History Recap / TorchwoodS2E12Fragments

* ArmiesAreEvil: Military Organisation UNIT is protrayed in a much less flattering light than usual, withdrawing Tosh's rights and throwing her in prison indefinitely without right of appeal or contact with the outside, all because she leaked important information in a bid to save her mother from terrorists.

* StalkerWithoutACrush: Ianto's flashback has him stalk Jack for the purpose of getting a job at Torchwood Three.
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Almost all of the episode is dedicated to learning through {{Flashback}} how the members of Torchwood came to join the organisation.

* SoleSurvivor: Jack served with Torchwood 3 for decades before becoming its only member on New Year's Eve 1999 (which places the events of this flashback parallel to the [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie infamous 1996 TV movie]], meaning that Jack was suffering while the Eighth Doctor was living it up with Grace and battling the Master). The cell leader crosses the DespairEventHorizon after gaining knowledge of the future, murdering the other members before killing himself.

When Owen was still a nice, normal, functioning member of society, his fiancee developed early-onset Alzheimer's. The Alzheimer's turned out to be brain cancer. The brain cancer turned out to be a nest of alien tentacle monster eggs. Jack was the one to show him the corpse, let Owen punch him in the face a few times, and offered him a job.

* SoleSurvivor: Jack served with Torchwood 3 for decades before becoming its only member on New Year's Eve 1999 (which places the events of this flashback parallel to the [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie infamous 1996 TV movie]], meaning that Jack was suffering while the Eighth Doctor was living it up with Grace and battling The Master). The cell leader crosses the DespairEventHorizon after gaining knowledge of the future, murdering the other members before killing himself.

* SoleSurvivor: Jack served with Torchwood 3 for decades before becoming its only member on New Year's Eve 1999. The cell leader crosses the DespairEventHorizon after gaining knowledge of the future, murdering the other members before killing himself.

The bomb was planted by [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E1KissKissBangBang Captain John Hart]], but everyone survives. John has found [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E5Adam Gray, Jack's brother]]. Oh, and he stole their car.

After Jack [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS1E13ThePartingOfTheWays was left behind by the Doctor]], he travelled to the 19th century and got stuck there. When he found out that he was immortal several decades later, his first few weeks of eternal life were spent alternately drinking and dying a lot while yelling about the Doctor. Torchwood Cardiff (consisting, true to form, of two beautiful women in a lesbian relationship) noticed him, dragged him off the streets and into the Hub, and killed him a few times over again for science. They convinced him to become a freelance agent. The Cardiff [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E7DeadManWalking tarot-card girl]] told him that he'd have to wait over a century for the Doctor to show up, and Torchwood reminded him that the organisation ''exists'' [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS2E2ToothAndClaw to stop the Doctor]] in the first place, so Jack decided to stay on and reform Torchwood with his knowledge and expertise.

When [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS2E13Doomsday Torchwood London was destroyed]] and [[Recap/TorchwoodS1E4Cyberwoman Lisa was nearly converted to a Cyberman]], Ianto began stalking Jack and trying to get a job with Torchwood Cardiff. Jack refused. One Weevil hunt, one very good cup of coffee and one captured pterodactyl later, Jack and Ianto had developed some serious {{UST}}, and Ianto had a job.

After Jack [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS1E13ThePartingOfTheWays was left behind by the Doctor]], he travelled to the 19th century and got stuck there. His first few weeks were spent alternately drinking and dying a lot while yelling about the Doctor. Torchwood Cardiff (consisting, true to form, of two beautiful women in a lesbian relationship) noticed him, dragged him off the streets and into the Hub, and killed him a few times over again for science. They convinced him to become a freelance agent. The Cardiff [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E7DeadManWalking tarot-card girl]] told him that he'd have to wait over a century for the Doctor to show up, and Torchwood reminded him that the organisation ''exists'' [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS2E2ToothAndClaw to stop the Doctor]] in the first place, so Jack decided to stay on and reform Torchwood with his knowledge and expertise.

After Jack [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS1E13ThePartingOfTheWays was left behind by the Doctor]], he travelled to the 19th century and got stuck there. His first few weeks were spent alternately drinking and dying a lot while yelling about the Doctor. Torchwood Cardiff (consisting, true to form, of two beautiful women in a lesbian relationship) noticed him, dragged him off the streets and into the Hub, and killed him a few times over again. They convinced him to become a freelance agent. The Cardiff [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E7DeadManWalking tarot-card girl]] told him that he'd have to wait over a century for the Doctor to show up, and Torchwood reminded him that the organisation ''exists'' [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS2E2ToothAndClaw to stop the Doctor]] in the first place, so Jack decided to stay on and reform Torchwood with his knowledge and expertise.

After Jack [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS1E13ThePartingOfTheWays was left behind by the Doctor]], he travelled to the 19th century and got stuck there. His first few weeks were spent alternately drinking and dying a lot. Torchwood Cardiff (consisting, true to form, of two beautiful women in a lesbian relationship) noticed him, dragged him off the streets and into the Hub, and killed him a few times over again. They convinced him to become a freelance agent. The Cardiff [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E7DeadManWalking tarot-card girl]] told him that he'd have to wait over a century for the Doctor to show up, and Torchwood reminded him that the organisation ''exists'' [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS2E2ToothAndClaw to stop the Doctor]] in the first place, so Jack decided to stay on and reform Torchwood with his knowledge and expertise.

The bomb was planet by [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E1KissKissBangBang Captain John Hart]], but everyone survives. John has found [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E5Adam Gray, Jack's brother]]. Oh, and he stole their car.

When Owen was still a nice, normal, functioning member of society, his fiancee developed early-onset Alzheimer's. The Alzheimer's turned into brain cancer. The brain cancer turned into a nest of alien tentacle monster eggs. Jack was the one to show him the corpse, let Owen punch him in the face a few times, and offered him a job.

When Tosh' mother was kidnapped by terrorists, she was forced to become a corporate spy inside the Ministry of Defense. She stole alien weapon blueprints and made a sonic gun for the terrorists. UNIT captured her, convicted her of military espionage and stripped her of all her human rights. After months in bare-bones solitary confinement, Jack realizes that Tosh was a genius: she was able to make the weapon even though the blueprint was ''wrong''. He pulled some strings with UNIT and got Tosh to join Torchwood, but she could never see her mother again.

When Tosh' mother was kidnapped by terrorists, she was forced to become a corporate spy in the Ministry of Defense. She stole alien weapon blueprints and made a sonic gun for the terrorists. UNIT captured her, convincted her of military espionage and stripped her of all her human rights. After months in bare-bones solitary confinement, Jack realizes that Tosh was a genius: she was able to make the weapon even though the blueprint was ''wrong''. He pulled some strings with UNIT and got Tosh to join Torchwood, but she could never see her mother again.

The bomb was planet by [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E1KissKissBangBang Captain John Hart]], but everyone survives