The Middle Men

This episode, ironically (given the title), feels more like a sort of middle ground. It doesn't really further the plot so much, apart from in the shock ending (which makes me really intrigued to find out what they want in Jack).

There are, however, some really epic moments. I loved Gwen's retort to the doctor that if you're turning a blind eye to the corruption going on, you can't call yourself a 'doctor' anymore, and her other badass moment when she just totally blows up the incinerators at the Wales concentration camp. The Ester fight scene with Vera's killer was also very, very cool, and extremely well choreographed.

And how cool is it to see Ernie Hudson in the Doctor Who universe? How the hell did they manage to get a Ghostbuster to appear? He must have cost a fortune!

Like the lesser Miracle Day episodes, this one is just okay at best. It moves the characters around, shuffles them to the next major plot point, and that's about it. Like I've said before, Miracle Day desperately needed a severe edit. Cutting out the bloat and trimming things down to a tight five episodes could have made Miracle Day as strong as Children of Earth.

Instead it meanders a lot. Worse, The Middle Men in my opinion kind of fails to follow up on the best and most tantalizing aspects of Miracle Day. Namely the brutality and inhumanity the government resorts to as they struggle with an immortal human race. It's a really neat idea but here that effect gets blunted when we are trying so hard to disclose the camps to the outside world. I do like how even after they succeed nothing really changes - that's interesting. On the other hand, though, it feels like nothing really comes out of these death camps. It's got some good shock value but the ideas aren't really explored much further than what we are initially presented with.

No one knows what’s going on! Not even Ernie Hudson! It’s almost like it’s not leading anywhere and nothing has been plotted out properly. Torchwood as 24, unravelling who is pulling the strings whilst getting away with every kind of investigation. Some good drama in this one. Gwen Cooper is in especially fine form but all the regular cast have some nice moments in this one.