Torchwood Series 2 Episode Guide

Exit Wounds

2008-09-21T06:44:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: Exit Wounds

Duration: 48 minutes and 19 seconds

Written by: Chris Chibnall

Directed by: Ashley Way

Transmission Date: 4th April 2008

Ratings: 3.13 million

Synopsis: Captain John Hart returns to have his revenge on Torchwood in the concluding episode of Doctor Who writer Russell Davies' award-winning drama. Taking Captain Jack prisoner, he sends him back in time for a long overdue reunion. Without their leader, Torchwood are faced with a city flooded with Weevils, on the brink of destruction. But who is Captain John really working for? Can anyone trust him? And how great a price must Torchwood pay to save the city?

Cast List: Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
Gwen Williams - Eve Myles
Toshiko Sato - Naoko Mori
Ianto Jones - Gareth David-Lloyd
Owen Harper - Burn Gorman
Captain John Hart - James Marsters
Gray - Lachlan Nieboer
Dr Angela Connolly - Golda Rosheuvel
Nira Docherty - Syreeta Kumar
Charles Gaskell - Cornelius Macarthy
Alice Guppy - Amy Manson

Fragments

2008-09-21T06:35:00.001-07:00

Episode Title: Fragments

Duration: 48 minutes and 58 seconds

Written by: Chris Chibnall

Directed by: Jonathan Fox Bassett

Transmission Date: 28th March 2008

Ratings: 2.98 million

Synopsis: A booby-trapped building explodes and knocks the team unconscious. As each team member's life flashes before their eyes, viewers learn how each of them was recruited to Torchwood: Captain Jack was initiated into a shocked Victorian Torchwood in 1899; Toshiko went on a daring mission to trade alien technology for her mother's life; Ianto wooed Jack with coffee and a flair for alien-catching; and Owen had a medical revelation that changed how he saw the world.

Cast List: Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
Gwen Williams - Eve Myles
Toshiko Sato - Naoko Mori
Ianto Jones - Gareth David-Lloyd
Owen Harper - Burn Gorman
Rhys Williams - Kai Owen
Captain John Hart - James Marsters
Weevil - Paul Kasey
Blowfish — Paul Kasey
Toshiko's Mother — Noriko Aida
Alice Guppy — Amy Manson
Emily Holroyd — Heather Craney
Little Girl - Skye Bennett
Alex Hopkins — Julian Lewis Jones
Bob — Simon Shackleton
Security Guard — Gareth Jones
Milton — Clare Clifford
Katie Russell — Andrea Lowe
Doctor — Richard Lloyd-King
Nurse — Catherine Morris
Psychiatrist — Selva Rasalingham

Adrift

2008-09-21T06:30:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: Adrift

Duration: 48 minutes and 32 seconds

Written by: Chris Chibnall

Directed by: Mark Everest

Transmission Date: 19th March 2008

Ratings: 2.52 million

Synopsis: When a local teenager disappears, Gwen is drawn into an investigation that reveals a darker side of Torchwood, as Doctor Who writer Russell T Davies' award-winning drama continues. Hundreds of people have disappeared without trace, but Jack is obstructing attempts to find them. The answer seems to lie in the rift - literally - and as Gwen follows the trail, she makes a shocking discovery.

Cast List: Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
Gwen Williams - Eve Myles
Toshiko Sato - Naoko Mori
Ianto Jones - Gareth David-Lloyd
Owen Harper - Burn Gorman
Rhys Williams — Kai Owen
PC Andy Davidson — Tom Price
Nikki Bevan — Ruth Jones
Jonah Bevan — Robert Pugh
Young Jonah — Oliver Ferriman
Helen — Lorna Gayle

From Out of the Rain

2008-09-21T06:22:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: From Out of the Rain

Duration: 45 minutes and 27 seconds

Written by: Peter J. Hammond

Directed by: Jonathan Fox Bassett

Transmission Date: 12th March 2008

Ratings: 2.9 million

Synopsis: When an old cinema re-opens, past horrors emerge to stalk the streets of Cardiff, as Doctor Who writer Russell T Davies' award-winning drama continues. As bodies are found, in a state between life and death, Torchwood must act fast. Who are the Night Travellers? And how can Torchwood capture these mysterious killers?

Cast List: Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
Gwen Williams - Eve Myles
Toshiko Sato - Naoko Mori
Ianto Jones - Gareth David-Lloyd
Owen Harper - Burn Gorman
Ghostmaker - Julian Bleach
Pearl - Camilla Power
Jonathan Penn - Craig Gallivan
David Penn - Stephen Marzella
Faith Penn - Hazel Wyn Williams
Nettie Williams - Lowri Sian Jones
Christina - Eileen Essell
Restaurant Owner - Anwen Carlisle
Senior Nurse - Yasmin Wilde
A&E Nurse - Caroline Sheen
Young Dad - Alastair Sill
Young Mum - Catherine Olding

Something Borrowed

2008-09-21T06:17:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: Something Borrowed

Duration: 46 minutes and 14 seconds

Written by: Phil Ford

Directed by: Ashley Way

Transmission Date: 5th March 2008

Ratings: 2.76 million

Synopsis: The night before her wedding, Gwen is juggling work with her hen night, but an encounter with an alien shapeshifter leaves her carrying more than she bargained for, as Doctor Who writer Russell T Davies' award-winning drama continues. As everyone gathers for the ceremony, Jack must destroy her big day, unless one of the three mothers present finds a means to stop him.

Cast List: Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
Gwen Cooper - Eve Myles
Owen Harper - Burn Gorman
Toshiko Sato - Naoko Mori
Ianto Jones - Gareth David-Lloyd
Rhys Williams - Kai Owen
Brenda Williams — Nerys Hughes
Mary Cooper — Sharon Morgan
Geraint Cooper — William Thomas
Barry Williams — Robin Griffith
Carrie — Collette Brown
Megan — Danielle Henry
Trina — Ceri Ann Gregory
Banana Boat — Jonathan Lewis Owen
Mervyn — Morgan Hopkins
Registrar — Valerie Murray
Shop Assistant — Pethrow Gooden

A Day in the Death

2008-09-21T03:45:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: A Day in the Death

Duration: 47 minutes and 13 seconds

Written by: Joseph Lidster

Directed by: Andy Goddard

Transmission Date: 27th February 2008

Ratings: 3.08 million

Synopsis: A victim of his new-found circumstances, Owen Harper believes he needs absolution, as Doctor Who writer Russell T Davies' award-winning drama continues. Will the lonely girl on the rooftop help him, or will it be a mission to retrieve an alien device that is proving more lethal by the second? And how far will Toshiko go to help him?

Cast List: Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
Gwen Cooper - Eve Myles
Owen Harper - Burn Gorman
Toshiko Sato - Naoko Mori
Ianto Jones - Gareth David-Lloyd
Martha Jones - Freema Agyeman
Henry Parker - Richard Briers
Maggie Hopley - Christine Bottomley
Farrington - Louis Decosta Jonson
Taylor - Brett Allen
Webb - Gil Koliran

Dead Man Walking

2008-09-21T03:40:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: Dead Man Walking

Duration: 48 minutes and 13 seconds

Written by: Matt Jones

Directed by: Andy Goddard

Transmission Date: 20th February 2008

Ratings: 3.31 million

Synopsis: The Torchwood team are in deep shock and must face their darkest hour, as Doctor Who writer Russell T Davies' award-winning drama continues. In an effort to put things right, however, Captain Jack Harkness unleashes a primal force that uses Torchwood as a conduit to wreck havoc across Earth - aided by the Weevils and their newly-appointed King.

Cast List: Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
Martha Jones - Freema Agyeman
Gwen Cooper - Eve Myles
Owen Harper - Burn Gorman
Toshiko Sato - Naoko Mori
Ianto Jones - Gareth David-Lloyd
Young Girl - Skye Bennett
Weevil - Paul Kasey
Nurse - Joanna Griffiths
Jamie Burton - Ben Walker
Hen Night Girl - Lauren Phillips
Doctor - Golda Reshhuevel
Hospital Patient - Janie Booth
Policeman - Rhys Ap Williams

Reset

2008-09-21T03:34:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: Reset

Duration: 46 minutes and 20 seconds

Written by: JC Wilsher

Directed by: Ashley Way

Transmission Date: 13th February 2008

Ratings: 3.22 million

Synopsis: Captain Jack calls in Martha Jones to investigate mysterious deaths, as Doctor Who writer Russell T Davies' award-winning drama continues. When the trail leads to a sinister medical-testing centre, Martha must go undercover. But has Torchwood underestimated how far the testing centre will go to find medical breakthroughs? And how safe are the members of Torchwood?

Cast List: Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
Martha Jones - Freema Agyeman
Gwen Cooper - Eve Myles
Owen Harper - Burn Gorman
Toshiko Sato - Naoko Mori
Ianto Jones - Gareth David-Lloyd
Aaron Copley - Alan Dale
Plummer - Jacqueline Boatswain
Marie Thomas - Jan Anderson
Billy Davies - Rhrodi Miles
Mike - Micheal Sewell
Policeman - John Samual Worsley

Adam

2008-09-21T03:28:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: Adam

Duration: 50 minutes and 32 seconds

Written by: Catherine Tregenna

Directed by: Andy Goddard

Transmission Date: 13th February 2008

Ratings: 3.97 million

Synopsis: An alien with the power to change memories infiltrates Torchwood, in this week's instalment of Doctor Who writer Russell T Davies' award-winning drama. It's up to the team to save themselves before it's too late. With Captain Jack caught up in memories of his lost family, and Gwen struggling to remember Rhys, it takes Jack's love of Ianto to reveal the truth. But there's always a price to pay.

Cast List: Captain Jack Harkness — John Barrowman
Gwen Cooper — Eve Myles
Owen Harper — Burn Gorman
Toshiko Sato — Naoko Mori
Ianto Jones — Gareth David-Lloyd
Rhys Williams - Kai Owen
Adam Smith — Bryan Dick
Jack's Father — Demetri Goritsas
Jack's Mother — Lauren Ward
Young Jack — Jack Montgomery
Gray — Ethan Brooke
Young Adam — Rhys Myers
Weevil - Paul Kasey
Murdered Woman - Jo Malaren

Meat

2008-09-21T03:23:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: Meat

Duration: 50 minutes and 11 seconds

Written by: Catherine Tregenna

Directed by: Colin Teague

Transmission Date: 6th February 2008

Ratings: 3.28 million

Synopsis: Gwen's fiance, Rhys, discovers the truth about Torchwood and becomes part of the team as they investigate a mysterious alien-meat supply, in this week's instalment of the award-winning drama created by Doctor Who writer Russell T Davies. With Rhys in increasing danger, Gwen is under pressure as never before. Will Rhys go too far? Will Captain Jack ask too much of him? And can Torchwood save the alien from being used as cheap meat?

Cast List: Captain Jack Harkness — John Barrowman
Gwen Cooper — Eve Myles
Owen Harper — Burn Gorman
Toshiko Sato — Naoko Mori
Ianto Jones — Gareth David-Lloyd
Rhys Williams - Kai Owen
Policeman - Colin Baxter
Ruth - Patti Clare
Vic - Garry lake
Greg - Gereld Carey
Dale - Matt Ryan

To The Last Man

2008-09-21T03:18:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: To The Last Man

Duration: 50 minutes and 28 seconds

Written by: Helen Raynor

Directed by: Andy Goddard

Transmission Date: 30th January 2008

Ratings: 3.51 million

Synopsis: Toshiko falls for a handsome soldier trapped out of his time who unwittingly holds key to saving the world. With an old hospital haunted by ghosts from 1918, a crisis foreseen by Torchwood 90 years ago is about to reach its climax. Time zones are colliding and with life and death decisions to be made, will Torchwood be able to stop an explosive end for Cardiff?

Cast List: Captain Jack Harkness — John Barrowman
Gwen Cooper — Eve Myles
Owen Harper — Burn Gorman
Toshiko Sato — Naoko Mori
Ianto Jones — Gareth David-Lloyd
Tommy Brockless — Anthony Lewis
Gerald Carter — Roderic Culver
Harriet Derbyshire — Siobahn Hewlett
Nurse — Lizzie Rogan
Foreman — Ricky Fearon

Sleeper

2008-09-21T03:12:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: Sleeper

Duration: 48 minutes and 6 seconds

Written by: James Moran

Directed by: Colin Teague

Transmission Date: 23rd January 2008

Ratings: 3.78 million

Synopsis: When a burglary turns into a slaughter, Torchwood suspects alien involvement. Who is Beth, and can she be as innocent as she seems? But when the investigation escalates into a city-wide assault, Jack realizes that the whole planet is in danger.

Cast List: Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
Gwen Cooper - Eve Myles
Owen Harper - Burn Gorman
Toshiko Sato - Naoko Mori
Ianto Jones - Gareth David-Lloyd
Beth Halloran - Nikki Amuka-Bird
Mike Lyndon - Dyfed Potter
David — Doug Rollins
David's wife — Claire Cage
Mr A Grainger — Sean Carlson
Mrs C Grainger — Victoria Pugh
Burglar 1 — Luke Rutherford
Burglar 2 — Alex Harries
Police officer — Dominic Coleman
Boy — William Hughes
Girl — Millie Philippart
Driver — Matthew Arwel Pegram
Paramedic — Derek Lea

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

2008-09-21T02:58:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

Duration: 47 minutes and 23 seconds

Written by: Chris Chibnall

Directed by: Ashley Way

Transmission Date: 16th January 2008

Ratings: 4.22 million

Synopsis: Captain Jack returns, as the Torchwood team reunite to fight a rogue Time Agent. The mysterious Captain John Hart is determined to wreak havoc, and needs to find something hidden on Earth. But with Gwen's life in danger, and cluster bombs scattered across the city, whose side is Jack on?

Cast List: Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
Gwen Cooper - Eve Myles
Owen Harper - Burn Gorman
Toshiko Sato - Naoko Mori
Ianto Jones - Gareth David-Lloyd
Captain John Hart - James Marsters
Rhys Williams - Kai Owen
PC Andy Davidson - Tom Price
Old Woman - Meena Trussler
Blowfish - Paul Kasey
Mugger - Crispin Layfield
Victim -Nathan Ryan
Hologram Woman - Inika Leigh Wright
Teenage Girl - Sarah White