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Jack confronts the 456 and essentially declares war on them knowing full well he doesn\'t have a way to fight back against them yet. Naturally Everyone Dies including Ianto, but not the one guy who had the savvy to get inside the biohazard suit. This is pretty consistent throughout the show. Dr. Vera Juarez uses this half-cocked \
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Jack confronts the 456 and essentially declares war on them knowing full well he doesn\\\'t have a way to fight back against them yet. Naturally Everyone Dies including Ianto, but not the one guy who had the savvy to get inside the biohazard suit. This is pretty consistent throughout the show. Dr. Vera Juarez uses this half-cocked \\\"I\\\'ll Destroy You\\\" tactic against Colin Maloney so he has her incinerated; Rex Matheson reveals he has Jack\\\'s blood in him, resulting in the immediate shooting of Esther Drummond; Rex chases down Charlotte Wills, and only the Superhero Transfusion saves him; even earlier, after Jack lets Dr. Aaron Copley what disarray he\\\'s about to put Dr. Copley\\\'s life\\\'s work, Copley returns with a gun, resulting in the (first) death of Owen Harper.
More Fridge Horror:
If the destruction of The Hub is a fixed-point disaster, then it becomes a hotbed for time-traveling con-men to make shady deals in the same fashion as Jack was doing when we first met him, and as a result, the entire archive of Torchwood eventually falls into the hands of the people Jack used to consort with. He may have been Evil All Along.
More Fridge Horror:
If the destruction of The Hub is a fixed-point disaster, then it becomes a hotbed for time-traveling con-men to make shady deals in the same fashion as Jack was doing when we first met him, and as a result, the entire archive of Torchwood eventually falls into the hands of the people Jack used to consort with. He may have been Evil All Along.
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Jack doesn\'t clue in to the fact that he\'s got a bomb inside him, having seen similar tech used earlier, then awaking from death next to the corpse of the doctor who he showed and with whom he discussed the relevance to terrorism and racial profiling, so he immediately goes back to Torchwood. Once he discovers the bomb is inside him, he tries to save Gwen and Ianto by leaving The Hub, where he shouldn\'t have gone in the first place. In the same amount of time they use to escape, he could have left himself, resulting in a much less devastating detonation, and possibly causing some Laser-Guided Karma for those who\'ve used him. Instead, the sum of the legacy of the Torchwood Institute representing 130 years of alien technology are destroyed, including the death of pretty much anyone left inside in a cell or cryostorage, including Susan, Myfanwy, and Grey, his own brother, with no thought of any risk from damaging the rift manipulator. I consider this to be the point where Torchwood jumps the shark, so much so that I believe the only reasonable continuation of the series is to have the crown intervene by reestablishing a Torchwood that uses Jack\'s vortex manipulator to save Torchwood from Jack\'s many mistakes without creating a paradox. Forget alien technology- if Torchwood can\'t protect itself from human schemes and human error with reasonable human technology, it doesn\'t deserve to exist. From this point forward, Torchwood is expected to protect humanity with hacks and a pair of contact lenses. Davies wrote the series into a corner right here.
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Jack doesn\\\'t clue in to the fact that he\\\'s got a bomb inside him, having seen similar tech used earlier, then awaking from death next to the corpse of the doctor who he showed and with whom he discussed the relevance to terrorism and racial profiling, so he immediately goes back to Torchwood. Once he discovers the bomb is inside him, he tries to save Gwen and Ianto by leaving The Hub, where he shouldn\\\'t have gone in the first place. In the same amount of time they use to escape, he could have left himself, resulting in a much less devastating detonation, and possibly causing some Laser-Guided Karma for those who\\\'ve used him. Instead, the sum of the legacy of the Torchwood Institute representing 130 years of alien technology are destroyed, including the death of pretty much anyone left inside in a cell or cryostorage, including Susan, Myfanwy, and Grey, his own brother, with no thought of any risk from damaging the rift manipulator. I consider this to be the point where Torchwood jumps the shark, so much so that I believe the only reasonable continuation of the series is to have the crown intervene by reestablishing a Torchwood that uses Jack\\\'s vortex manipulator to save Torchwood from Jack\\\'s many mistakes without creating a paradox. Forget alien technology- if Torchwood can\\\'t protect itself from human schemes and human error with reasonable human technology, it doesn\\\'t deserve to exist. From this point forward, Torchwood is expected to protect humanity with hacks and a pair of contact lenses. Davies wrote the series into a corner right here.
More Idiot Plot and Genre Blindness:
Jack confronts the 456 and essentially declares war on them knowing full well he doesn\\\'t have a way to fight back against them yet. Naturally Everyone Dies including Ianto, but not the one guy who had the savvy to get inside the biohazard suit. This is pretty consistent throughout the show. Dr. Vera Juarez uses this half-cocked \\\"I\\\'ll Destroy You\\\" tactic against Colin Maloney so he has her incinerated; Rex Matheson reveals he has Jack\\\'s blood in him, resulting in the immediate shooting of Esther Drummond; Rex chases down Charlotte Wills, and only the Superhero Transfusion saves him; even earlier, after Jack lets Dr. Aaron Copley what disarray he\\\'s about to put Dr. Copley\\\'s life\\\'s work, Copley returns with a gun, resulting in the (first) death of Owen Harper.
More Idiot Plot and Genre Blindness:
Jack confronts the 456 and essentially declares war on them knowing full well he doesn\\\'t have a way to fight back against them yet. Naturally Everyone Dies including Ianto, but not the one guy who had the savvy to get inside the biohazard suit. This is pretty consistent throughout the show. Dr. Vera Juarez uses this half-cocked \\\"I\\\'ll Destroy You\\\" tactic against Colin Maloney so he has her incinerated; Rex Matheson reveals he has Jack\\\'s blood in him, resulting in the immediate shooting of Esther Drummond; Rex chases down Charlotte Wills, and only the Superhero Transfusion saves him; even earlier, after Jack lets Dr. Aaron Copley what disarray he\\\'s about to put Dr. Copley\\\'s life\\\'s work, Copley returns with a gun, resulting in the (first) death of Owen Harper.
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Jack doesn\'t clue in to the fact that he\'s got a bomb inside him, having seen similar tech used earlier, then awaking from death next to the corpse of the doctor who he showed and with whom he discussed the relevance to terrorism and racial profiling, so he immediately goes back to Torchwood. Once he discovers the bomb is inside him, he tries to save Gwen and Ianto by leaving The Hub, where he shouldn\'t have gone in the first place. In the same amount of time they use to escape, he could have left himself, resulting in a much less devastating detonation, and possibly causing some [[Laser-Guided Karma]] for those who\'ve used him. Instead, the sum of the legacy of the Torchwood Institute representing 130 years of alien technology are destroyed, including the death of pretty much anyone left inside in a cell or cryostorage, including Susan, Myfanwy, and Grey, his own brother, with no thought of any risk from damaging the rift manipulator. I consider this to be the point where Torchwood jumps the shark, so much so that I believe the only reasonable continuation of the series is to have the crown intervene by reestablishing a Torchwood that uses Jack\'s vortex manipulator to save Torchwood from Jack\'s many mistakes without creating a paradox. Forget alien technology- if Torchwood can\'t protect itself from human schemes and human error with reasonable human technology, it doesn\'t deserve to exist. From this point forward, Torchwood is expected to protect humanity with hacks and a pair of contact lenses. Davies wrote the series into a corner right here.
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Jack doesn\\\'t clue in to the fact that he\\\'s got a bomb inside him, having seen similar tech used earlier, then awaking from death next to the corpse of the doctor who he showed and with whom he discussed the relevance to terrorism and racial profiling, so he immediately goes back to Torchwood. Once he discovers the bomb is inside him, he tries to save Gwen and Ianto by leaving The Hub, where he shouldn\\\'t have gone in the first place. In the same amount of time they use to escape, he could have left himself, resulting in a much less devastating detonation, and possibly causing some Laser-Guided Karma for those who\\\'ve used him. Instead, the sum of the legacy of the Torchwood Institute representing 130 years of alien technology are destroyed, including the death of pretty much anyone left inside in a cell or cryostorage, including Susan, Myfanwy, and Grey, his own brother, with no thought of any risk from damaging the rift manipulator. I consider this to be the point where Torchwood jumps the shark, so much so that I believe the only reasonable continuation of the series is to have the crown intervene by reestablishing a Torchwood that uses Jack\\\'s vortex manipulator to save Torchwood from Jack\\\'s many mistakes without creating a paradox. Forget alien technology- if Torchwood can\\\'t protect itself from human schemes and human error with reasonable human technology, it doesn\\\'t deserve to exist. From this point forward, Torchwood is expected to protect humanity with hacks and a pair of contact lenses. Davies wrote the series into a corner right here.
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