I can’t believe I have never paid this much attention. I simply just thought “Doctor Who spin-off? Whatever.”. My prejudice was wrong, and I now humbly apologise, because Torchwood is awesome!
So the current run of it is called Children of Earth and is about aliens who make every child on the planet “stop”, and eventually start talking through them/making demands etc. It’s silly, and I laughed at first, but it’s so oddly captivating that I’ve ended up transfixed on it.
I find myself feeling a whole variety of emotions while watching it. Amusement of course is one of them, but I’ve also experienced excitement (hey, aliens taking over the planet are exciting!), frustration, joy and I just shed a few tears at the end of the episode I just watched. This is good stuff, and I don’t care if the critics aren’t big on it. You should all watch it, I say! I think it’s even possible it will replace Heroes as my favorite TV show (though of course, Heroes got shit fast. I haven’t got past episode 3 or 4 of the latest season of it).
