Torchwood: Having Mercy On My Circles

[ed_rex]

 

That's right folks, it's summer and, this year, that means another series of Torchwood. Ten episodes over ten weeks this year, as compared to five over five days in 2009.

And yes, I'm watching it, hoping that Russell T Davies can return to form and wash the disappointing memories of this year's Doctor Who from my mind.

The first two series of the show ranged from campy delight to nearly pornographic awfulness (sometimes in the same episode) and the third came within a last-minute intellectual cop-out of being a masterpiece of sociological science fiction, so it's anybody's guess how Davies' fourth kick at the Torchwood can will turn out.

One episode in, the results are still up in the air.

My review of the episode is posted here and my overview of the series to date is over here.

Comments

It's not a question of faith

[ed_rex]

No worries on the delay; I understand all too well that life happens.

As I said: Everything was accurate. It wasn't Oswald's fault that he survived the death penalty. And in the US system, you can't be tried twice for the same crime, let alone sentenced twice for the same crime. He survived his sentence, you might not like it, might not buy it, but that's how the system works. He wasn't sentenced to 'life in prison' he was sentenced to the Death Penalty. He served his time, as it were.

Well, yes, but I would argue that since he didn't die, he didn't serve his time/sentence and I'm sure there would be a lot lawyers who would be happy to put that argument into legalese. I don't know enough about U.S. (or any other) jurisprudence to predict the ultimate outcome of such a case, but I do know enough to be convinced the man wouldn't be walking the streets 24 hours later.

So it's the timing, I'm objecting to, not the basic concept.