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The Best Episodes of Torchwood

Every episode of Torchwood ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Torchwood!

The Best Episodes of Torchwood

The exploits of a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the extraterrestrial.

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  1. 9.1/10(1.6k votes)

    #1 - Day Four

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    S3:E4

    Torchwood finally learns the truth about the events of 1965. But Britain is in danger of becoming a rogue state, and everything now pivots around John Frobisher, as the Ambassador of the 456 destroys its old allegiances and reveals its true intent.

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    Director:Euros Lyn
    Writer:John Fay
  2. 9.1/10(1.7k votes)

    #2 - Day Five

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    S3:E5

    Torchwood is defenceless, and Gwen Cooper stands alone, as the final sanction begins. As violence erupts and the world descends into anarchy, an ordinary council estate becomes a battleground where the future of the human race will be decided.

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  3. 8.8/10(1.9k votes)

    #3 - Day One

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    S3:E1

    At 8.45am, every child in the world suddenly stops, chanting the words "we are coming" again and again. Whilst investigating, the remaining Torchwood team face greater personal and professional challenges than ever before, having to work with their numbers depleted.

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  4. 8.7/10(1.5k votes)

    #4 - Day Two

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    S3:E2

    Torchwood are forced underground, as the government takes swift and brutal action. With members of the team being hunted down, only Lois holds the key to Torchwood's salvation - but she is helpless as her superiors make plans for the mysterious Floor 13.

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    Director:Euros Lyn
    Writer:John Fay
  5. 8.7/10(1.5k votes)

    #5 - Day Three

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    S3:E3

    The eyes of the world turn to Britain, as the 456 announce, 'We are here'. As a pillar of fire descends upon London, the members of Torchwood must battle to protect their own families, as the fight gets personal. But will Clem's memories destroy everything?

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  6. 8.1/10(9 votes)

    #6 - Exit Wounds

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    S2:E13

    Captain John Hart returns to wreak havoc upon Jack's world, who ends up getting captured. It is up to the Torchwood team to rescue him and save the city.

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    Director:Ashley Way
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  8. 8.0/10(6 votes)

    #7 - Rendition

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    S4:E2

    As the Torchwood team is reunited, Jack realizes he's the most vulnerable man on Earth. A flight to the United States turns into a desperate battle for survival.

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    Writer:Doris Egan
  9. 8.0/10(5 votes)

    #8 - The Blood Line

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    S4:E10

    As the Torchwood team launch a final, desperate mission against the seemingly undefeatable Three Families, they realize it may come down to the ultimate sacrifice.

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  10. 7.8/10(9 votes)

    #9 - Adrift

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    S2:E11

    Gwen finds the darker side of Torchwood when a teenager disappears, investigating why hundreds of people have vanished without a trace. Jack is obstructing attempts to find them, and the answer appears to lie in the Rift.

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  11. 7.7/10(13 votes)

    #10 - They Keep Killing Suzie

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    S1:E8

    A Suzie themed episode Using the Resurrection Gauntlet that former Torchwood member Suzie Costello originally had, the team are able to bring a number of murder victims back to life. However, these all have a link with the now-deceased Suzie, and the group have no choice but to bring her back. After the process goes wrong, and permanently keeps her alive, Suzie manipulates the naïve Gwen into taking her to see her father.

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  12. 7.6/10(15 votes)

    #11 - Everything Changes

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    S1:E1

    WPC Gwen Cooper is at the scene of a brutal murder, when the "special ops," known only as Torchwood, arrive. After witnessing the group bring the dead man back to life, Gwen goes in pursuit of this mysterious organisation, only to see weirder things than she could ever imagine existed. Soon after, she begins to regret giving in to her curiosity, when she meets Captain Jack Harkness.

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  13. 7.6/10(12 votes)

    #12 - Random Shoes

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    S1:E9

    Eugene Jones wakes up, finding himself lying on the middle of a road. He then discovers that he has been the victim of a hit-and-run incident, and is, now, not only dead, but invisible. Eugene recalls events leading up to his death, involving a mysterious alien eye. Simultaneously, Gwen investigates the suspicious circumstances around his fatality.

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  14. 7.6/10(9 votes)

    #13 - To the Last Man

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    S2:E3

    Toshiko falls for a handsome soldier, trapped out of his time, who unwittingly holds the key to saving the world. With an old hospital haunted by ghosts from 1918, a crisis foreseen by Torchwood 90 years ago is about to reach its climax. Time zones are colliding and with life and death decisions to be made, will Torchwood be able to stop an explosive end for Cardiff?

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    Director:Andy Goddard
  15. 7.6/10(5 votes)

    #14 - The Categories of Life

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    S4:E5

    Torchwood goes undercover and discovers the terrible truth behind the Miracle. The enemy is closing in, and death is about to make a shocking return.

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    Director:Guy Ferland
  16. 7.5/10(12 votes)

    #15 - Captain Jack Harkness

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    S1:E12

    A Jack themed episode Whilst investigating an old, derelict dance hall, Jack and Tosh are transported back to the 1940s, during the Blitz. Owen, Ianto, and Gwen realise, in modern day, that this has happened, and go in search of clues Tosh may have left. Meanwhile, back in the forties, Jack meets a very interesting man. One with the name Captain Jack Harkness...

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  17. 7.5/10(6 votes)

    #16 - Escape to L.A.

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    S4:E4

    Torchwood relocates to LA to sneak into PhiCorp's headquarters to find some useful information, unaware that their mission has been compromised. Elsewhere, Oswald and Jilly face a new adversary in Ellis Hartley Monroe, who is using the Miracle Day for her own agenda.

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  18. 7.5/10(4 votes)

    #17 - The Gathering

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    S4:E9

    With the whole world in recession, a defeated Torchwood team take their last chance and make a deal with the devil.

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    Director:Guy Ferland
    Writer:John Fay
  19. 7.4/10(5 votes)

    #18 - Dead of Night

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    S4:E3

    Torchwood goes on the run and finds a new enemy, but as they launch a raid on PhiCorp headquarters, Jack must confront the mysterious Oswald Danes.

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  20. 7.4/10(5 votes)

    #19 - End of the Road

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    S4:E8

    Jack faces a showdown with a man he thought was long since dead, while Rex takes extreme action to prevent the collapse of society.

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  21. 7.3/10(13 votes)

    #20 - End of Days

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    S1:E13

    With the Rift having been opened, people and objects throughout time are falling through it, and being spread across the world. "The thing in the darkness" has finally come, and Jack realises that he is the only one who can save planet Earth from the destruction that "the son of the Beast" will cause.

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    Director:Ashley Way
  22. 7.3/10(10 votes)

    #21 - Meat

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    S2:E4

    When Rhys discovers the truth about Torchwood, he helps the gang to find the source of an unusual alien meat supply.

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  23. 7.3/10(7 votes)

    #22 - Adam

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    S2:E5

    A memory thief gets in to the minds of the Torchwood team, and uncovers long forgotten secrets.

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  24. 7.3/10(19 votes)

    #23 - The New World

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    S4:E1

    Convicted child killer Oswald Danes is executed for his crimes and when he miraculously survives his fate a series of events is set in place that forces CIA Agent Rex Matheson to investigate a global event. His investigation leads him from America to Wales and an old defunct British Institute - Torchwood.

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  25. 7.2/10(14 votes)

    #24 - Ghost Machine

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    S1:E3

    Whilst chasing a man, Gwen retrieves an unusual machine that allows the user to see back into the past. It is considered dangerous, and no members of Torchwood are permitted to use it. But Owen has other plans, and witnesses a violent murder that took place over forty years ago. Using the information he gathered, Owen starts to track down the still-living murderer.

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    Director:Colin Teague
  26. 7.2/10(8 votes)

    #25 - Dead Man Walking

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    S2:E7

    Captain Jack resurrects Owen with a resurrection glove, only to find out that the new glove isn't quite what they'd bargained for. Owen, in an undead state, helps the team figure out why he's still around.

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    Director:Andy Goddard
    Writer:Matt Jones

Best Episodes Summary

"Day Four" is the best rated episode of "Torchwood". It scored 9.1/10 based on 1644 votes. Directed by Euros Lyn and written by John Fay, it aired on 7/9/2009. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Day Five".