Joan O'Connell Hedman

Torchwood Recap: Season 2, Episode 13, “Exit Wounds”

Given its ratings success, there’s every indication that Torchwood will be returning for a third season.

April 20, 2008

Torchwood Recap: Season 2, Episode 12, “Fragments”

Chris Chibnall puts that old chestnut, your life flashing before your eyes just before you die, to good use in…

April 15, 2008

Torchwood Recap: Season 2, Episode 11, “Adrift”

This is the first episode of Torchwood that left me choked up, crying with Gwen at the end.

April 8, 2008

Torchwood Recap: Season 2, Episode 10, “From Out of the Rain”

“From Out of the Rain” was so reminiscent of season one’s “Small Worlds” that it came as no surprise that…

April 1, 2008

Torchwood Recap: Season 2, Episode 9, “Something Borrowed”

“Something Borrowed” continues spinning at least two, sometimes three, intertwining story lines, all cleverly interweaved and equally interesting.

March 26, 2008

Torchwood Recap: Season 2, Episode 8, “A Day in the Death”

There’s a sense, at the end here, that Owen is all better now, but he’s not.

March 17, 2008

Torchwood Recap: Season 2, Episode 7, “Dead Man Walking”

I’m torn, because I enjoy Burn Gorman and I like Owen as a character, but the dangers implicit in being…

March 9, 2008

Torchwood Recap: Season 2, Episode 6, “Reset”

We open with a routine, but nonetheless very nicely produced, Weevil hunt.

March 4, 2008

Torchwood Recap: Season 2, Episode 5, “Adam”

Torchwood enters Bizarro World when an alien reprograms the team’s memories—and personalities—in “Adam.”

February 26, 2008

Torchwood Recap: Season 2, Episode 4, “Meat”

“Meat” is a relationship story, ignoring entirely the typical Torchwood theme of how interacting with the alien reveals our inhumanity.

February 18, 2008

Torchwood Recap: Season 2, Episode 3, “To the Last Man”

I love how Torchwood can take a fracture in time that threatens to undo our reality and use that crisis…

February 10, 2008

Torchwood Recap: Season 2, Episode 2, “Sleeper”

After the entertaining fluff of “Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang,” season two’s follow-up effort hits hard.

February 3, 2008

Torchwood Recap: Season 2, Episode 1, “Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang”

When Torchwood’s second season debut opens with a cliché-ridden car chase, you can’t help but wonder if the show runners…

January 29, 2008

Torchwood Recap: Season 1, Episode 13, “End of Days”

“End of Days” brings Torchwood’s premiere run to a mostly satisfying conclusion.

December 4, 2007

Torchwood Recap: Season 1, Episode 12, “Captain Jack Harkness”

This episode features the largest chunk of exposition from Jack since the pilot.

November 26, 2007

Torchwood Recap: Season 1, Episode 11, “Combat”

The intersection of the alien and the human is front and center in “Combat,” as disaffected young men seek meaning,…

November 19, 2007

Torchwood Recap: Season 1, Episode 10, “Out of Time”

“Out of Time”, gorgeous throughout, ostensibly tells the story of three individuals lost in time thanks to a temporal anomaly…

November 13, 2007

Torchwood Recap: Season 1, Episode 9, “Random Shoes”

It plays as if an episode of Doctor Who wandered off and got lost, only to find itself somehow on…

November 6, 2007

Torchwood Recap: Season 1, Episode 8, “They Keep Killing Suzie”

This is an exploration of the human character, unfolding in unexpected ways in a unique context.

October 29, 2007

Torchwood Recap: Season 1, Episode 7, “Greeks Bearing Gifts”

This week’s cautionary tale falls short in spite of its interesting themes and compelling execution.

October 22, 2007