They are taking 2012 off of production but with the promise that Jack will be Back.
IMHO this is an awesome tv show, even through beginning seems weird and a bit stupid. It's like doctor who, becomes better each season, but less interesting at the beginning.
the best I've ever seen
The series is great, I don't think I have ever cared so much about a set of characters on a show. The depth of personality and their personal struggles with how to manage self & family, the inter-connectedness and caring of the group for one another. They are cast in their roles as people with specific jobs but the series trancends that and makes you care for their person-hood not just identify with their exciting jobs.
I guess I make it sound overly touchy freely, it's not, don't shy away from this series... I simply mean to say that the plot is so incredible it's a given to watch it. It's the character development that needs praise. Season two... wow! The series starts off a bit like an adventure a week kind of romp but it starts doing season long archs. It's just such a great series and it really makes you care about what is happening to the characters, which for me is rare! There is one seen from one episode that I think will be burned in my memory till the day I day, Incredible.
If anyone watches the series and wants to know what scene it was, feel free to message me :)
awesome
Enjoyed every second of episodes
Seasons 1-3 were awesome but season 4 was below average becoming Americanized ruined the show a little
I WANT JACK'S COAT!!!
Sadly, while watching Seasons 1 - 3 I thought this show was the greatest thing ever. My 2nd favorite Scifi only to Doctor Who. I sickens me to see what they've done in Season 4. They've turned it into a two bit soon to fail American scify show now. After being Starz / Americanized (and I'm an American) it has almost certainly lost 99% of it's charm. I'll watch this season in the hopes that things change but I don't see that happening.
I think it's on Starz at 11pm not BBC2, can see it in the TV guide, we have Blade Runner: The Final Cut instead.
Children of Earth raised the bar for this show. It was incredible...
Love children of earth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This show will blow your mind.
Good show that made up from 3 season.
WE DO NOT TALK ABOUT THIS.
THERE WAS NO SEASON 4 OF THE TORCHWOOD.
But seriously yanks, stay away from brit shows.
Fantastic show that dipped with Miracle Day due to the major American involvement. Hopefully Series Five (whenever it finally arrives) fixes this problem!
Episodes range from dumb to superb, but they're always interesting. Peaks in Season 3.
Great Sci-Fi series
First Season is hit or miss. Second Season is a bit more consistent and overall pretty enjoyable. Third Season is some of the best stuff produced in the Doctor Who Universe. Fourth Season is way too long and has a very shitty ending.
The first 2 seasons are a sexually repugnant and sexually frustrated sci-fi tv show with sometimes interesting ideas for stories.
Season 3 and 4 are very good, much more mature and serious, with much better storytelling.
Hard show to rate. Seasons 1 and 2 are a mixed bag - both have quite a few really good episodes, but also a lot of crap that made me wish I had been watching almost anything else. Season 3 is fantastic, especially the final few episodes - it's like it's a totally different show from the first 2 seasons. Season 4 feels like a different show again, but not in a very good way. I liked how season 4 had a narrative stretched over the whole season rather being so episodic like seasons 1 and 2 were, but the plot feels as though it's stretched on for more episodes than it needed to be, plus it feels very Americanised compared to the seasons that came before.
My average rating for the 4 seasons works out as 6.75/10, but I'm inclined to round down to 6, simply because I felt as though season 3 was more of an anomaly than anything.
Watched original run. Came as a Doctoe Who fan. Likes * liked the characters - S1-3 are like marmite bad, good , great episodes. Skip the Americanised S4 - Not worth watching at all. If you do watch S4, then as most of us do just pretend it never existed and wish for a brain%* memoru* Memory wipr* wipe of S4.
It really IS just a spin off. Got a bit too many 'meh' moments. Good enough if you're in for brainless entertainment.
Season 1, 2 ,3 (to a lesser extend) are great but season 4 really is turning the series to explosion hell.
I stopped watching this show because all I could focus on was her teeth.
the only series worth watching is s03 imho. series 1 and 2 are ok. they are a less than average "monster-of-the-week" type show. most of them are mediocre at best. the stories are rather uninteresting and the acting isnt that great. i dont even know what to say about s04. it was a train wreck. torchwood visits america during health reform directed by michael bay is perhaps the best way to describe it. s03 was pretty solid. good story, good writing, and the acting was a lot more put together.
i really didnt know what to expect going into this show but the jack harkness character so intrigued me on doctor who that i wanted to see it. total let down. lemme see: a pansexual, immortal man from the future who investigates aliens. SO many places they could have gone with him. they shied away from just about every single one. after the first few episodes i was willing to watch just for the jack eyecandy and to live vicariously through his sexcapades, but those werent even interesting. capt kirk had a more varied sexual portfolio than this character who frequently mentions his openness to unique sexual experiences.
barrowmans performance at most points was just absurd. he was relying on his 51st century pheromones most of the time, but they totally needed to sell that more to make it work. so idk if he as an actor only has the one trick and the writing didnt back him up. or perhaps that ws the direction they gave him and it just failed. i thought that eventually they would sink into their roles and things would flow a little better. while s03 wasnt perfect by any means, it did prove that they could do something good. if the acting/writting had started off at that level they would have had a fine damn show. the way jack was written was not strong enough to carry the show. i think i was most impressed with tosh, the actor and the character. she was the least bad.
and series 04. sigh i think that there could be whole theses written on it and yet there are no words. it failed on so many levels. if i wanted to see crime drama taking place in america ill watch american tv. seriously. one of the draws of foreign television is the foreignness of it. oh look the crazy brits come to america and drive on the wrong side of the road. ha ha. oh look the brits have different words for things than we do. ha ha. next, the overwhelming political themes. seriously? i realize this is a show that can tackle some political issues. i thought s03 handled them ok. you knew the message was there but i didnt feel battered over the head with them. too many more things to list. was really irritating. only really watched it cos i had "come this far" might as well power through it.
background noise, absolutely nothing else to watch or out of some feeling of needing to have it on your resume (kinda where i was) are the only reasons you should watch this.
Watched 3 episodes and had enough. Don't like it
How can anyone like season 3? It's content for max. two episodes blown up to 5. Season 4 was ok, but I don't need another one like that. And why is the show marked as "This show has ended"?
I can't believe I watched this stupid show
Anyone know if they will be doing another short season of this this year?
oh god the last episode is so freaking good!!! just enough cliff hanger!
Oh god, it was perfect the way it was, very English. But now... Sigh... Better get used to the new flavour.
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This show is very unbalanced. Some episodes are utter shit, while other are very polished and well filmed. This is true both for the UK version and the new Starz + BBC version.
Only exception is season 3 which was pretty intense from the beginning to the finale.