Ah, thanks, must just not have found it, then.
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When in doubt, go check TV Club Backlog. It looks like Tian has been keeping these up to date.
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Yeah, was just doing quick searches to find them, and it apparently just had difficulty finding the episode name when I searched…
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There are also links to all Club threads on the story pages on the Guide, so it’s easy to find them when you go in and mark something as completed 
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I love this episode because of the time travel stuff and how they are trying to adjust to their new lives in modern years except…yeah 
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What a fascinating episode, I think the individual plot threads work well, although some are better than others. I’m finding myself tired of Gwen’s domestic problems, it’s starting to feel forced for the sake of drama, and I just want it to end (hopefully next episode). This show has started to make me sympathise with Owen, and I don’t know how to feel about that, he’s starting to feel like a completely different person than in episode 1, yay character development? As for Jack and John, easily the best of the bunch, a very raw story about a man who lost his wife and has to watch his son struggle in a care home, I get it, and I like how Jack relates to him as someone who is also displaced from his own time and lost everything. However, I will be suing the writer of this episode for the whiplash I experienced going from this incredibly emotional scene of this man at the end of his rope, trying to take his own life, to then have to watch Owen getting it on. Watching Jack and John lay it all out, to then having to listen to Owen say the most horrifying thing I’ve ever heard in anything Doctor Who adjacent. Very good episode, but they really should be more tonally aware of scenes with each other.
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I like this one. It’s perhaps a little too gentle, with not much actual story and no actual threat, so I can’t say I loved it. But, it’s just a lovely little fish out of water tale, with 3 characters thrown out of time. I found all 3 of these characters easy to root for, and there was some genuine joy and pathos to this episode.
That all being said I hate how much this show is in love with Owen Harper. There’s a strange disconnect between what the show seems to think of this character and what most of it’s audience seem to think of the character. At least in how I and many on this site seem to think of the character. Why does almost every woman on the show have to find Owen so irresistible, when I’ve mostly just seen him be repellent? It genuinely frazzles my brain that the character I see on screen is so far removed from the character the show keeps telling me he is.
But that’s basically a nitpick in what I mostly found to be a lovely little story.
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This story is just really beautiful and emotionally gripping. I love how each of the three relationships here are naturally built and the conflict is very well written.
I think Owen is a standout here and he and Diane’s relationship is so well written. John is also a really tragic character and his interactions with his son and with Jack near the end almost brought me to tears. I also like how we’re starting to get more conflict within Gwen about her separating life and Torchwood. Thankfully her affair with Owen is coming to an end and thats something I’m very happy about.
Overall, just a really great episode!
9/10
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So this may be a hot take but in the several times I’ve rewatched Torchwood, this episode is usually a skip.
Not because I don’t like it. I actually rate it very highly, I gave it 4/5. But I feel like once you’ve seen it, it has very little more to offer.
It’s a nice story but not one I needed to see again. Especially the Owen sex scenes 
This rewatch I’m doing them all, so I saw it again tonight. And I’m glad I did, it was nice to be reminded of some of the little things like “ooh bananas!” and how this is where cracks start to really show with Gwen and Rhys.
It’s still 4/5 but it may be many years before I watch it again!
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It’s definitely a good episode. It’s just when all the characters are paired off with other characters who are never to be seen ever again and when the character arcs are better explored elsewhere, it does feel more… filler side-plot episode imo. Not bad, but definitely skippable.
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I totally get what you mean. It’s a pretty good episode, and this is really where Owen began to shine as a character, but it doesn’t scream REWATCH ME like other top-tier episodes. That might partially be due to it being a slower, more character-driven episode than anything.
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I did like this one. We had three characters who were displaced from their time with no way back, and Torchwood is trying to help them adjust. But each had their own connections they lost, and in some cases there are stressors at home too. The stories are all bitter and in some cases tragic. And we see not only how it affects the three misplaced people but also the three members of Torchwood who primarily try to help them adjust. It’s pretty sad episode and the effects of what happens hit the members of Torchwood pretty hard.
Also like a few people mentioned, Ianto teaching them how to shop is hilarious.
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9/10
One of my favourite Torchwood episodes that I think acts as a very good example of what the show can be to new viewers. My review below.
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