So by this point in the series I'm burnt out, not interested in the mystery, and disengaged with the tension in the story.  The cops looking for Gwen's dad should be heartwrenching and it does go through the right motions to convey that, but I think Miracle Day is just so dragged out that I just can't really bring myself to care anymore.  The Gathering leads us into the last episode adequately, but on its own it is just a mediocre experience with little worth revisiting.

And so, it has come to this. The penultimate episode in my weekly Torchwood viewing, and how appropriate that I should be watching it on the day Captain Jack was announced for the Doctor Who Christmas Special.

Such a great episode too. I loved all the stuff with Gwen and Rhys in Cardiff. It's an interesting idea to turn the police into a sinister force, as they search Gwen's house under the belief she is hiding someone in the basement. It's a very tense watch, especially considering we know as viewers that she has smuggled her Dad to keep him safe from being incinerated as a Category One. The fact that they find him is so tragic and proves how futile hiding him in the first place turned out to be. They were always going to find him, it was just a matter of time.

How creepy is Bill Pullman as Oswald Danes in this episode too? I shivered when he grabbed hold of Gwen and Rhys's baby! He's been great at playing this really slimy character in this series, the sort of person you love to hate. I did feel sorry for Gwen when she had to share a room with him in Shanghai.

Yes, that's right. Shanghai. Torchwood really has become quite a globe-trotting organisation in this series.

The Blessing seems strange. I'm intrigued to learn more about it in the last ep, and how it called Jack's blood to lead Jack to it.

So many tenuous and unlikely threads. Boring mystery, leading to boring mystery. Non-sequiturs that you're meant to follow as if this is a serious programme for adults. “I’ve been watching all this time. I know how to keep myself hidden. This is a mystery which spans hundreds of years and every corner of the planet.” It so desperately wants to be epic, complex and impressive. But it's just generic and dull. We’re a long way from Weevils now. The show has lost all of its identity.