"Death by Torchwood."
Episode 8: They Keep Killing Suzie.
Companions: Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper, Toshiko Sato, Owen Harper and Ianto Jones.
Air Date: 3rd December 2006.
Torchwood is linked to a series of brutal murders around the city. As Jack and the team investigate, it becomes clear somebody wants their attention. What is Pilgrim — and how is it connected to a figure from Torchwood's past? The resurrection days are far from over. They have no choice but to bring back Suzie.
It has taken over half the season but we finally start to get towards the main plot behind the season with this story. Events set in motion before Gwen joined the team lead to a series of savage killings all pointed at Torchwood. Eventually the team are forced to resurrect Suzie Costello but something goes wrong and she doesn't die like all the others restored by the gauntlet. She has found a way to leach the life force from Gwen so that she can't die.
They Keep Killing Suzie is a really well done dark story that fits Torchwood much better than the sexual, supposedly mature themes of the early season. This and the following episode suddenly make you realise that the whole season has used death as it's undertone and now it hits you. In contrary to what has been said before and after in the Doctor Who universe it is strongly hinted at that there is something after death though it seems to be a black nothingness. Suzie says that something is moving in the dark. Is this the villain from the end of the season? I don't think it is ever really explained.
This is a really good story and one of the better Torchwood pieces in my opinion.
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