Very few are, it would seem.
Torchwood: Miracle Day #10 SPOILERS
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Very few are, it would seem.
I wouldn't say Miracle Day was classic TV or anything, but I've at least prefered it to the series 6 abomination.
Im a bit confused as to how was Jack made mortal at all. Is the blessing more powerful than the time vortex?? I get how the human race became immortal with the blessing and the morphic field, but still it does not explain Jack who is universaly immortal via time itself. And then it spreads to Rex, and its not the Miracle causing it because Rex's wounds are shown to instantly heal just like Jack.
Apparently we will find out in January. At the end of Ep 10 in the Australia they got a 10 second teaser saying "Jack will be back January 2012."
EDITED: Checked further. It looks as though it's just BBC Australia just advertising that they will be running TW reruns in 2012
EDITED: Checked further. It looks as though it's just BBC Australia just advertising that they will be running TW reruns in 2012
Reverse it then you might be onto something...
You know, here's a very important question: why did Jack return to Earth? To become mortal, he must have been on Earth when the Miracle happened, and in the premiere he seemed to have his hideout setup as though he'd been there for a while. I doubt he knew the Miracle was going to happen. So what caused him to give up flirting with space sailors return to the planet that he had to leave due to all the guilt and shame and misery he felt?
I understood them not wanting to answer this in the premiere so that they didn't confuse new viewers, but at this point there was opportunity to throw in even a throw away line that only the fans would get.
Also, though not as important, why weren't there any referances to Tosh? We had a referance to Owen, two to Ianto, another two to the Doctor, and even referances to a couple of Doctor Who aliens, but nothing for Tosh?
I understood them not wanting to answer this in the premiere so that they didn't confuse new viewers, but at this point there was opportunity to throw in even a throw away line that only the fans would get.
Also, though not as important, why weren't there any referances to Tosh? We had a referance to Owen, two to Ianto, another two to the Doctor, and even referances to a couple of Doctor Who aliens, but nothing for Tosh?
Well look at the track record of the asian females on this show, haha.
@Tom like I theorized a couple of pages ago...I think the Time Vortex energy has spent enough time in Jack's system that it has started to saturate into his blood stream. Therefor now it can be transfused like with what happened with Rex.
I don't really think RTD wanted too many name drops for the sake of name drops in this series. Owen was a fun "John Smith" type of deal, Ianto was mentioned for emotional and sentimental reasons. There just wasn't any reason plot wise to mention Tosh.
As for how Jack returned to Earth...it was kind of brought up but he didn't explain the full story. I'm guessing the original wiping of the Torchwood database or the virus upload was enough to get his attention. It is possible that after his little tryst with Alonso that was enough to bring him back to Earth. I got the impression from his initial conversations from Esther he'd been back to our time and the planet for a few months (working with the water memory stuff).
I don't really think RTD wanted too many name drops for the sake of name drops in this series. Owen was a fun "John Smith" type of deal, Ianto was mentioned for emotional and sentimental reasons. There just wasn't any reason plot wise to mention Tosh.
As for how Jack returned to Earth...it was kind of brought up but he didn't explain the full story. I'm guessing the original wiping of the Torchwood database or the virus upload was enough to get his attention. It is possible that after his little tryst with Alonso that was enough to bring him back to Earth. I got the impression from his initial conversations from Esther he'd been back to our time and the planet for a few months (working with the water memory stuff).
They chose the wrong one to get the Immortality. It should've been Rex that died, and Esther who got Immortality, IMHO. I really grew to like Esther, but, never really grew to like Rex. True, Rex did stop annoying me as much, but, I never came to actually like him.
I liked both characters but really liked Esther, she grew a lot more as a character than Rex did. It didn't occur to me until two episodes in that the actress who plays Esther, Alexa Havins also played the character of Bebe in the American soap "All My Children". I was impressed with her acting range. I'd only had seen her in AMC before Miracle Day.
Since there didn't end up being any use made out of Esther's stupid decision to use her real name in the overflow camp (and her subsequent mini-breakdown over that idiocy once she and Rex were leaving), Tosh could've been name-dropped in the same way Owen was - Jack could have suggested she use Tosh's name for her cover.
Not a big deal at the end of the day, of course, considering the myriad very substantive problems the season had; just would have been a nice little nod, since some of the other Who allusions weren't necessarily needed plot-wise either.
Oh. Alright. Just me then.
That may be an answer for Rex but still it is implied that that The Blessing is more powerfull than Time itself because it could make Jack mortal. Nothing on Earth should have the power to make Jack mortal. Then again, we really know nothing about the Blessing so maybe it is tied to the time vortex somehow, wish it was explained more.
This one was just Okay. Nothing special but mildly entertaining. It didn't feel epic. More just, let's do something traumatic to a bunch of the characters and see if they life or die. I didn't think the underground gash thing was that interesting as it was portrayed. They missed the boat on that.
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^ I kind of looked at the Blessing as a kind of Earth version of the Untempered Schism or Time Vortex. I got the impression that the Blessing was changed its self from being exposed to Jack's blood over the centuries. It's possible that it was something normal before the Families started experimenting with it. It would have been nice had we got more in depth explanation.
Eh really? I don't remember the blood bank thing for some reason or either didn't think it significant. I still don't see it. Episode 8 we are shown some device that can make you mortal and it seems to be running along those lines, in episode 9 we cut to two months later and jacks blood is bagged. I feel as if i missed out on an episode.
Do you remember Esther taking Jack's blood, Jack calling her a Vampire, and the conversation taking place before that, and Esther putting the new bag of blood into the refrigerator along with the existing collection of his blood already there?
Esther was my favorite new character, so I am bummed that she was killed. She had a nice, real level of earnestness-- smart yet naive-- and I was looking forward to her being on the team for reals. It is to this season's credit that I was sad when she died; I didn't feel a thing after "Exit Wounds."
I laughed so hard when Rex took his deep breath. That was an awesome way to end.
Nice that Jilly survived. I am looking forward to a potential 5th season, but I hope they go back to standalones or figure out how to plot a megastory.
I laughed so hard when Rex took his deep breath. That was an awesome way to end.
Nice that Jilly survived. I am looking forward to a potential 5th season, but I hope they go back to standalones or figure out how to plot a megastory.
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