Miracle Day - are we facing another CoE slap in the face?

[blucougar]

Spoilers behind the cut

For anyone who has seen the "preview to episode 10" that is available when you purchase Torchwood: Miracle Day through a season pass, you'll know that John Barrowman says that there will be a death in the final episode and that we will be shocked.

Frankly, I don't care if they kill off Rex, Esther, Oswald... and I think I'll cope if they kill off Rhys. I know I'll be shocked if Jack is killed off, although it's been said that Jack will be in the anniversary series of Doctor Who, so it's hopeful that he will be returned to his immortal state, and continue on his happy way to becoming a giant head in a jar.

I live in hope, slim though it might be, that the shock death will be Gwen. I say that unapologetically. RTD and Julie Gardner insisted right from the beginning of Torchwood that no character (barring Jack) was safe, and that Torchwood operatives died young. They've killed off Tosh, Owen and Ianto. To leave Gwen untouched would be hypocritical at the very least.

I really do hope the character dies, because if that happens then we can be sure that if Torchwood is resurrected for a new season, then it will be a completely fresh show with a complete set of new characters.

Yes, I know I am a bitch, but I hate Gwen. I thought maybe she had taken a turn for the better at the start of this season, but sadly she just degenerated into her usual, sanctimonious and irritating self.

Unfortunately, I worry that RTD has another slap in the face of CoE proportions planned for those of us who have been brave enough to stick with the show.

There is one episode left. Jack was shot at the end of episode 8 and appears to be slowly bleeding to death. We have been promised a death that will shock us. All I can say is that if that death is Jack's, then Torchwood is officially dead in the water, and there will never be another series. I may never even watch another episode of Doctor Who, unless Moffatt is prepared to go against RTD and bring Jack back.

I am sorry, but Eve Myles cannot carry a show like Torchwood on her own. Without Captain Jack, there is no Torchwood. End of story.

Comments

[ice_elf]

I won't be that surprised if Jack does die. He's been sidelined this series and I think RTD seriously wants to make Gwen his main character. (Although you could argue she always has been.) Killing Jack off would allow her to be the star. I'm fairly sure Gwen won't die, though. She's more immortal than Jack. And I can't say I'd be all that bothered about Rex or Esther. I like Esther but I can't say losing her would cause me too much angst.

I can't see the show working without Jack, and I can't see it lasting very long either. I certainly wouldn't be watching a show with Gwen as the main character and I can see a lot of people doing the same - I know Gwen has some fans but I know of more who dislike or tolerate her. It would keep the casual viewers, of course, but more of the hardcore fans would desert the show, I suspect.

I honestly believe Gwen could have been an awesome character if she had been better written. She does have her awesome moments too but they're so often ruined by bad writing and her flaws not being written as flaws. I could say the same about Miracle Day though - the premise has been interesting but the writing hasn't been great and the pacing has been terrible. I've enjoyed it to some degree but it hasn't been brilliant and it hasn't been Torchwood.