GALLERY
CAST
Regular Cast
John Barrowman (Captain Jack), Eve Myles (Gwen Cooper), Burn Gorman (Owen), Naoko Mori (Toshiko), Gareth David-Lloyd (Ianto)
Guest Cast
Kai Owen (Rhys Williams), Colin Baxter (Policeman), Patti Clare (Ruth), Garry Lake (Vic), Gerard Carey (Greg), Matt Ryan (Dale)
CREW
| Written by | Catherine Tregennaj |
| Directed by | Colin Teague |
| Produced by | Richard Stokes |
SYPNOSIS
Rhys is out driving when he is telephoned by his secretary Ruth, who informs him that one of their transportation firm’s lorry drivers has crashed. At the crash Rhys discovers that Leighton, one of his employees and friends, has died whilst transporting meat to an abattoir. As he contemplates moving the lorry, a police officer tells him that there is something suspicious in the back and that Torchwood want to investigate. Torchwood confiscate the meat that the lorry was transporting, due to suspicions that it originates from an alien, which they later confirm. Rhys spots his fiancée Gwen amongst them. Gwen recognises the lorry as one from Rhys’ firm. Rhys and Torchwood both suspect each other’s involvement with the alien meat.
Rhys follows Gwen and her boss Jack to the Merthyr abattoir. While there he is captured by a group of men and subsequently taken inside the warehouse. Jack and Gwen see this and mistake his actions for collaboration. When questioned by his captors Rhys offers to assume Leighton’s job in trafficking the alien meat. The men subsequently show Rhys that they have captured a live sea creature which is the source of the meat and which continues to grow despite them cutting chunks of its flesh away while it is still alive. Back at their flat, Rhys and Gwen argue over his presence at the warehouse and her presence at the lorry crash. Gwen is forced to confess her secret she has been keeping from Rhys that she catches aliens for a living, and her “special ops” role was a cover story.[N 1] To prove it she takes Rhys to the Hub. After recounting his findings and discussing the situation, Rhys agrees to help Torchwood investigate the warehouse.
As Rhys is expected by the alien’s captors, Torchwood hide in his van as he drives them to the abattoir where Torchwood sneak in. They locate the creature and plan to sedate it so they can send it back through the Cardiff Rift. Torchwood stun the men and feed them amnesia pills, as no court of law would believe what had happened. The creature becomes distressed and Owen can see no other option but to euthanise it. Back at the Hub, Jack orders Gwen to give Rhys a pill too. After realising that Rhys is willing to support her life with Torchwood and that she enjoys being honest with him, Gwen refuses.