Torchwood: Among Us
Torchwood: Among Us
Starting with seemingly disconnected stories, Torchwood: Among Us gradually builds together an incredible narrative taking on seemingly every ill of modern society. What a treat.
The Review
Here’s the scores for the stories
Moderation: 10/10
How I Conquered the World: 10/10
Doomscroll: 10/10
Misty Eyes: 9.75/10
Cuckoo: 9.75/10
The Apocalypse Starts at 6PM: 9.75/10
Aliens Next Door: 9.5/10
Pariahs: 9/10
Propaganda: 8.75/10
At Her Majesty’s Pleasure: 8.25/10
Colin Alone: 8/10
Heistland: 8/10
Among Us faced a daunting task, recorded over a once in a century pandemic and dealing with the blacklisting of Torchwood‘s central figure. With James Goss and the Big Finish team at the helm, I needn’t have worried. The lack of Jack and general departure from Cardiff makes for a very different season tonally than the previous two, so it feels like another soft reboot. Still, every character gets their time from Ng in Misty Eyes, Orr in Propaganda, Colchester in Pariahs, Yvonne in At Her Majesty’s Pleasure, and Tyler in Moderation. Each boxset also had an experimental story from Colin’s life falling apart in Colin Alone, Billis smothering Torchwood’s next team in the crib in Cuckoo, and the fantastic story of an algorithm’s descent into madness in How I Conquered the World. Goss described this season as being about the dangers of being too online, and from social media fueled conspiracies to fears about just where does all that DNA of ours go, the prescience of this season is truly incredible. Long live Torchwood!
9.23/10 Finishing only .02 off of Doctor Who Series 9 for the finest season of Who-content ever seems correct. It’s incredible to say but Children of Earth may have been bested.
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