As a locked-room mystery set 30,000 feet in the air, the series does a decent job of keeping you guessing.
The best part of Torchwood has always been its decidedly different approach to sci-fi.
At some point the Season Four finale of Doctor Who, “Journey’s End,” will stand on its own.
Given its ratings success, there’s every indication that Torchwood will be returning for a third season.
Chris Chibnall puts that old chestnut, your life flashing before your eyes just before you die, to good use in “Fragments.”
This is the first episode of Torchwood that left me choked up, crying with Gwen at the end.
“From Out of the Rain” was so reminiscent of season one’s “Small Worlds” that it came as no surprise that it, too, was written by Peter Hammond.
“Something Borrowed” continues spinning at least two, sometimes three, intertwining story lines, all cleverly interweaved and equally interesting.
There’s a sense, at the end here, that Owen is all better now, but he’s not.
I’m torn, because I enjoy Burn Gorman and I like Owen as a character, but the dangers implicit in being undead have only started here, and they’re likely to get worse.
We open with a routine, but nonetheless very nicely produced, Weevil hunt.
Torchwood enters Bizarro World when an alien reprograms the team’s memories—and personalities—in “Adam.”
“Meat” is a relationship story, ignoring entirely the typical Torchwood theme of how interacting with the alien reveals our inhumanity.
I love how Torchwood can take a fracture in time that threatens to undo our reality and use that crisis to frame a story about love and sacrifice.
After the entertaining fluff of “Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang,” season two’s follow-up effort hits hard.
When Torchwood’s second season debut opens with a cliché-ridden car chase, you can’t help but wonder if the show runners are trying too hard.
“End of Days” brings Torchwood’s premiere run to a mostly satisfying conclusion.
This episode features the largest chunk of exposition from Jack since the pilot.
The intersection of the alien and the human is front and center in “Combat,” as disaffected young men seek meaning, Fight Club-style.
With the sixth episode of its debut season, Torchwood’s identity crisis continues.