Yeah, and that sort of thing I have no problem with. I agreed with him one hundred percent about Jasmine and was really surprised when not a single member of Torchwood appeared to be familiar with the "needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" maxim. That's the sort of decision that needs to be made at a place like Torchwood all the time, and it has to be run by someone who can make it.

What I'm talking about is the other stuff. Like in "Day One," when he deliberately chooses to let Carys go rather than have the Doctor's hand destroyed. That choice is the direct cause of another dozen deaths, but the show never acknowledges that. All the responsibility is heaped on poor Gwen, whose only crime was having shitty aim. She made a mistake, Jack made a conscious decision, and she gets stuck with the consequences. Stuff like that happens all the time on Torchwood - Jack has caused so many deaths with his selfish behavior - and he never gets called on it. And we're not supposed to notice, and the result is this insane dichotomy that just adds to the overall crackiness that is Torchwood.

Don't get me started on the stuff with Owen. I kept waiting for a confrontation between them about Jack playing God and it never came. I'm still disappointed.