What are the best episodes of Torchwood?

The best rated episodes of Torchwood are: Day Five - S3E5 rated 8.5, Day Four - S3E4 rated 8.5, The Blood Line - S4E10 rated 8.4, Exit Wounds - S2E13 rated 8.3, The Categories of Life - S4E5 rated 8.3, Day Three - S3E3 rated 8.2, Day Two - S3E2 rated 8.2, Day One - S3E1 rated 8.2, The Gathering - S4E9 rated 8.1, Fragments - S2E12 rated 8.1

What are the worst episodes of Torchwood?

The lowest rated episodes of Torchwood are: Cyberwoman - S1E4 rated 7.2, Combat - S1E11 rated 7.5, Day One - S1E2 rated 7.5, From Out of the Rain - S2E10 rated 7.5, Ghost Machine - S1E3 rated 7.5, Greeks Bearing Gifts - S1E7 rated 7.6, Small Worlds - S1E5 rated 7.6, Sleeper - S2E2 rated 7.6, Countrycide - S1E6 rated 7.6, Everything Changes - S1E1 rated 7.6

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Best Episodes of Torchwood

Day Five
S3 Ep5
8.5
10th Jul 2009
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.
Day Four
S3 Ep4
8.5
9th Jul 2009
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.
The Blood Line
S4 Ep10
8.4
15th Sep 2011
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.
Exit Wounds
S2 Ep13
8.3
4th Apr 2008
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.
The Categories of Life
S4 Ep5
8.3
11th Aug 2011
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.
Day Three
S3 Ep3
8.2
8th Jul 2009
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?
Day Two
S3 Ep2
8.2
7th Jul 2009
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.
Day One
S3 Ep1
8.2
6th Jul 2009
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.
The Gathering
S4 Ep9
8.1
8th Sep 2011
With the whole world in recession, a defeated Torchwood team take their last chance and make a deal with the devil.
Fragments
S2 Ep12
8.1
21st Mar 2008
As the team are knocked unconscious we find out how Jack, Toshiko, Ianto and Owen were initiated into Torchwood.
Captain Jack Harkness
S1 Ep12
8.1
1st Jan 2007
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...
Rendition
S4 Ep2
8.1
21st Jul 2011
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.

Worst Episodes of Torchwood

Cyberwoman
S1 Ep4
7.2
5th Nov 2006
A Ianto themed episode Ianto Jones hides a very big secret at Torchwood - his half-converted girlfriend from the Canary Wharf Battle - down in the basement. He is quick to hire a Japanese doctor who believes he can "cure" her. But things soon go wrong, and the Cyberwoman's destructive powers are released to the whole of Torchwood. Upgrading is compulsary.
Combat
S1 Ep11
7.5
24th Dec 2006
An Owen themed episode Weevils are appearing all over the streets of Cardiff, and then disappearing again - but not by alien forces. People are abducting them, and using the Weevils for their own purposes, so Owen investigates.
Day One
S1 Ep2
7.5
22nd Oct 2006
It's Gwen's first day on the job, and it's not going very well. After accidentally releasing a mysterious gas from a comet that landed, a new type of alien is let loose on the streets - an alien that's addicted to sex. Torchwood must find the inhabited body, and prevent anymore deaths from the violent form of sex.
From Out of the Rain
S2 Ep10
7.5
12th Mar 2008
An old cinema reopens and mysterious horrors of the past return to Cardiff. Why are people trapped between life and death, questions are asked about the Night Travellers, and what Torchwood can do to stop them.
Ghost Machine
S1 Ep3
7.5
29th Oct 2006
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.
Greeks Bearing Gifts
S1 Ep7
7.6
26th Nov 2006
A Toshiko themed episode Tosh meets an unusual woman, Mary, at a bar, who gives her a strange pendant. She is upset, yet amazed by what she now has - the ability to read people's minds. However, Tosh finds this terrible curse, that contains her friends darkest secrets, must be broken. So she asks for help from Mary, the only person who knows, but first, Tosh has to get her into Torchwood.
Small Worlds
S1 Ep5
7.6
12th Nov 2006
Jack catches up with a very old friend of his, who is investigating fairy sightings in the local wood. After having visited her, Torchwood are informed of a man's mysterious death in a prison cell. Then, Tosh uncovers a series of localised, extreme weather patterns. Nobody at the organisation is sure of these events, or how they may be connected. Except Jack, who has witnessed the creatures causing this, almost a century ago.
Sleeper
S2 Ep2
7.6
23rd Jan 2008
When a burglary turns into a slaughter, Torchwood suspect alien involvement. Who is Beth, and can she be as innocent as she seems? But when the investigation escalates into a city-wide assault, Jack realises that the whole planet is in danger.
Countrycide
S1 Ep6
7.6
19th Nov 2006
Whilst investigating a group of unexplainable deaths in a village, the Torchwood team are separated. Discovering further, Jack, Gwen and Owen find a scared man, hiding from the thing responsible for the murders. But Tosh and Ianto go that one step extra, and locate the killer, who wants them as their next victims.
Everything Changes
S1 Ep1
7.6
22nd Oct 2006
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.
Meat
S2 Ep4
7.7
6th Feb 2008
When Rhys discovers the truth about Torchwood, he helps the gang to find the source of an unusual alien meat supply.
Adam
S2 Ep5
7.7
13th Feb 2008
A memory thief gets in to the minds of the Torchwood team, and uncovers long forgotten secrets.

Torchwood Episode Guide

Everything Changes
S1 Ep1
7.6
22nd Oct 2006
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.
Day One
S1 Ep2
7.5
22nd Oct 2006
It's Gwen's first day on the job, and it's not going very well. After accidentally releasing a mysterious gas from a comet that landed, a new type of alien is let loose on the streets - an alien that's addicted to sex. Torchwood must find the inhabited body, and prevent anymore deaths from the violent form of sex.
Ghost Machine
S1 Ep3
7.5
29th Oct 2006
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.
Cyberwoman
S1 Ep4
7.2
5th Nov 2006
A Ianto themed episode Ianto Jones hides a very big secret at Torchwood - his half-converted girlfriend from the Canary Wharf Battle - down in the basement. He is quick to hire a Japanese doctor who believes he can "cure" her. But things soon go wrong, and the Cyberwoman's destructive powers are released to the whole of Torchwood. Upgrading is compulsary.
Small Worlds
S1 Ep5
7.6
12th Nov 2006
Jack catches up with a very old friend of his, who is investigating fairy sightings in the local wood. After having visited her, Torchwood are informed of a man's mysterious death in a prison cell. Then, Tosh uncovers a series of localised, extreme weather patterns. Nobody at the organisation is sure of these events, or how they may be connected. Except Jack, who has witnessed the creatures causing this, almost a century ago.
Countrycide
S1 Ep6
7.6
19th Nov 2006
Whilst investigating a group of unexplainable deaths in a village, the Torchwood team are separated. Discovering further, Jack, Gwen and Owen find a scared man, hiding from the thing responsible for the murders. But Tosh and Ianto go that one step extra, and locate the killer, who wants them as their next victims.
Greeks Bearing Gifts
S1 Ep7
7.6
26th Nov 2006
A Toshiko themed episode Tosh meets an unusual woman, Mary, at a bar, who gives her a strange pendant. She is upset, yet amazed by what she now has - the ability to read people's minds. However, Tosh finds this terrible curse, that contains her friends darkest secrets, must be broken. So she asks for help from Mary, the only person who knows, but first, Tosh has to get her into Torchwood.
They Keep Killing Suzie
S1 Ep8
7.8
3rd Dec 2006
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.
Random Shoes
S1 Ep9
7.8
10th Dec 2006
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.
Out of Time
S1 Ep10
7.9
17th Dec 2006
Three passengers from 1953 arrive in modern day Cardiff, when their plane flies through the Rift. With no means of travelling back, each person must adapt to their new life, starting personal relationships with the separate members of Torchwood.
Combat
S1 Ep11
7.5
24th Dec 2006
An Owen themed episode Weevils are appearing all over the streets of Cardiff, and then disappearing again - but not by alien forces. People are abducting them, and using the Weevils for their own purposes, so Owen investigates.
Captain Jack Harkness
S1 Ep12
8.1
1st Jan 2007
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...
End of Days
S1 Ep13
7.9
1st Jan 2007
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.