Torchwood episode guide :::spoilers:::::

Listed below are the episodes of season one of Torchwood with my rating of 1 thru 5, 1 being poor - 5 being excellent.


01 Rated: 5 awesome episode
"Everything Changes"
Russell T. Davies
22 October 2006
Police Constable Gwen Cooper comes across the mysterious organization known as Torchwood; investigating their world, she finds technology and methods she never could have imagined.


02 rated: 4 sloooow decline
"Day One"
Chris Chibnall
22 October 2006
Gwen joins the team; Cardiff's nightlife is at the mercy of a sexually driven alien; Torchwood must discover its host and deal with the ideas it represents.


03
"Ghost Machine" rated: 4 holding steady
Helen Raynor
29 October 2006
Owen investigates an unsolved crime using a device that can tap into the hidden energy left behind by strong emotions.

{at first i kinda hated Owen but kinda liked him better with this episode. One of many where Gwen cries lol}


04 rated: 1 omg the cyberwoman suckkkked, ianto doesnt look good when he cries

"Cyberwoman"
Chris Chibnall
5 November 2006
Ianto has a dark secret, tied to the basement of the Hub — a secret he will protect at any cost.

{This episode was by far the worst piece of sci fi i think i have ever seen. The cyber woman looked idiotic. Every time Ianto started crying and made that face , omg i wanted to slap him and say stoooooop it !!! lol this to me was a bad bad baaaaad episode. I really doubted the series at this point. The writing of Chris Chibnall will continue to haunt the series. Nothing personal but he doesn't write very well.}



05 rated: 4 slightly better
"Small Worlds"
Peter J. Hammond
12 November 2006
A withdrawn but intelligent child has her suppressed anger taken advantage of; Jack must encounter his past to defeat those responsible: fairies at the bottom of her garden.

{ It is disappointing that jack lets the fairies just take this little girl away without a fight or at least trying to find a way to save her.}


06 rated: 3 slightly sucky
"Countrycide"
Chris Chibnall
19 November 2006
The separated Torchwood team is at the mercy of hunters, playing a game of cat and mouse in an old village in the Brecon Beacons.

{it played like a rip off of the x files. This was the " lets save money on cgi for a much better episode" episode, and it shows. I keep keep forgetting this is in the UK where gun use seems to be quite less than in the USA. Gwen needs to learn to pop a few caps in some ass. Gwen supposedly affected by the job she now does jumps into bed with owen of all people. I mean OWEN? come on he is a louse that used a alien sex spray to get laid....ewwww creppy much?
In the Torchwood Declassified accompaniment, Russell T. Davies described his desire to "do The Hills Have Eyes". Russ leave the remakes alone do something original not a take on a take of a take.}


07 rated: 4 toshiko i like
"Greeks Bearing Gifts"
Toby Whithouse
26 November 2006
Faced with sudden telepathic abilities, Toshiko finds it a mixed blessing when the dark secrets of others are revealed to her.

{very good episode, but the sudden bisexuality of toshiko makes you go "huhhhh?" more on that at the end}


08 rated: 5 awesome eppy

"They Keep Killing Suzie"
Paul Tomalin & Dan McCulloch
3 December 2006
Gwen uses alien technology to investigate a serial killer; but both the killer and the device hold dangers.

{Suzie came back!!!! ooops she dead!!!! i liked this episode but there arnet many twists so far that cant be seen coming from miles away}


09 Rated: 5 aweeeesome episode i almost cried
"Random Shoes"
Jacquetta May
10 December 2006
A hit-and-run victim, obsessed with aliens in life, realises that there is only one person who can solve the mystery of his death: Gwen Cooper.

{people kept saying this was torchwoods "Love and monsters" nooooooo love and monsters sucked. how pathetic that some guy keeps his girlfriends face on a slab of concrete and carries it around everywhere??? This was a great episode and touched upon what the show should be more like}


10 Rated: 5 another awesome eppy
"Out of Time"
Cath Tregenna
17 December 2006
A plane from the 1950s lands in modern Cardiff, courtesy of the Rift; the passengers are reoriented by the Torchwood team, who become drawn closely to their lives.

{Jack holding a dying mans hands, owen losing his love, a girl heading to the big city; touching bittersweet and a great direction for the series.}


11 Rated: 3 started out good then flopped weevils are cool though
"Combat"
Noel Clarke
24 December 2006
Weevils are being abducted by humans. As Owen goes undercover to find out who is committing these crimes, he meets Mark Lynch. Battling his own demons, he finds himself being drawn into the subculture he is investigating.

{This was a fight club rip off, but had potential. How was owen "feeling alive" in the cage while being munched on by a weevil? I can see fighting one and say losing himself in the fight but the way it was shown it made no sense. This episode has elements in common with the novel and the movie Fight Club, particularly in the dissatisfaction Mark feels about modern, success-driven society and the creation of an underground group where comparatively affluent young men can work off aggression, the main difference being that in this episode the men pit themselves against Weevils more than each other. This episode was written by Mickey from Doctor who which kinda explains why it sucked. }


12 Rated 3 this was hard to rate
"Captain Jack Harkness"
Cath Tregenna
1 January 2007
Jack and Toshiko are transported back to the Blitz as Jack faces an unexpected secret from his past as they meet a handsome young American squad leader named… Captain Jack Harkness.

{Nice to see more of Jacks past, but the whole jack kiss then white light thing kinda was over the top. Again potential but feel short}


13 Rated 4 nice cliffhanger
"End of Days"
Chris Chibnall
1 January 2007
The Rift fractures violently, setting the stage for an epic battle with Torchwood in the middle as they see echoes of the past and visions of the future.

{Everyone betrays jack, almost destroy the world, and a sudden manufactured kinda threat of a big demon. It felt forced and like "OK we need an apocalypse!!" kinda thing}



The biggest gripe besides some hack writing is the bisexual thing. I am by no means a homophobe , but does everyone one the show have to be bi? There is no one for me to identify with. This is a important thing for me when watching a show. Being a hetero male i don't really have anyone here to see as me i guess.
Whether by intention or not the writers imply that everyone in the right situation is bi sexual. I have heard this from many of my bi and gay friends before. To say everyone has a gay fantasy or urging hidden away is a bit of a stretch. Not saying anything wrong with the life style just the message they are sending is interfering with my sci fi man lol.