The Miracle is that is is finally over.

For what it is worth, here are my thoughts on Season 4 of Torchwood.

As you may or may not know, I created the once popular Torchwood.TV blog the day the announcement for the Doctor WHO spinoff was announced. I walked away from that blog after season 2 since I really didn't like the show. Looking back, seasons 1 & 2 were masterpieces in comparison to Miracle Day.

I probably would have quit watching s04 after the first few episodes if I didn't have the prior connection with the show and hadn't loved the premise. I always liked the existential themes about death that Torchwood featured and this series was all about life and death. The premise however was completely wasted by the shoddy writing, disjointed plot, huge loopholes and undeveloped characters.

The acting for the most part was fine, the look of the show wasn't a problem, it was all let down by the story and scripts. It quickly turned into a big mess. Right away it was obvious they were going to try to appeal to the American market with long emotional melodramatic scenes which I probably could have accepted if the character development and themes were written properly.

If it would have been 5 episodes total, it could have stood a chance, but even then the finale didn't really pay off. This huge triad of powerful families who are able to wipe their name completely off the internet and infiltrate the CIA only bother to protect the center of their big operation with a chain-link fence which can be beaten with a pair of wire cutters?

The only thing that could have saved it would have been a complete re-write. Make the plot more efficient, scrap a lot of the unresolved and under-developed sub-plots. Last but not least, develop the core characters better and work on a better ending. Torchwood has hopefully now completely run it's course. To misquote Casablanca, "We'll always have Children of Earth." The show had one great season, that is more than some. It's time to leave.