History Recap / TorchwoodS2E13ExitWounds

* ArtisticLicenseNuclearPhysics: Hoo boy, this episode is BAD about it, to the point where suspension of disbelief is violated pretty hard. Owen somehow "vents" radioactive coolant from the reactor (which would NOT fix a meltdown, it would just make it worse), somehow sending it through the control room (which would not even be in the same building, this is impossible), which is then magically sealed off with doors that close. [[FlatWhat What.]] They're trying to imply that the room Owen is in is in the reactor containment building, but that would also be impossible. At least they got the first part of the episode right (the meltdown being caused by a power loss at the plant caused by strategically placed bombs). It's obvious Creator/ChrisChibnall knows nothing about nuclear reactors beyond what they read in the tabloids.

* ArtisticLicenseNuclearPhysics: Hoo boy, this episode is BAD about it, to the point where suspension of disbelief is violated pretty hard. Owen somehow "vents" radioactive coolant from the reactor (which would NOT fix a meltdown, it would just make it worse), somehow sending it through the control room (which would not even be in the same building, this is impossible), which is then magically sealed off with doors that close. [[FlatWhat What.]] They're trying to imply that the room Owen is in is in the reactor containment building, but that would also be impossible. At least they got the first part of the episode right (the meltdown being caused by a power loss at the plant caused by strategically placed bombs). It's obvious whoever wrote the episode knows nothing about nuclear reactors beyond what they read in the tabloids.

->'''Gray''': [[WhamLine Sorry's not good enough]].

->'''Gray''': (to John) [[BuriedAlive Get a shovel]].

Eventually, John takes Jack all the way back to 26 A.D., where Gray is waiting for them. It turns out that John has a bomb grafted into his skin, planted there by Gray. His over-the-top "[[PsychoExGirlfriend Psycho Ex Boyfriend]]" act was supposed to be a hint to Jack, because Gray was listening in all along.

* AndIMustScream: Jack endures the pinnacle of this. Gray buries him alive and leaves him to [[BlessedWithSuck die and resurrect in an endless loop suffocating with his mouth full of dirt.]] For almost ''2,000'' years. After all those times we saw Jack die maybe once or twice, this one instance alone could very well chart up into '''''millions''''' of deaths. [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E11Adrift Right after we learned Jack's exact death count]], [[TrollingCreator it becomes certifiably impossible to tell how many times Jack has bit it]]. Then, Jack gets put into cryofreeze for another hundred or so years just to wake up and confront his brother.

* DiesWideShut: Again, Toshiko.

->''"[[{{Tearjerker}} I love you. All of you. And... I hope I did good]]."''

->''"[[{{Tearjerker}} I love you. All of you. And... I hope I did good]]."''

* FatalWoundReveal: The scene that immediately follows a gunshot out of nowhere, showing Tosh has been gut-shot. She later bleeds to death from her wound.

* InstantCooldown: The first part of what is happening at the nuclear power plant is pretty realistic. Bombs are detonated around the city, causing a widespread loss of power. The nuclear power plant was specifically targetted. With the cooling systems down due to the power loss (same thing that happened at Fukushima), the reactor goes into meltdown. In real life the meltdown would happen over several days, here it takes about an hour. Owen is sent in, with Tosh giving him instructions. He fiddles with some controls in the control room that somehow "vents the radioactive coolant through the control room", and then instantly the reactor is fine again. [[FlatWhat What.]] In addition to the InstantCooldown problem this presents, releasing coolant from the reactor would make the problem WORSE, not fix it. Also, the control room would not even be in the same building as the reactor. The reactor would be in a completely self contained containment building.

* InstantCooldown: The first part of what is happening at the nuclear power plant is pretty realistic. Bombs are detonated around the city, causing a widespread loss of power. The nuclear power plant was specifically targetted. With the cooling systems down due to the power loss (same thing that happened at Fukushima), the reactor goes into meltdown. Owen is sent in, with Tosh giving him instructions. He fiddles with some controls in the control room that somehow "vents the radioactive coolant through the control room", and then instantly the reactor is fine again. [[FlatWhat What.]] In addition to the InstantCooldown problem this presents, releasing coolant from the reactor would make the problem WORSE, not fix it. Also, the control room would not even be in the same building as the reactor. The reactor would be in a completely self contained containment building.

* ArtisticLicenseNuclearPhysics: Hoo boy, this episode is BAD about it, to the point where suspension of disbelief is violated pretty hard. Owen somehow "vents" radioactive coolant from the reactor (which would NOT fix a meltdown, it would just make it worse), somehow sending it through the control room (which would not even be in the same building, this is physically impossible), which is magically sealed off with doors that close. [[FlatWhat What.]] They're trying to imply that the room Owen is in is in the reactor containment building, but that would also be impossible. At least they got the first part of the episode right (the meltdown being caused by a power loss at the plant caused by strategically placed bombs). It's obvious whoever wrote the episode knows nothing about nuclear reactors beyond what they read in the tabloids.

* InstantCooldown: The first part of what is happening at the nuclear power plant is pretty realistic. Bombs are detonated around the city, causing a widespread loss of power. The nuclear power plant was specifically targetted. With the cooling systems down due to the power loss (same thing that happened at Fukushima), the reactor goes into meltdown. Owen is sent in, with Tosh giving him instructions. He fiddles with some controls in the control room that somehow "vents the radioactive coolant through the control room", and then instantly the reactor is fine again. [[FlatWhat What.]]

[[caption-width-right:349:[[CainAndAbel A brotherly reunion of biblical proportion]].]]

** A [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS2E10LoveAndMonsters Hoix]] escapes through the Rift.
** Jack forgives his worst enemy [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E13LastOfTheTimeLords like the Doctor did with the Master]].

* AndIMustScream: Jack endures the pinnacle of this. Gray buries him alive and leaves him to [[BlessedWithSuck die and resurrect in an endless loop suffocating with his mouth full of dirt.]] For almist ''2,000'' years. After all those times we saw Jack die maybe once or twice, this one instance alone could very well chart up into '''''millions''''' of deaths. [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E11Adrift Right after we learned Jack's exact death count]], [[TrollingCreator it becomes certifiably impossible to tell how many times Jack has bit it]]. Then, Jack gets put into cryofreeze for another hundred or so years just to wake up and confront his brother.

* ContinuityNod: The Weevils freak out and bow when Owen passes by. He's the "[[Recap/TorchwoodS1E11Combat King of the Weevils]]", [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E6Reset remember?]]

* ContinuityNod: The Weevils freak out and bow when Owen passes by. He's the "[[Recap/TorchwoodS1E11Combat King of the Weevils]]", remember?

->"I forgive you."

* AndIMustScream: Jack endures the pinnacle of this. Gray buries him alive and leaves him to [[BlessedWithSuck die and resurrect in an endless loop suffocating with his mouth full of dirt.]] For ''2,000'' years. After all those times we saw Jack die maybe once or twice, this one instance alone could very well chart up into '''''millions''''' of deaths. [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E11Adrift Right after we learned Jack's exact death count]], [[TrollingCreator it becomes certifiably impossible to tell how many times Jack has bit it]].

Tosh remotely guides Owen through the power plant system, but he's locked in, and his body will be destroyed. He and Tosh say their final goodbyes, reminiscing about [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E4AliensOfLondon that time with the space pig]] and that date they never really had. Tosh doesn't tell Owen that she's dying as well. Jack rushes in to find a blood trail leading to the morgue, where Toshiko is slumped over and dying. Gwen, Ianto, and John soon arrive and see her slipping away. She smiles faintly at Jack before the last gasp of life leaves her body, and she goes slack in his arms. Jack and Gwen break down in tears, and Ianto struggles to hold back his own grief, leaning heavily against the medical examination table. John silently looks at their fallen teammate with regret.

Jack neutralizes Gray, forgives him, and locks Gray's comatose body in the morgue. John warns Jack that Gray's not gonna simply forgive him as soon as Jack wakes him up, but Jack has seen enough deaths for one day. John kisses Jack on the cheek and steps out of his life again. He is sorry for Jack's losses. Torchwood tearfully decommissions its fallen operatives, putting away their personal belongings into storage and enacting their final logouts. But Toshiko has left a video will programmed into her records in the event she perished and got decommissioned, which she expected in her line of work. Tosh's pre-recorded "if you see this, I'm dead" message plays, and she tells the group not to mourn her, and hoped she went out doing something good. Sadly, she also posthumously confesses her love to Owen, who is also gone now, and by then [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E7DeadManWalking already knew Tosh loved him]]. Tosh's message ends, and everybody cries. Jack braces up and says, "Now we carry on." Gwen, sobbing deeply, responds, "I don't think I can. Not after this." Jack gently tells her, "You can. We all can. The end is where we start from."

There's tapping and banging from Torchwood's morgue... and it's Jack. His burial site was found by Torchwood technology in the early 20th century, and he decided to let himself be frozen and locked up in the Hub (with a timer) so he wouldn't have to spend the next few decades avoiding himself.

Tosh remotely guides Owen through the power plant system, but he's locked in, and his body will be destroyed. He and Tosh say their final goodbyes, reminiscing about [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E4AliensOfLondon that time with the space pig]] and that date they never really had. Tosh doesn't tell Owen that she's dying as well.

Jack neutralizes Gray, forgives him, and locks Gray's comatose body in the morgue. John warns Jack that Gray's not gonna simply forgive him as soon as Jack wakes him up, but Jack has seen enough deaths for one day. John kisses Jack on the cheek and steps out of his life again. He is sorry for Jack's losses. Torchwood tearfully decommissions its fallen operatives, putting away their personal belongings into storage. But Toshiko has left a surprise programmed into her records if they are deleted in the event she perished, which she expected in her line of work. Tosh's pre-recorded "if you see this, I'm dead" message plays, and she tells the group not to mourn her, and hoped she went out doing something good. Sadly, she also posthumously confesses her love to Owen, who is also gone now. Tosh's message ends, and everybody cries. Jack braces up and says, "Now we carry on." Gwen, sobbing deeply, responds, "I don't think I can. Not after this." Jack gently tells her, "You can. We all can. The end is where we start from."

-->-- '''Gray''' carrying out RoaringRampageOfRevenge on '''Jack''' and everyone he holds dear

->''"I love you. All of you. And... I hope I did good."''

->'''Gray''': I never stopped believing. I always knew we'd find each other again. (Big hug!)

->(Jack slowly dies in a position of despair)
->'''Gray''': (to John) Get a shovel.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Gray is placed in cold storage, but [[Recap/TorchwoodS3E1DayOne considering that the Hub's going to be blown up]], we don't know if Gray was blown up with it, or if Jack stored him someplace where he would be out of harm's way.