So we're now into the 3rd Episode of Miracle Day (4th if you're in the United States), and here are my quick thoughts on the two latest Episodes of the show:
To be honest I thought the Second Episode was a bit poor, and wasn't up to the standard of the first one at all. This is largely based on the fact that its basically a filler Episode, to pad out this ten part Season. Yes there were a few funny moments here and there with Rex and Jack that made you chuckle a bit but what was the point of it all? The entire Episode was just a wast of space in my opinion. They could have just got the entire Team together at the start (this is the 2nd Ep now, time to get the ball rolling!) and skip the whole scenario on the plane altogether and NOTHING would have changed Story wise. Jack getting poisoned was boring, we all knew he was going to live and there was no tension whatsoever. The antidote was completely rediculous, and Gwens screeching did NOT help. I was also starting to get a bit sick of the Doctor's and CIA analyst's referencing these huge events happening in the Miracle Day World, but not really showing it aside from a mere reference, I mean show us the impact of the Miracle already! Don't cut back to the plane, show us the real meaty bits, the bits we want to see! Esther's character was boring, why is she the main focus of this Episode? Why is she now a member of the Torchwood Team? Rex has at least a cool sense of humour about him, his conversations with Jack at the start were quite chuckle worthy. And I totally call over-acting on Bill Pullman's character Oswald Danes, the bit when he was on the news crying (practically dying in his tears) felt soooo forced and I didn't believe that people would forgive him at all. Dude, he's an effin' pheodophile for Christ's Sake? Who's gonna believe him? He's clearly not sorry about what he's done! Gilly Kitzinger's debut as a character was pretty cartoony as well, she was seemingly going at 200 mph and her 'Rise up tall and stride across the skin of the World' speech to Oswald was a bit too cheesy for my liking. I'm annoyed that this Episode was so lacklustre, it was the full definition of filler. It wasn't awful, just really unnecessary. Torchwood was once a fantastic peice of T.V, lets not see it fall down a well! Hopefully the 3rd Episode of Miracle Day will pick up and start to develop this Miracle once and for all....
Episode 3 'Dead Of Night' was quite a bit better. The Storyline is still digging its feet into the ground though, and it only really took off at the end. With the exception of Episode 1 nothing major is being put into place, three Weeks in and they're only just developing the building blocks for the rest of the Season. The whole thing about PhiCorp wasn't all that interesting (it's a drug company that knew about the Miracle beforehand? That's a bit lame isn't it? I was expecting something a bit more meaty than that! Yes I know there's way more to it than that, but why not just show it to us off the bat?) but the conversations between the different Characters are what really made this Episode. Apart from Esther, that is, what the hell has she done so far? Nearly get the Team caught and just...well nothing else. Please give her something to do, PLEASE! Rex was again quite fun in this Episode, he's probably my favourite out of all the 'newbies' that have joined the show. The conversation between Jack and Gwen was touching, and at the end when Jack was facing Oswald made my skin crawl. The murderer/pheodophile is now redeemed from the last Episode, and I think he's won me back now. Bill Pullman's acting was EVIL at some times, and the way he kinda makes you sympathise with him a bit made my stomach crawl with wierd unease. Gilly was as a character much more contained as well, I suppose the writer for the last Episode was a bit dodgy. As for those S-E-X scenes, they seemed a bit forced but necessary I suppose. It's adult Sci-Fi, someones got to do it and Captain Jack fits that bill. Kids divert your eyes...NOW. And Rex with that Doctor: WTF? I never saw that one coming! So while not alot really happened, at least the Team is finally together now and the ball is, slowly but surely, rolling towards what could be an intriguing piece of drama. Nearly everything has been improved over the last Episode then!
So in my opinion, Episode 1 was really good, a great start to a promising Series, Episode 2 was poor, dropping the ball completely and Episode 3 was okay but was just bordering on good. The Series hasn't found it's proper feet yet, but it's slowly getting there. There is undoubtably alot of potential in this Miracle Day idea, but these last two Eps kinda go out of their way to hide it. Episode 4 looks like it could finally get somewhere at least, lets hope so....plus they're in L.A, that should count for something.
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