Captain Jack Lets Jasmine Go | Small Worlds | Torchwood

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[Sean_Last]

"Sometimes the only choices you have are bad ones. But you still have to choose" 😔

That line sums up this episode.

[idle]

I feel so sorry for Jack.
He had no other alternative but to let the child go, even if all morals had to be put aside to do that.
It’s obvious this decision hurt him.

[vexxama]

I think the scary part of this is how the girl isn’t put off by their threats of mass murder at all. She wants to join them and doesn’t care about the others they’ll punish if she’s stopped

[FilmandTVFan]

Ok, Children of Earth was dark, but this episode was so depressing that rewatching it was honesty a challenge. The simple theme here is tragedy, yet in some twisted way, it's sweet too cause Jasmine's happy now. Torchwood is genius at making you feel multiple emotions, while telling a truly heartbreaking story at the same time. There's no show like this one, seriously!

[mustarddoctor]

The child was happy in the end, she wasn't harmed or fearful, she willingly left, and I can't blame her. She had an abusive stepfather, and neglectful mother, and anyone around her was mean. If you ask me, she got a better deal. Sometimes what you think is the wrong thing turns out to be the best thing.

[hogan]

Bruh touchwood was the best spin off show...so many times the team was tested to make the hardest decisions. It still kills me when his grandson was scarified or when Esther died and just the idea of the crematoriums in miracle day.

I really hope they do another season. I literally rewatched this show on prime about 3x now. It’s still so damn good.

[hiccuphufflepuff]

The thumbnail suggests "Torchwood strangles a child while bird-watching."

[MAnuscript]

Unlike Doctor Who, Torchwood perfectly shows that not everything has a happy end to it.

[cm]

My main takeaway with this episode was this. “What happens when we have a Doctor level threat, but he isn’t here.”

[samalvey]

What makes this episode so frightening is that these fairies are the REAL ones of legend. Tinkerbell and her lot are what we did to make them appealing to our more childlike sides, made them happy and carefree and giggly, but the Fae of legends are vengeful, immortal and powerful creatures who are quick to anger and deadly in retribution. They are above our concepts of morality, beyond our abilites to detect and outside our comprehension of nature. They steal away human children to continue their race, as they are immortal but unable to breed, and keep to their forests whilst we hide in our cities. But as the city encroaches on the forest, we run the risk of provoking their

[starcrossedjedis]

This hurt a lot less when I didn't have kids...

[lorzon]

The Doctor could've saved the girl AND stopped the Fae. But he's an immortal demigod with untold powers over time, probability and such.

[radium]

The women acting as the mom is amazing, she made me feel the most, just wow

[acolyte]

This was such a dark sad ending, it made perfect sense though Jack knew he couldn't beat them and all he could do is plead they look after her.
I hope the Doctor meets them, he might not even be able to beat them but he is certainly more equipped to having a Tardis ect

[XThaV]

John has always been so good at portraying Captain Jack’s emotions. there’s never a moment where i’m not convinced he is Jack and that he’s truly feeling what i’m meant to believe he feels.

[chucksrus]

Torchwood: Children of the Earth made me bawl my eyes out. That ending shook me to my core, and although I understand why this episode was tragic, nothing...and I mean NOTHING can ever compare to Jack sacrificing his own grandson (while his daughter watched in horror), in order to save thousands of children. The scream she let out, broke me. So I'm sorry, while this was a good episode and I understand the tragic aspect of it, it cannot possibly compare to what Jack did to his own flesh-and-blood. That hurt my soul, and it's not even real.

[pjosepha]

Peter capaldi 12 dr was right "sometimes u always have bad choices but u still have to choice." Poor jack h

[ptolyclarke]

It’s amazing that a show related to Doctor Who shows that there is not always a perfect solution and this is probably the best example in Torchwood with Adrift coming in as a close second, both bring a tear to the eye

[KaddelEdits]

thats the difference to doctor who... but i "love" these dark moments

[LeftyPencil]

1:41 "She lives forever" said to an immortal, forced to revive and outlive friend and family again and again..