Naoko Mori’s Tosh takes center stage this week and turns on a very enjoyable performance, I tend to like her more than Gwen. In fact she may be my second fave character on the series after Jack. After meeting a woman named Mary, Tosh is suddenly empowered with the ability to read minds, which quickly becomes as much of a curse as it is a blessing. Whether you’ve noticed or not, Tosh has had the hots for Owen since the beginning of the series, and as she tunes in on his and Gwen’s thoughts, Naoko shows us how much this hurts her character.

This ep feels like a bit more of a character piece, and a nice breather after the tension of last week’s visit to the country, and I was very happy to see Tosh take center stage, and hope we see more of it in the future.

It’s hard in ensemble shows to give every character their moment in the sun, and sometimes it takes a while, but sometimes they’re worth the wait, and this one is.

At this point in the series everyone has found their footing with their characters, and whether you like them or not (I’m still kinda looking at you Owen) they are all beginning to fit into the structure that forms Torchwood, most of them (I’m definitely looking at you Ianto), and I’m looking forward to more such eps in the second series.

The episode was scripted by Toby Whitehouse, who penned the second series ep of Doctor Who called School Reunion, which saw the return of Sarah Jane Smith (who now has her own spinoff series - anyone seen it?), and K-9 (who I hear also has his own series - anyone seen THAT?) and of course Tony Head as the villainous school master, and he keeps the story moving while balancing it with humorous dialog and putting Tosh through her paces.

Torchwood airs Saturdays on BBCAmerica, and Fridays (though a few eps behind) on CBC

This post was Authored by TD, Our Resident Authority on all things BBC