They were always like that. I don’t spend too much time analyzing peoples’ eyes, but if you look above you’ll see that I commented that all of the Family (except for the one guy, which screwed my theory!) had extremely blue eyes.
Sort of. The difference being one was alien technology and the other was Mother Earth. Plus, one was scared and trying to fix things, the other was hurt and trying to bribe away the bad people hurting it even more.
I too was annoyed at the nihilism of both new Torchwoodies getting killed - my wife had actually surmised that Rex was going to be OK when he got up to throw the guy over the railing. Then, of course he dropped so, we figured that was that then. I was glad Rex came back, though I wish it’d been Esther, but that’s just good old fashioned heterosexual desire.
Yeah, complaining about CTU I understand. Every two-bit terrorist organization seemed to have a member of their union in CTU headquarters. The Family, on the other hand, is kind of like The Illuminati, but less public.
As for the software running on Rex’s phone, I thought it was more along the lines of Dead Guy’s computer having saved its screens to a server that Rex’s phone was accessing. Could be wrong though.
I can remote-desktop from my phone directly to my home PCs and network, I assume Rex did similar.
I didn’t care for the resolution at all. Jack’s acquiring immortality came as a result of hand-wavy Tardis physics, an acquisition via transfusion for Rex didn’t seem to fit within the rules of the universe, especially since it is assured that The Family would have tried themselves to do so with their Jack-blood reserves.
The whole episode had a feel of clumsily tying up the big plot while minimizing the cast list for a follow-on season that may never get signed.
Two things you’re missing though. Or two sides of one thing…
The only way to do the transfusion with Jack’s blood without killing the recipient was during The Miracle.
So, the only time one could actually do that an achieve that special Harknessness would have been to transform themselves into a very mortal person when the rest of the world becomes immortal.
The big thing I didn’t like about the story was Esther deciding out of the blue to save a couple gallons of Jack’s blood. She knew it was tied to Big Happenings, sure, but making the leap from that to “it’s our secret weapon” was a pretty blind jump. Unless I missed something.
I’m thinking that Jack’s blood couldn’t make anyone immortal, but it was able to make then immortal Rex mortal. The Blessing then reversed things, so Jack, and the then mortal Rex, become immortal and everyone else mortal.
Rex didn’t turn immortal until being killed, right? Otherwise his old wounds would have healed immediately.
I always thought Rex was the one sure goner. His fate was sealed in the first episode when he was all happy and gloating about a coworker’s wife getting cancer which meant him getting a preemo job assignment. Then he immediately got a pole through the chest.
Well, that’s what I thought. Maybe he earned his redemption during the Miracle, although I thought he was still kind of a jerk.
I want to see how Rex handles being immortal. Jack has a good mix of joy and guilt, but I see Rex being more of “Fuck yeah, you can’t kill me bitches.”
The Blessing basically works by taking in the average lifespan of the people around it as a tempate, and then applying that template to the rest of the world. So they put in Jack’s blood which changed the average lifespan to infinity. It’s didn’t apply Jack’s immortality to the rest of the world, just his lifespan.
I didn’t dislike the series as much as others did, but I think this could have been a solid six part series. There were great things at the beginning and end, especially the distopian society that arose after the miracle. The problem was the three or four middle episodes where it devolved into a generic spy thriller. They had some terrific and truly fascinating themes going on, I just wish they could of cut the fat. Also, I don’t think it was necassary for the show to be set mostly in the US. The same story could have been told in Wales with a quick jaunt to New York after the flashback scenes.
All in all, I’m still happy the series happened at all and hope it got good enough ratings to go another season.
I also think Danes would have been more interestin as more of a two episode showcase as a byproduct of the miracle as opposed to a major character (kind of like the Tea Party Lady). With all the attention paid to him I thought he was tied to the miracle somehow. Instead, he was just red herring time sink. So much time wasted on him.
I’m dissapointed that the social effects weren’t explored more. The more fascinating aspects of the whole miracle were the death cultists with the creepy masks and the 42 floor club. Also, the jmo forwArd episode where we got to see how people began to caope with the ovens being a fact of life now.
All in all, I think RTD missed the boat on what could have been as good if not better than CoE. Instead, he got bogged down with his version of 24.
I’m also on board with the idea that if there is another series, PLEASE send it back to Wales!!! Please give them a base again. I’m fine with Rex becoming a member, though I would have preferred Esther. No more Torchwood as persona no gratta. This whole on the run thing is getting old.
One question I still have, what was the point of destroying the blood banks? The Families said Jack’s blood had to be introduced to the Blessing at the same time, but the banks were destroyed days apart.
They were both in cities where Jack had been recently and were being ridiculously over-careful? They didn’t want big convenient stores near the pits that could cause The Blessing to recalibrate humanity Anemic Alcoholic Asians?
That might be a little plot hole that got overlooked.
Just a WAG. My impression was that blood stored in blood banks was taken before Miracle Day, and therefore, mortal blood. Maybe it was a precaution against ANY mortal blood being introduced to The Blessing.
I can’t be the only one who expected the evil redhead women to die in the explosion only for Jack or Gwen to comment that ‘she should have run faster’ right? I was grinning from ear to ear in expectation and then nothing.
TBH, I thought this series was average. There’s nothing else worth watching on a Thursday night at least (or most nights).
