I have watched all the episodes of Torchwood and am a Dr. Who regular. From what I gather, calling Capt. Jack gay or even bi doesn't quite fit him. It has been implied in the series that he loves both male and female and those of an alien persuassion. Not sure what "term" you would use to describe him. He has been to other worlds and other times and may not even be human himself.
Hopefully we will find out more about him as the series progresses and the other members.
I am especially interested to see how the relationship between Gwen and her fiancee goes now that he is in on the secret.

Have you even watched the show fully? You've gotten a lot of the details wrong (or have slightly misquoted what you've seen). And the show is on Saturday night, not Sunday night.

another American blogger trying to act superior and put down Torchwood.

Oh, and I notice that the right to reply is curbed by a censor on the comments before they are posted. so questioning the bias against the programme is not allowed.

Correction: Torchwood airs Saturday nights on BBC America.

Correction: Jack Harkness isn't bisexual, but omnisexual. In an early TW episode, he refers to human sexual characterizations as "quaint."

While the program may not always appear to be a serial drama (in reference to your complaint that characters seem to embark upon one quest then forget it by next week's episode), that's not entirely true. In my perspective, it appears that character personalities/psychology has been released in small quantities over time w/ large bursts here & there. I rather find that engaging. The way I see it, it keeps the viewer wanting to reurn if indeed he/she finds said character intriguing.

I must say, the show does run the risk of running flat if the current crop of writers fail or leave. But so far, TW has my faith.

An early episode featured Captain Jack's office love interest betraying everybody at the agency just to help revive a secret robot girlfriend, yet by the next week all seemed to have been forgotten.

No, it wasn't forgotten. Perhaps you expected a piece of dialogue or a conversation about it. This show is about the overt and the subtle. Nothing is ever forgotten and it all carries forward. Ianto feels heartbroken and guilty for his betrayal and for a few episodes after "Cyberwoman," you see that in the way he avoids eye contact with Jack.

In my opinion, your overly high expectations of a show with an "omni" sexual lead and bisexual/straight support characters are keeping you from viewing the content of the episodes and character interaction.

I just finished watching the first season and was very impressed. The "secret robot girlfriend" was not forgotten, and in fact I was very pleased how all the characters' "indiscretions" throughout the season got out in the open in the last ep of the season. I also felt the actors got a real handle on their characters and roles in the team by the end of the season. I'm looking forward to Season 2!

1. Whoops - thanks for correcting me about the night of the broadcast. I always watch it on demand on Sundays.

2. As far as the whole "he's not gay or bi, he's an omnisexual alien," okay, fine, you're taking this really seriously, and that's neat. But I did say "appears to be," and until I see him make out with a amorphous blob of gelatinous goo that has no obvious gender, I'm sticking with "bi."

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This show is bound to become a big hit in the U.S. In any case, it will be VERY interesting to see how bible-belt America handles Capt. Harkness omni-sexuality. I can just see mass protests led by televangelists. Arguably, the first omni-sexual ship captain was Capt Kirk. He had sex with aliens...that makes him omnisexual...right?

i saw the hole season and i know jack is strait. i mean in docter hwo he loved rose!!!!!!!

I watch the show in Paris (sorry for my english) and I love it. Your comment is "déplacé", inapropriate, I knew taht you were form USA since I read the first line. Why do you think that the authors thinks in Buffy? I saw Buffy sometimes and I didn't like it, pretending to be profound, but they didn't arrive, just boring for me. (Why do you think that you are the center of the world? Dr. Who is a very very old british show. Torchwood is born of there. Acttually Torchwood is an anaram form Doctor Who (try it). And it’s more near of Dr who that of Buffy. I adore Torchwood, with an excellent and "english" humor, not being a comedy, just here and there, with rythm and intrestings histories, and most of all, this sexual approach, free, without no prejudices. I'm agree with the caracter: we humans have a very schematic vision of the sex, even if I am heterosexual, I can be agree. Omnisexual, that's an excelent definition. But I can see that it's too much advanced for a lot of aericans minds (not all thank god).Here in Europe that doesen’t surprise no one. I wait the nex season avec plaisir.