While it’s funny to see the irritable Matheson bitch about all things Welsh (a nice wink), new fans may think that Jack’s random mention of a boyfriend (and a full on gay sex scene that follows) may seem on odd turn of events. So there’s your meshing, though it produces some difficult to overlook glitches. That is essentially what sets the Americans – in the form of Matheson and Drummond – on a collision course with Torchwood, in the form of Jack and Gwen.

But before intrepid CIA analyst Esther Drummond ( Alexa Havins) can figure out what it means – poof – the word vanishes. This nobody-in-the-world-dying thing is complicated.Īs the CIA investigates, the interwebs are flooded with one word: Torchwood. If you can’t die, why be good? And what will that mean for your retirement plan? There’s a neat conceit in the premise: Even if you don’t die, you can still be in pain, ala Matheson, whose chest is still bleeding and who is in constant need of pain relievers. And that’s not a good thing for the psyche of the world’s population, not to mention the world itself. PHOTOS: Stills from Starz Series ‘Torchwood: Miracle Day’ Or: the accident that sends rebar flying through the windshield of cocky CIA agent Rex Matheson ( Mekhi Phifer) which should kill him but doesn’t. Case in point – the lethal injection being carried out on convicted pedophile and killer Oswald Danes ( Bill Pullman), who flops around like a flounder but survives. But there’s trouble in the world when all of a sudden nobody dies.

The series opens with Gwen in remote exile with husband Rhys ( Kai Owen) and their newborn daughter, Anwen. The success of both endeavors falls somewhere in the middle. They are simultaneously inserting references to the past in a way that will please older fans without confusing new ones. New viewers, of course, will know little about those characters and so the Torchwood writers are working overtime to repeat elements die-hards already know without seeming heavy-handed about it. Torchwood’s original fans will be happy to know that the two mainstays, immortal (and bisexual) Captain Jack Harkness ( John Barrowman) and Gwen Cooper ( Eve Myles), the world’s most dangerous new mother, are holding down the center of the series. STORY: ‘Torchwood’s’ Eve Myles Has a Message for the Show’s Angry U.K. And that’s a challenge that will test both old and new viewers. Now Davies and Starz are teaming up for the 10-episode fourth season, Torchwood: Miracle Day, while attempting to infuse the Welsh-skewing original concept with a heavily American new twist.

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