It's almost been too long since I finished Miracle Day to really write about it properly, but luckily I made myself some point-form notes to work from, so I can at least give a few thoughts on it.
I thought Miracle Day was really good overall. It wasn't the best show on television ever or anything, but I enjoyed it. Especially in comparison to past seasons of Torchwood.
Oddly enough, if there's on thing that stood out about this season to make it better, it was that finally, finally, after three seasons of antipathy, the managed to make me care about Rhys. I actually like him now. I think he's a good character. I like the fact that he's married to Gwen. I used to always wish he wasn't part of the show because he was a big whiny jerk and really pretty boring and I just didn't like him. But now I do! So good job on that.
A lot of my commentary on this is similar to what I said about Children of Earth. The focused season arc on one main story really worked. I think Torchwood is just the sort of show that works better in that style as opposed to a bunch of stand-alone episodes. And again, good use of secondary characters. I mean, the subplot around Gwen's parents was great... and Jack's old lover... it was all just good.
I also thought the main concept of it was brilliant. Usually in 'disaster/crisis' type shows, the situation is that something is going to kill everyone, and this was just the perfect reversal and you sort of have to wonder why it hasn't been done before (I'm sure it has, but it's not a common thing, and I haven't ever heard of it being done, so it basically hasn't...)
Also I was really appreciating their use of the implied romance between Jack and Gwen. This has been an element of the show since the beginning, but it has never amounted to anything. Not that it was huge here, but there were definitely times when it was clearly important. Especially when Gwen took Jack hostage, it actually felt as though that romance was a factor into their decisions and behaviours during that scene. I liked that they finally given at least a minor payoff that little undercurrent that they've bothered to keep up for all these years.
Overall: So pleased!
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