I strongly recommend you to read crepe_suzettes's hilarious reviews of Torchwood, here (http://crepe-suzettes.livejournal.com/1441.html):

...Torchwood Three aren't in the least "the best of the best of the best." They've been chosen for their particular task not because they've gone through a selection process tougher than anyone of flesh and blood could be expected to survive, but on the immortally British principle of "Are you free Tuesday?"...

and here (http://crepe-suzettes.livejournal.com/1069.html)

...After four episodes of Torchwood where I feared at times that I was trying to love it rather because I would love it, rather than on the strength of its own merits, yesterday's episode (Small Worlds) finally hit perfect pitch...