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Supernatural soap opera 'Torchwood' returns to the BBC<br />
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Attention, fans of quick-witted, Brit-flavored science-fiction television: Capt. Jack is back.<br />
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"He's still the same Jack, but he's a little more lighthearted," says John Barrowman, who plays cheeky charmer Capt. Jack Harkness on "Torchwood," BBC America's flirty, fast-paced series.<br />
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"He's resolved a lot of his issues," Barrowman says of his time-traveling, alien-hunting hero who wears World War II-era togs and cannot die. "He's got a new sparkle in his eye."<br />
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Introduced in 2005 on the BBC series "Dr. Who," Jack is coy about his shadowy past as a Time Agent — akin to an intergalactic CIA operative — turned fast-talking con artist.<br />
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In the second season of "Torchwood," premiering Saturday at 9 p.m., Jack returns to the clandestine Torchwood agency in Cardiff, Wales, where he watches over an alien-spewing rift in space and time beneath the city streets.<br />
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Together with his hip, young Torchwood team, Jack battles his old pal, the time-traveling psychopath Capt. John Hart (James Marsters of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer").<br />
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As always, Torchwood operates outside the law and the British government. It stands tall against all manner of monsters, including a recurring cast of nasty, sewer-dwelling weevils.<br />
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But Jack and crew still find time for office romance and ill-fated, inter-species love affairs — of the same and opposite-sex sorts.<br />
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"Omnisexual is the science-fiction word we like to use," says Barrowman, who sounds very American, both on and off-camera. Born in Scotland, he grew up in Illinois.<br />
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"In the sci-fi setting, we can talk about things that you probably couldn't talk about on a regular nighttime drama," the 40-year-old Barrowman says.<br />
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"I think audiences just get Jack because he's honest," he says. "To finally see a character who doesn't care who he flirts with, I think, is a bit refreshing."<br />
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The ace Torchwood team also includes steely Dr. Owen Harper (Burn Gorman), techno-savvy Toshiko Sato (Naoko Mori), office administrator Ianto Jones (Gareth David-Lloyd) and compassionate former cop Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles), who is typically the conscience of the group.<br />
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All of Jack's cohorts are just as hormonal as he is.<br />
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"Yes, it is a science-fiction soap opera," says Myles, who is Welsh.<br />
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Caption: ABOVE THE LAW: John Barrowman (as Capt. Jack), left, and James Marsters.<br />
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