Component parts are coming together in the latest episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day, an episode that sees the return of Wayne Knight and the introduction of Star Trek veteran John De Lancie. Wayne Knight is quite muted, as he was earlier in the series. But De Lancie? He’s having much more fun, and, were he given a bit more time, would have been one of the highlights of the episode. End Of The Road, picks up directly after Immortal Sins, with Jack and Gwen led away by the mysterious woman, to find out more about Angelo. And this is one of the areas where the episode does provide more information, which then inevitably has further ramifications for other characters. Which in turn causes more trouble, and so on, and so on. There’s a very real sense that the accelerator is being pushed down here, and it’s a bit of a breakneck speed episode at times. We get, for instance, the return of Oswald Danes and Jilly Kitzinger, and some work is done there, although there’s not really much space to explore it. Likewise, Esther has a bit more on her plate, there’s a return for Wayne Knight’s Friedkin, and Gwen’s family get in on the act, too. The highlights of End Of The Road, though, aren’t the action moments, the numerous people who can’t be trusted who we’ve been seeing through the series, or the broader bits of exposition (and we’re genuinely telling you little about the plot revelations to expect). Instead, it’s John Barrowman again. He’s got a range of emotions to convey, as Captain Jack’s head gets messed with again, and he comes across as every inch the star attraction. It’s a terrific leading performance. End Of The Road also keeps some of the old Torchwood feel in place from last week’s episode, both in terms of style and substance. And, to the delight of many observers we suspect, even the late Ianto Jones gets a mention. Torchwood: Miracle Day airs on BBC1, Thursdays at 9:00pm. Read more about Torchwood: Miracle Day here. Follow Den Of Geek on Twitter right here. And be our Facebook chum here.
