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I've skipped the latest series of TW, so I really can't comment on Miracle Day, BUT I have some thoughts to share anyway! *g*
Okay series one was very rough in parts, but series two had some really good episodes and at the time people were happily agreeing that TW was taking a turn for the better, the characters worked more as a team, and the show was more consistent. But then Children Of Earth aired and there seemed to be this general dismissal of all of former TW as being a bit of silly crack in comparison.
But the closest to outright comedy in series two came with Gwen's wedding episode (which I loved anyway) and perhaps the intro episode with Captain John, otherwise it had just as many powerful storylines with Sleeper, To The Last Man, Adrift etc, and dealt with the death of Owen as well in several episodes. Even Fragments explored the really depressing reasons that the team got recruited into TW with Tosh locked up, Owen losing his wife and so on. And hey, going back a little further, I thought They Keep Killing Susie was incredibly depressing what with the discussion of their being no afterlife, and Jack blaming Torchwood for people dying. Or Countryside with the human beings being the monsters
I'd agree that the finales for series 1 and 2 were both a bit O/T and badly done, but otherwise I'm just not sure why Children Of Earth (and later Miracle Day) suddenly became a time for people to start talking about ~serious drama~, and dismissing the earlier seasons as being somehow lesser and just this big ball of cheese? That's not how I remember them at any rate...
Okay series one was very rough in parts, but series two had some really good episodes and at the time people were happily agreeing that TW was taking a turn for the better, the characters worked more as a team, and the show was more consistent. But then Children Of Earth aired and there seemed to be this general dismissal of all of former TW as being a bit of silly crack in comparison.
But the closest to outright comedy in series two came with Gwen's wedding episode (which I loved anyway) and perhaps the intro episode with Captain John, otherwise it had just as many powerful storylines with Sleeper, To The Last Man, Adrift etc, and dealt with the death of Owen as well in several episodes. Even Fragments explored the really depressing reasons that the team got recruited into TW with Tosh locked up, Owen losing his wife and so on. And hey, going back a little further, I thought They Keep Killing Susie was incredibly depressing what with the discussion of their being no afterlife, and Jack blaming Torchwood for people dying. Or Countryside with the human beings being the monsters
I'd agree that the finales for series 1 and 2 were both a bit O/T and badly done, but otherwise I'm just not sure why Children Of Earth (and later Miracle Day) suddenly became a time for people to start talking about ~serious drama~, and dismissing the earlier seasons as being somehow lesser and just this big ball of cheese? That's not how I remember them at any rate...
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