This has kept me up all night, and I know a show shouldn't keep me up, but it was driving me crazy. I kept reading reactions about episode 5, and the difference on how Jack's actions were received is amazing between the people with no children and the people with children.

I think what put me off Torchwood, more than Ianto's death, was Jack willingly sacrificing his grandchild.

Many people on my flist have said that it was the only solution, and poor Jack will suffer, and blah blah, blah, however this is a view that I've seen only from people who don't have any children.

My reaction is that Jack is effectively a monster. I despise him after what he did. The one job you have as a parent is to protect your child above all. If you can pick anyone, even the entire world, over your child or grandchild, then you are a despicable being. Frobisher made the right choice. He saved his children the only way he knew how. I can respect that a lot more than what Jack did. Sure, they could have taken Stephen anyway, but he should have objected, should have fought them. He should have protected him even if it meant sacrificing 10% of the world's children. To do anything else is just wrong.

Now, if you're a parent and you want to argue differently, I'm all ears, but the fact that you have a brother/sister/cousin/nephew/niece/dog/cat isn't the same thing.