 4/10
I didn't see much of the second series of Torchwood; what few episodes I saw were not shockingly bad and were competently entertaining, but there was nothing about the second series to keep me watching TW as must-see television and I was more into Primeval over on ITV1 at the time.
"Children of Earth" (mini-series) 10/10
This is were Torchwood really found its feet and finally struck the right tone for a show aimed at older audiences, with storyline, directing, and characterisation that could contend with the best years of The X-Files series from the mid 1990s. This is arguably Russell T. Davies' best screenplay in the last two years and the best set of episodes featuring Captain Jack since his debut in "The Empty Child"-"The Doctor Dances".
