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-->'''Mrs. Harris:''' I'm his mother, and he's a robbin' little bastard who's not settin' a foot in this house until he pays me the fifty-quid he owes me!
-->'''Bartender:''' He's barred.
-->'''Boy:''' He said he'd get me an [=IPod=], and he never. ''And'' he smoked all my fags!
-->'''Girl:''' Wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire.
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'''Owen:''' I'm not gonna hurt you. '''''I'm gonna bloody kill you!!'''''

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'''Owen:''' I'm not gonna hurt you. '''''I'm '''I'm gonna bloody kill you!!'''''bloody''' '''''kill you.'''''
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* ActorAllusion: Owen's near-killing of Morgan is deliberately staged to recall the death of Blake, the title character whom Gareth Thomas played in ''Series/BlakesSeven''. Also, immediately after leaving ''Blake's 7'', Thomas starred in ''Morgan's Boy'', a non-SF series in which he played a character named Morgan who killed himself at the end.

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* ActorAllusion: Owen's near-killing of Morgan is deliberately staged to recall the death of Blake, the title character whom Gareth Thomas Creator/GarethThomas played in ''Series/BlakesSeven''. Also, immediately after leaving ''Blake's 7'', Thomas starred in ''Morgan's Boy'', a non-SF series in which he played a character named Morgan who killed himself at the end.
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* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: After getting away with murder for decades, Ed Morgan is found out by Torchwood Three and chooses to commit SuicideByCop.

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->'''Bernie''': ''(to Owen after wearing down from being chased)'' Don't hurt me, [[YouWouldntHitAGuyWithGlasses I've got asthma!]]
->'''Owen''': [[BaitAndSwitchComment I'm]] [[FalseReassurance not gonna hurt you.]] '''''[[IllKillYou I'm gonna bloody kill you!!]]'''''

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->'''Bernie''': ''(to ->'''Bernie:''' ''[to Owen after wearing down from being chased)'' chased]'' Don't hurt me, [[YouWouldntHitAGuyWithGlasses I've got asthma!]]
->'''Owen''': [[BaitAndSwitchComment I'm]] [[FalseReassurance
asthma!\\
'''Owen:''' I'm
not gonna hurt you.]] '''''[[IllKillYou I'm you. '''''I'm gonna bloody kill you!!]]'''''you!!'''''



The team puts together that Sean used the vision of Ed Morgan to blackmail him and theorisse that Sean's future death will be at the hands of Ed, paranoid and depressed. Both men are tracked down to Sean's flat. Gwen manages to disarm Ed, averting the future Sean saw, and to talk down Owen when he, still traumatised by witnessing the rape, vengefully threatens to kill Ed. But Ed, in a fit of depression, deliberately walks onto the blade Gwen's holding, fulfilling her vision. Poor Gwen is drenched in his blood, and just... [[ThousandYardStare stares]]. The device is placed in the secure archives in the Hub, where no one else can be traumatised by it anymore.

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The team puts together that Sean used the vision of Ed Morgan to blackmail him and theorisse theorize that Sean's future death will be at the hands of Ed, paranoid and depressed. Both men are tracked down to Sean's flat. Gwen manages to disarm Ed, averting the future Sean saw, and to talk down Owen when he, still traumatised by witnessing the rape, vengefully threatens to kill Ed. But Ed, in a fit of depression, deliberately walks onto the blade Gwen's holding, fulfilling her vision. Poor Gwen is drenched in his blood, and just... [[ThousandYardStare stares]]. The device is placed in the secure archives in the Hub, where no one else can be traumatised by it anymore.

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* [[DreamingOfTimesGoneBy Dreaming Of Times Gone By]]: The first part of the transducer shows a glimpse of the past.

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* [[DreamingOfTimesGoneBy Dreaming Of Times Gone By]]: DreamingOfTimesGoneBy: The first part of the transducer shows a glimpse of the past.



* DualWielding: Gwen, during her TrainingMontage, holds two guns.



* GunsAkimbo: Gwen, during her TrainingMontage, holds two guns.



* SuicideByCop: Ed Morgan ultimately commits suicide by Torchwood, deliberately running into the knife Gwen had confiscated from him earlier

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* SuicideByCop: Ed Morgan ultimately commits suicide by Torchwood, deliberately running into the knife Gwen had confiscated from him earlier earlier.
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* FalseReassurance: "I'm not gonna hurt you. I'm gonna bloody well kill you."

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* FalseReassurance: "I'm not gonna hurt you. I'm gonna bloody well kill you."
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* KarmicRape: After drugging and being implied to rape a man and woman with an alien LovePotion in an earlier episode, Owen gets Lizzie's experience of being raped and murdered accidentally implanted in his memory.

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* KarmicRape: After drugging and being implied to rape date-raping a man and woman with an alien LovePotion in an earlier episode, episode (though this was not played as seriously as it should have been due to DoubleStandardRapeScifi), Owen gets Lizzie's experience of being violently raped and murdered accidentally implanted in his memory.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: A last-minute rewrite had to be undertaken on the story's opening chase sequence. Originally, this would have featured Jack, Owen and Gwen pursuing Bernie Harris through the streets of Cardiff. However, Creator/JohnBarrowman twisted his ankle while filming on the Hub set just a few days before, preventing him from running. The scene was therefore rewritten to have Jack show up partway through in the Torchwood vehicle.

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* InherentlyFunnyWords: Splott, a district of Cardiff Torchwood ends up visiting. It's noted that [[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY estate agents prefer "Sploh"]].

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* InherentlyFunnyWords: Splott, a district of Cardiff Torchwood ends up visiting. It's noted that [[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY [[PretentiousPronunciation estate agents prefer "Sploh"]].
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SuicideByCop: Ed Morgan ultimately commits suicide by Torchwood, deliberately running into the knife Gwen had confiscated from him earlier

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* SuicideByCop: Ed Morgan ultimately commits suicide by Torchwood, deliberately running into the knife Gwen had confiscated from him earlier
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