It's on Starz, right? In that case, I'll wait for it to come to Netflix streaming. I don't watch Torchwood, but I'm a big Who fan.

I feel like you need to watch (at the very least) Children of Earth before this. There are a lot of spots that make more sense having seen Season 3, even if they're not important to the plot. I will give Davies a lot of credit, though: he did a pretty good job of combining elements of American TV into the series without taking too much away from what makes TW what it is.

Although Jack was certainly not flamboyant enough for me in this episode.

I liked the original Torchwood well enough, but it still had that early NewWho stench about it, but Children of Earth was awesome, and I nearly freaking started drooling on the floor with how much I loved the Miracle Day premiere. But I do agree, Jack was nowhere near flamboyant enough.

I'm actually really quite surprised at how well Miracle Day would work for those who know nothing about Torchwood, if anything it would actually make it a little more like the mystery they're trying to set up through the first episode with the whole; "Who is Torchwood?" thing they've got going.