Miracle Day

He hung around for 150 years waiting for him. He joined an organization that tortured and used and abused and hated him just so he could have the biggest chance of finding him. He took over that organization and changed it in the name of the Doctor. He died many, many times in the name of the Doctor. He looked to the Doctor’s legacy and values in order to change his own life and his own ways. He just sort of took when the Doctor disregarded him and scolded him because he loved him so much he believed he was right. He tried to adopt every aspect of the Doctor that he could, up to and including his propensity to run away when things got shitty. He was captured and tortured for the Doctor. He went to the Doctor without question every time he was needed, even though he knew it would hurt the people he loved on Earth and that he’d probably die multiple times. Jack is in love with the Doctor to a fault. And unlike Martha, he never had the power to back away and make the decision to move on before he could get too hurt to heal.

Take a look at this Jack Barrowman

Mobiles, landlines, tin cans with bits of string. Everything. Absolutely everything. No phones. Phones all broken. Hello? Anyone there? No, cos the phones aren’t working.

When Jack asks Ianto out on a date and he says yes ^

Like you care. I clear up your shit, no questions asked, and that’s the way you like it. (Cyberwoman)

Get To Know Me Alphabet - J is for Jack Harkness

I went to war when I was a boy. I was with my best friend. We got caught crossing the border over enemy lines. They tortured him, not me, because he was weaker. They made me watch him die! And they let me go. (Captain Jack Harkness)