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|series = [[Torchwood]] - [[List of Torchwood television stories|TV Stories]]
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|series number = [[Series 2 (Torchwood)|Series 2]]
|image                 = ExitWounds.jpg
|number = 26
|series                = ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]''
|enemy = [[Gray]]<br>Captain [[John Hart]]<br>[[Weevil]]s<br>[[Hoix]]<br>[[Ghost]]s
|season number        = Series 2 (Torchwood)
|setting = [[Cardiff]], [[2009]]
|series episode number = 13
|writer = [[Chris Chibnall]]
|scripturl      = https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/documents/torchwood-2-episode-13-exit-wounds-salmon-revisions-09112007.pdf
|director = [[Ashley Way]]
|main character        = [[Jack Harkness|Jack]], [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]], [[Owen Harper|Owen]], [[Toshiko Sato|Tosh]], [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]]
|producer = [[Richard Stokes]]
|featuring            = [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]], [[Andy Davidson|Andy]], [[John Hart|John]], [[Janet (Everything Changes)|Janet]], [[Alice Guppy|Alice]]
|broadcast date = [[4th April]] [[2008]]
|enemy                = [[Gray (Adam)|Gray]]
|previous story = [[Fragments]]
|setting               = [[Cardiff]], [[2000s]]{{note|The [[Series 2 (Torchwood)|second series]] of ''[[Torchwood (series)|Torchwood]]'' is set anywhere from [[2007]]-[[2010]] as a result of [[Aliens of London dating controversy|conflicting evidence]] shown in the episodes  '{{cs|Ghost Machine (TV story)}}, {{cs|Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)}}, {{cs|Random Shoes (TV story)}}, {{cs|To the Last Man (TV story)}}, {{cs|Reset (TV story)}}, {{cs|Adrift (TV story)}}, {{cs|Fragments (TV story)}}, ''Exit Wounds'', and {{cs|The New World (TV story)}} as well as {{cs|Meat (TV story)}} placing the series about a year after the start of [[Series 1 (Torchwood)|series 1]].}}
|next story = [[Children of Earth: Day One]]
|writer               = Chris Chibnall
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|director             = [[Ashley Way]]
|producer             = [[Richard Stokes]]
|network              = BBC Two
|broadcast date       = 4 April 2008
|prev                  = Fragments (TV story)
|next                  = Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)
|trailer              = TORCHWOOD Season 2 Excit Wounds
|clip                  = Tosh & Owen the long sad goodbye - Torchwood - BBC America
|format=1x50-minute episode}}
'''''Exit Wounds''''' was the thirteenth and final episode of [[Series 2 (Torchwood)|Series 2]] of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]''. It was written by [[Chris Chibnall]], directed by [[Ashley Way]] and was the last ''Torchwood'' story to date in the original thirteen-episode format. It is the twenty-sixth episode in the show overall, and saw the conclusion of the [[Gray (Adam)|Gray]] story arc.
 
In a grievous twist, it witnessed the deaths of two [[Torchwood Three]] members in one sitting - [[Owen Harper]] and [[Toshiko Sato]], with both characters resolving their romantic desires toward one another in their final moments. The companion ''[[Torchwood Declassified|Declassified]]'' for the finale, ''[[Avulsion (TD episode)|Avulsion]]'', explained that the driving force behind making this episode was to reaffirm the dangers of working with Torchwood and how nobody survived beyond a fairly young age because they were essentially living on borrowed time.


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
Captain Jack's younger brother Gray uses Captain [[John Hart]] to conduct attacks upon Cardiff in retribution against [[Jack Harkness|Jack]] for abandoning him as a child. The losses at Torchwood are extreme as the situation plays to a climax that rocks Torchwood to its core.
[[John Hart|Captain John Hart]] returns to have his revenge on [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood]] and take [[Jack Harkness|Jack]] as his prisoner. Jack and his long-lost brother [[Gray (Fragments)|Gray]] don't have a good reunion. Can the rest of the team trust John?


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
Following on from Fragments, [[Toshiko Sato|Toshiko]] detects Rift activity in three locations across Cardiff. She and [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]] go the central server building, where [[three cowled men |Three Cowled Men with scythes]] approach menacingly. The agents shoot them down as they get closer.  
[[Toshiko Sato|Tosh]] detects [[Cardiff Rift|rift]] activity in three locations across [[Cardiff]]. She and [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]] go the [[Central IT Server Station]], where [[Cowled figure (Exit Wounds)|three Cowled Men with scythes]] approach menacingly. The agents shoot them as they get closer.
Meanwhile, [[Owen Harper|Owen]] sedates a [[Hoix]] in a [[St. Helen's Hospital|hospital]] using a packet of cigarettes and a special mixture.
 
Finally, [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]] drops [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]] off at the police HQ where [[Weevil]]s have killed "the four most senior officers", causing panic.
Meanwhile, [[Owen Harper|Owen]] sedates a [[Hoix]] in a [[St. Helen's Hospital|hospital]] with a packet of [[cigarette]]s and a special mixture. Finally, [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]] drops [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]] off at the [[police]] HQ, where [[Weevil]]s have killed "the four most senior officers", causing panic.
 
[[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack]] goes to the Hub to face [[John Hart]], who says he loves Jack and shoots him with two machine [[firearm|guns]]. When Jack returns to life, he is chained over the ground. John is angry because he was very rude to him in front of people "that hardly knew me". After an electric shock to silence him, John tells Jack he hopes he can stop him, he really does. As the [[rift manipulator]] is activated, John tells the Torchwood gang to go to the roofs of their buildings.
[[File:JohnHartTW1.jpg|thumb|"You're no fun."]]


During all this, [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack]] goes to the Hub to face [[Captain John Hart|Captain John]], who claims he loves Jack before shooting him with two machine guns. When Jack comes back to life, he is chained above the ground and finds out John is angry because he was very rude to him in front of people "that hardly knew me". After an electric shock to silence him, John tells Jack that he hopes he can stop him, he really does. Then, as the rift manipulator is activated, John tells the Torchwood gang to go to the roofs of their buildings.
They make their ways to the top of the central server building, the hospital and the police HQ. Gwen, [[Andy Davidson|Andy]], Rhys, Toshiko, Owen and Ianto look on as John, from atop Cardiff castle, detonates explosives in fifteen key locations that cripple the city. He whisks Jack back in time to meet Gray.


They all make their way up to the top of the central server building, the hospital and the police HQ. Gwen, Andy, Rhys, Toshiko, Owen and Ianto look on as John, from atop Cardiff castle, detonates explosives in 15 prime locations that cripple the city. He then whisks Jack back in time, to meet Gray. As it turns out, Gray is in control, threatening John into action. Gwen takes control of the team and the police, directing them all as to what to do. She makes her way to the hub where she finds John has returned to help the team after being forced to bury Jack alive in Cardiff 27 AD. Gray activates a signal and weevils flood the streets of Cardiff. This prevents Toshiko and Ianto from reaching the nuclear power station to stop a meltdown.
In 27AD, in Ancient Cardiff, Gray greets Jack. Jack tearfully apologises to his brother for abandoning him. Gray refuses to accept the apology and stabs him, then demands that John get a shovel. Gray gives a furious speech of feeling let down by Jack, for years he suffered unspeakable torture and Jack didn't look for him. For this, Jack is thrown into a grave and buried alive by John, who is forced to fill the grave. Because of Jack's immortality, he will suffocate on dirt, die, and resurrect again for eternity. John, horrified at such a dreadful existence, throws a tracking beacon into the grave, saying to Gray it's a sentimental gift he received from Jack.


Owen goes to the nuclear facility, reminding his teammates that he's king of the Weevils. John, Toshiko, Ianto and Gwen are attacked by Weevils at the Hub, but manage to subdue them - only to be locked into cells by Gray.
Gwen takes charge of the team and the police. She makes her way to the Hub, where she finds John has returned to help the team after being forced to bury Jack alive in Cardiff in [[27|27 AD]]. Gray activates a signal and Weevils flood the streets of Cardiff. This stops Toshiko and Ianto from reaching the [[Nuclear power plant|nuclear power station]] to halt a meltdown.
Owen, at the nuclear facility, waits for instruction from Toshiko, as he tells a scientist to leave. Toshiko tells Owen her plan, but is then shot by Gray, who kicks away her device. A knocking interrupts his taunting and he heads for the morgue.
Tosh agonisingly makes her way down the steps to the autopsy room, gets her device back, still bleeding from her wound. She denies that she's hurt when Owen asks and helps him to flood the room he's in with coolant, thus avoiding the meltdown.


As this is happening, Gray discovers Jack in a cryo-chamber in the morgue, placed there by Torchwood 1901 on his request. He tells Gray he forgives him and Gray refuses to give him absolution, so Jack uses chloroform to put him to sleep. He then frees the others from the cells and they head back to the main area.
Owen goes to the nuclear facility, reminding his teammates that he's king of the Weevils. The others are attacked by Weevils at the Hub, but subdue them, only to be locked into cells by Gray.


At the same time, a power surge seals Owen in the room where the coolant will soon flood. Toshiko, dying, asks Owen to calm down, who refuses, demanding for her to give him one reason why. Tosh tearfully replies "because you're breaking my heart" and he calms down. The two talk as they prepare to die. Coolant pours into the room where Owen is trapped and he accepts his fate, telling Toshiko it's okay and apologising for not having that date because they "just missed each other". Toshiko slumps, bleeding to death as she watches the screen show Owen's signature vanishing.
Owen, at the nuclear facility, tells [[Nira Docherty]], a scientist who is trying to contain prevent a meltdown, to leave. She refuses for a few moments, claiming a soldier never leaves their post before Owen reveals his layman's knowledge about the nuclear station is adequate. Although Nira thinks it sounds more dangerous outside, Owen figures it's about even with the situation at the plant and gives her a can of Weevil spray, sending her on her way, thanked by Nira in return. Owen waits for instructions from Toshiko, admitting to her, "Tosh, you're going to have to help me out here. I haven't got a bloody clue what I'm doing." Tosh tells Owen her plan to divert a secondary power source for [[Turnmill Nuclear Power Station|Turnmill]] that will restore its power, and if it works, she can guide him into restoring the coolant system.
Jack and the others arrive, but Toshiko dies in Jack's arms.  
[[File:B141788177.jpg|thumb|left|Jack, Gwen and Ianto watch Tosh's final message in tears]]
Jack freezes Gray and says his goodbyes to John before helping Ianto and Gwen to do Owen and Toshiko's final logout. Upon finishing Toshiko's, a video appears in which she thanks Jack, admits her love to Owen and finally hopes she "did good" and didn't die for nothing. Gwen is unsure of whether she can continue, but Jack tells his last two comrades that they'll start from the end.


==Cast==
However, while her attention is focused on using a remote control device, a gunshot rings out and Toshiko stumbles backwards, before noticing a huge amount of blood oozing from her wounded stomach. She glances up to see she has been mortally shot by Gray, who stares back at her with cold hatred, before toppling over in horrific pain. Gray kicks away her device and mocks her, seeing death as more of a relief and asking her how it feels to be dying, declaring the battle to be over. A knocking interrupts his taunting and he heads for the morgue.
*Captain [[Jack Harkness]] - [[John Barrowman]]
*[[Gwen Cooper]] - [[Eve Myles]]
*[[Toshiko Sato]] - [[Naoko Mori]] (Dies)
*[[Ianto Jones]] - [[Gareth David-Lloyd]]
*[[Owen Harper]] - [[Burn Gorman]] (Dies)
*[[Rhys Williams]] - [[Kai Owen]]
*Captain [[John Hart]] - [[James Marsters]] (Last appearance)
*[[Gray]] - [[Lachlan Nieboer]]
*PC [[Andy Davidson]] - [[Tom Price]]
*Dr [[Angela Connolly]] - [[Golda Rosheuvel]]
*[[Nira Docherty]] - [[Syreeta Kumar]]
*[[Charles Gaskell]] - [[Cornelius Macarthy]]
*[[Alice Guppy]] - [[Amy Manson]]


==Production crew==
In agony, Tosh makes her way down the steps to the autopsy room, gets her device back, and injects herself with a powerful pain-killer. She denies that she's hurt when Owen asks and helps him to flood the room he's in with coolant, halting the meltdown.
''to be added''


== References ==
As this is happening, Gray discovers Jack in a cryo-chamber in the morgue, placed there by Torchwood in [[1901]] on his own request. He tells Gray he forgives him. Gray refuses to give him absolution, so Jack uses [[chloroform]] to put him to sleep. Captain John is able to reverse the signal and sends the Weevils back into hiding. Jack frees the others from the cells and they head back to the main area.
*[[Owen Harper]] refers to himself as 'King of the [[Weevil]]s', a name he obtained after his 'death experience'. ([[TW]]:[[Dead Man Walking]])
*Toshiko mentions the [[Space Pig]]. ([[DW]]:[[Aliens of London]])
*Owen dies containing [[Turnmill Nuclear Power Station]]'s meltdown.
*[[John Hart]] takes [[Jack Harkness|Jack]] back to [[Cardiff]] in [[Early human history|27 AD]], [[Gray]] forces John Hart to bury him.
*Jack Harkness stayed buried until [[1901]] when he was uncovered by the [[Torchwood Institute]] (whom Jack (past Jack that is) was already working for). He states he has ''"[[temporal paradox|crossed my own time line]]"'', he is placed in stasis.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchwood/sites/arg/pages/episodes.shtml?folder=tw_case_ep13&tab=3 BBC Torchwood ''Exit Wounds'']</ref>
*John Hart uses the [[rift manipulator]] to affect various parts of Cardiff and to set off a series of explosions isolating it from the rest of the [[Earth]].
*Torchwood have encountered a [[Hoix]] before, they like to eat, a lot.


== Story notes ==
However, an unexpected power surge alerts Tosh that there is going to be an emergency lockdown once it hits, which will seal Owen in the station. Owen sees the doors closing and makes a run for the exit, but fails to make it out in time, leaving him to face his death all over again. Banging on the door, he shouts to Tosh that he cannot get out. Knowing what's about to happen, he begins shouting angrily about not wanting to die like this, let alone for the second time. When he figures out Tosh can't help him, he starts panicking for the rest of his teammates to come and rescue him. Once he realises it's hopeless, he dissolves into a screaming rage.
*This appears to be the final appearance of [[Burn Gorman]] as [[Owen Harper]] and [[Naoko Mori]] as [[Toshiko Sato]].
 
*This is the fourth known time that Jack has been on Earth during [[World War II]].
Toshiko, dying, asks Owen to calm down. He demands a reason. Tosh tearfully replies, "Because you're breaking my heart", and he is quiet. The two talk as they prepare to die, Owen unaware of Tosh's wounds. Owen asks what will happen to him, and though Tosh resists explaining at first, Owen begs her to say it because he needs to know. Tosh replies that the room where Owen is locked inside is a containment chamber which will flood with irradiated coolant. Owen concludes his body is going to slowly decompose as he watches. Tosh regrets being unable to stop the power spike, but Owen responds there was no way she could have known about it and thanks Tosh for saving his back so many times before in the past. He remembers back when Tosh had to fill in for him on his second week at Torchwood by pretending to be a doctor when investigating a [[space pig]] because he had a hangover, and the two laugh wearily.
 
[[File:Owen at peace.jpg|thumb|left|Owen faces his death with peace.]]
Owen realises they never had their date together and apologises because they "sort of, er, missed each other", and for not noticing Tosh's love for him until it was too late, reciprocating it back to her. The coolant venting process activates, and Owen lets Tosh know it is starting. Tearing up, Toshiko starts to grieve for Owen, but Owen lets her know it's okay.
Coolant pours into the room where Owen is trapped and he accepts his fate. Owen tells Tosh it will be all right. He calmly stands up and prepares to die. The room is engulfed with a bright flash, and Owen disappears. The last thing he can be heard saying is, "Oh, God."
 
Toshiko bleeds to death as she watches the screen showing Owen's fading signature. Jack and the others arrive. He notices the puddles of blood leading down the steps of the autopsy room and sprints to Toshiko, cradling her. Ianto mentions the nuclear plant, worried about Owen, before Tosh tearfully tells the team what happened and that she couldn't save him. Gwen gives her another dose of pain-killer and tries to soothe her, but Toshiko dies in Jack's arms with Gwen at her side. She looks into Jack's eyes and smiles at him one last time before her life fades and her face goes slack. Gwen and Jack cry helplessly for their deceased teammate. Ianto leans himself against an autopsy cart, trying to maintain his composure, while John looks at them all solemnly.
 
The following morning, a news broadcast airs in Cardiff about its efforts to recover from the attacks during the previous night. Rhys holds Gwen beside him, who is filled with misery. Back at the Hub, Jack prepares to cryo-freeze Gray, though John is quick to warn him that if Jack woke him up in 100 years, he will not have grown any better from his tortured state of mind. Aware of this, John suggests killing Gray could be the release he needs. Jack refuses to entertain the thought, believing too much death has occurred. John comforts Jack by saying it wasn't his fault. He also questions him for not putting up a fight when he was being buried alive. He tells John it was his penance, answering his curiosity. John reverently bids farewell to Jack with a hug and kiss, then consoles him for his recent losses. He departs to explore this time period, curious to see why Jack enjoys it so much.
 
Jack and Gwen gather Owen and Toshiko's personal belongings for archiving. When Jack collects Owen's lab coat adorned with colourful pin-back buttons, and Gwen bags up Tosh's raspberry-coloured glasses, the pain of coming to terms with their deaths resurfaces and they become tearful all over again. Meanwhile, Ianto reluctantly begins Owen and Toshiko's respective final logouts, soon joined by Gwen and Jack. Upon finishing Toshiko's, a video appears in which she thanks Jack, admits her love for Owen and hopes she didn't die for nothing. It evokes a few smiles from the group, despite the great sadness they feel over her death.
 
[[File:Torchwood_grieves.jpg|thumb|The team grieves for Owen and Tosh.]]
When Toshiko's farewell message closes, Jack lets his grief subside and resolves that the team has to carry on. Taking the losses of Owen and Tosh very hard, Gwen is unsure if she can continue, but Jack tells his last two comrades that they'll start from the end. He embraces her and Ianto in a hug. Torchwood Three has lost two of its most beloved members, but they will never be forgotten by their comrades.
 
== Cast ==
* [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack Harkness]] - [[John Barrowman]]
* [[Gwen Cooper]] - [[Eve Myles]]
* [[Toshiko Sato]] - [[Naoko Mori]]
* [[Ianto Jones]] - [[Gareth David-Lloyd]]
* [[Owen Harper]] - [[Burn Gorman]]
* [[Rhys Williams]] - [[Kai Owen]]
* [[Gray (Fragments)|Gray]] - [[Lachlan Nieboer]]
* [[John Hart|Captain John Hart]] - [[James Marsters]]
* [[Andy Davidson|PC Andy]] - [[Tom Price]]
* [[Alice Guppy]] - [[Amy Manson]]
* [[Angela Connolly|Dr Angela Connolly]] - [[Golda Rosheuvel]]
* [[Nira Docherty]] - [[Syreeta Kumar]]
* [[Charles Gaskell]] - [[Cornelius Macarthy]]
 
=== Uncredited Cast ===
 
* Police Chief Constable - Chris Wilson
* Cowled Leader - [[Paul Marc Davies]]
* Young [[Gray (Adam)|Gray]] - [[Ethan Brooke]]
* Young [[Jack Harkness|Jack]] - [[Jack Montgomery]]
* [[Franklin (Adam)|Jack's Father]] - [[Demetri Goritsas|Demetri Gortisas]]
* Jack's Mother - [[Lauren Ward]]


== Continuity ==
== Crew ==
*This episode follows immediately on from the events of ''[[Fragments]]'', with Tosh still nursing the broken arm suffered in the explosion.
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*The first scene of the episode, in which the team piles into Rhys' car (the SUV having been stolen), marks the last time the complete team (as of [[Day One|Day One ]]) would be together.
|1stAD=
*Captain [[John Hart]] returns in this episode. He was last in [[TW]]: ''[[Fragments]]''.
|2ndAD=
*Gray returns in this episode. He was last seen properly in [[TW]]: ''[[Adam (Torchwood story)|Adam]]'' although he made a brief appearance in [[TW]]: ''[[Fragments]]''
|3rdAD=
*A [[Hoix]] appears in this episode. A Hoix first appeared in [[DW]]: ''[[Love & Monsters]]''.
|AD=
*Owen refers to himself as 'King of the Weevils', a title previously coined in ''[[Dead Man Walking]]''. Additionally, the Weevils cower before Owen as they did in both ''[[Combat]]'' and ''[[Dead Man Walking]]''.
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*Toshiko first appeared in [[DW]]: ''[[Aliens of London]]''. This episode refers to the events of that episode and establishes that Toshiko was working for Torchwood, not [[UNIT]] at the time, and that Owen was supposed to conduct the examination of the "space pig" but was hungover, so Tosh covered for him.
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*When Jack is trying to stop [[Gray]] in the Hub, he tells him he forgives him, which is very similar to how [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] stops [[the Master]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]''.
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*Sadistic Torchwood operative [[Alice Guppy]] ([[TW]]: ''[[Fragments]]'') returns, and it is she who is responsible for having Jack dug up in 1901. It is stated that the younger version of Jack is on an assignment at this time, and the older Jack is put into cryo-freeze to avoid contaminating the timeline.
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*Doctor [[Angela Connolly]] previously appeared in [[TW]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking]]''.
|FloorRunner2=
*In the previous episode, it is stated that Jack had "died" and resurrected approximately 1,400 times since becoming immortal. Due to the nature of his imprisonment, it's now impossible to calculate times resurrection occurred for Jack between his burial in 27 AD and his eventual recovery in 1901; the number could now potentially be in the hundreds of thousands.
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=== Ratings ===
== Worldbuilding ==
* Unofficial overnight ratings indicated Exit Wounds was the most watched programme on BBC2 all day and had a 12% audience share, the 20th most watched programme of the day.
* Jack mentions the number [[107 (number)|107]].
* John Hart mentions the [[Lotus Nebula]], where seventeen simultaneous pleasures can be experienced.
* [[Andy Davidson]] jokingly suggests that the [[Weevil]]s are fleeing to [[Abergavenny]].
* [[John Hart]] found [[Gray (Fragments)|Gray]] chained in the [[Bedlam Outlands]].
* John Hart dances to the song "[[I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper]]".


=== Myths ===
== Story notes ==
*It was well known that Owen was going to die, but it remained unclear who else was going to die. Rumours were that it would be either Tosh or Ianto.
* A family friendly pre-watershed edit of this episode aired at 7:00pm, four days later, on Tuesday [[8 April (releases)|8 April]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]] on [[BBC Two]].
* The first scene of the episode, in which the team piles into Rhys' car (the SUV having been stolen), marks the last time the complete team would be together.
* This episode confirms that [[Naoko Mori]]'s character in the 2005 ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', Dr. Sato, was indeed Tosh, making her the only Torchwood member, other than Jack, to have met the [[Ninth Doctor]].
* In 1901, Jack tells Torchwood to put him in suspended animation for 107 years, seemingly placing this story in [[2008]]. However, the previous episode ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'' places Owen's recruitment four years before the present. As Tosh states in ''Exit Wounds'' that her examination of the [[space pig]] (from the 2005 ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]'' episode ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', set in [[2006]]) happened while she covered for Owen on his second week as a medic, this appears to place both ''Fragments'' and ''Exit Wounds'' in [[2010]]. Along with this contradiction, [[Aliens of London dating controversy|these clash with and contradict dates given in several other stories]].
* [[John Barrowman]] and [[Naoko Mori]] had previously co-starred in a production of ''[[Miss Saigon]]'' as Chris and Kim, where she also died in his arms.


=== Filming Locations ===
=== Ratings ===
''to be added''
* Unofficial overnight ratings indicated ''Exit Wounds'' was the most watched programme on BBC2 all day and had a 12% audience share, the twentieth most watched programme of the day.
* 3.13 million [[BBC Two]] viewers, with an [[AI]] of 90%<ref>[https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-top-10/ BARB Ratings - April, 2008]</ref>


=== Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors ===
=== Filming locations ===
*In the episode casefiles on the Torchwood site, the morgue inventory incorrectly lists Torchwood 1901's sealed cryo-unit (with Jack inside) as 005, when in fact it was 003.
''to be added''{{Torchwood discontinuity}}
''Several other tie-in websites for both ''Torchwood'' and ''Doctor Who'' have made similar mistakes and/or contradicted on-screen information. No official announcement has been made as to whether or not the sites qualify as canon - if they do not (and there is substantial evidence to suggest they may not be canon) then this discontinuity can be chalked up as a simple error on the part of the website management and left at that.''
=== Production errors ===
*In [[Last of the Time Lords]] Jack said he could still age - so how come he doesn't age when he is underground? Furthermore, why do his clothes not rot away while he is buried?
* When Gwen walks into the Hub and does a sweep of the area of John, we get a point of view of her looking up at the upper areas of the Hub. But the 2nd floor has not been added in via CGI and just reveals the construction and lighting used for the Hub set.
''Jack doesn't revive instantly and ageing only occurs in living bodies. He would have spent almost all of the time underground dead with occasional bouts of living lasting 3-4 minutes at a time until he suffocted. In End of Days he was shown dead for several days before revival, so if it was at roughly the same rate he would only be alive for an hour or two a month, so a day a year (especially since the deaths occurred so closely to each other). Also he has stated that his aging has slowed, but that he knows it still occurs. A few thousand years is a drop in the bucket compared to 5 billion. As for the clothes, they're never shown damaged (see [[Fragments]] for example), so presumably they're not of 20th century Earth origin. Also Jack's aging is at a rate unknown to all. ''
*When he finally emerges from the morgue, Jack seems to be completely psychologically fit and unperturbed by the experience of having repeatedly suffocated to death several hundreds of thousands of times while buried alive. By conservative estimates (as stated above), he would've been dying at a rate of 15 times a month, which when multiplied by 12 (months in a year) and 1874 (years he was buried) would equal 337,320 highly traumatizing deaths by suffocation. And he's just fine?
''In Fragments, they mentioned that Jack had died thousands of times already, perhaps he was simply used to it. Also, he was uncovered in 1901 and we see that he talks to the contemporary Torchwood employees in which he tells them to freeze him, so presumebly he had that time to recover, he is seen there looking shaken and had recovered before he was frozen (we don't know precisely how much time he spent in 1901, granted the risk of meeting himself meant it was probably short). There may have been some technology which furthered a quick recovery.''
*Why does Gray call Jack, Jack? Jack didn't choose to use this name until he was an adult.
''John could however have told Gray that Jack was now the name his brother was going by, and could have used it for convenience. Jack could also have been his given first name or possibly a childhood nickname. He could have chosen the name "Jack Harkness" for convenience in case he ever bumped into a person he knew before he renamed himself. Jack Harkenss could have been Jack's real name completly but he assummed the identity (as in the life as well as the name).''
*The Time line is completely messed up. In [[Fragments]], it was 21 months since Ianto joined. That must be after [[Doomsday]], making Fragments February 2009 at the earliest. It also had Owen joined 4 years earlier making that 2005. However this episode states that Tosh covered for Owen as a Doctor in his second week - obviously a reference to [[Aliens of London]] - but that was 2006. Jack also states that 107 years have passed since Torchwood uncovered him in 1901, suggesting 2008. ''Perhaps their calendar is based upon the one used by [[UNIT]]. Jack could have been confused as he may seem time as irrelevant considering his "immortal" like status. ''
*How does Gray know about Jack's immortality? ''John presumably told him.''
*Jack isn't buried very deep. This raises two issues: how does Gray know he wouldn't be dug up once Cardiff builders start reforming the land in the coming centuries? And since Jack is indestructible, couldn't he have dug his way out eventually? ''Since Gray is a time-traveller, he knew where to leave Jack so he wouldn't be disturbed (indeed, it's still a park in 1901). Jack later tells John that he saw the burial as his penance, so he may have chosen to not try and escape, perhaps realizing that John's signal ring would eventually attract Torchwood. Also, Jack isn't super-powered; it may have simply been physically impossible for him to move with the weight of the dirt on him.''
*What happened to John's signal ring? ''It's probably in Torchwood's possession.''
*It's odd that Jack would not be aware that an older version of himself resided in the morgue. Wouldn't he have discovered this earlier? ''Several episodes have indicated that Jack isn't completely familiar with everything in the Hub (for example, Ianto was able to maintain a secret facility within the hub for [[Lisa Hallett]] in ''[[Cyberwoman]]'' without his knowledge. Also, ''[[To the Last Man]]'' indicated that Jack was accustomed to following decades-old instructions, so presumably he was told either in 1901 or when he took command in 2000 to never open a certain chamber. ''[[Dead Man Walking]]'', meanwhile, established that Jack didn't even have the access code for the morgue, so presumably he couldn't have opened the chamber if he tried. In fact this may be the reason why Jack wasn't in possession of the access code in the first place. Why would anyone want to go looking through dead bodies.''
*Toshiko broke her arm the previous episode, but seems to be able to move around without apparent hinderment. ''She said she had taken medication; perhaps it was some alien drug that repaired the arm to allowed her to use it while broken. It may have been a minor fracture, too. She only thought she had broken her arm.''
*After Owen stops shouting from inside the nuclear plant he is heard taking deep breaths, something he can't do since he is dead. ''Old habits die hard. Or possibly it's purely psychological. ''


== DVD releases ==
== Continuity ==
*This story along with the rest of has been released in Torchwood Series 2 boxset and Torchwood: Complete Boxset
* Jack finally reunites with [[Gray (Fragments)|Gray]], an occurrence implied would happen during the events of [[TV]]: {{cs|Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (TV story)}} and {{cs|Adam (TV story)}}.
* Owen refers to himself as "King of the [[Weevil]]s" because the Weevils have cowered before him in the past, like in [[TV]]: {{cs|Combat (TV story)}} and {{cs|Dead Man Walking (TV story)}}.
* Owen says that he and Toshiko never got around to the date they had discussed during the events of [[TV]]: {{cs|Meat (TV story)}}, {{cs|Reset (TV story)}} and {{cs|A Day in the Death (TV story)}}.
* When Jack is trying to stop Gray in the Hub, he tells him he forgives him, which is very similar to how he saw the [[Tenth Doctor]] defeat {{Simm}} in [[TV]]: {{cs|Last of the Time Lords (TV story)}}.
* Tosh recalls having to conduct the examination of the "[[space pig]]" due to Owen being hungover during the events of [[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}}.


==See also==
== Home video releases ==
''to be added''
* ''{{StoryTitle}}'', along with the rest of [[series 2 (Torchwood)|series 2]], was released in a complete series box set in [[2008 (releases)|2008]].
* It was also released in the Series 1-4 boxset (Region 2 release: 14 November 2011.)


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* {{whoniverse|tw2_13|Exit Wounds}}
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Exit Wounds was the thirteenth and final episode of Series 2 of Torchwood. It was written by Chris Chibnall, directed by Ashley Way and was the last Torchwood story to date in the original thirteen-episode format. It is the twenty-sixth episode in the show overall, and saw the conclusion of the Gray story arc.

In a grievous twist, it witnessed the deaths of two Torchwood Three members in one sitting - Owen Harper and Toshiko Sato, with both characters resolving their romantic desires toward one another in their final moments. The companion Declassified for the finale, Avulsion, explained that the driving force behind making this episode was to reaffirm the dangers of working with Torchwood and how nobody survived beyond a fairly young age because they were essentially living on borrowed time.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

Captain John Hart returns to have his revenge on Torchwood and take Jack as his prisoner. Jack and his long-lost brother Gray don't have a good reunion. Can the rest of the team trust John?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Tosh detects rift activity in three locations across Cardiff. She and Ianto go the Central IT Server Station, where three Cowled Men with scythes approach menacingly. The agents shoot them as they get closer.

Meanwhile, Owen sedates a Hoix in a hospital with a packet of cigarettes and a special mixture. Finally, Rhys drops Gwen off at the police HQ, where Weevils have killed "the four most senior officers", causing panic.

Captain Jack goes to the Hub to face John Hart, who says he loves Jack and shoots him with two machine guns. When Jack returns to life, he is chained over the ground. John is angry because he was very rude to him in front of people "that hardly knew me". After an electric shock to silence him, John tells Jack he hopes he can stop him, he really does. As the rift manipulator is activated, John tells the Torchwood gang to go to the roofs of their buildings.

"You're no fun."

They make their ways to the top of the central server building, the hospital and the police HQ. Gwen, Andy, Rhys, Toshiko, Owen and Ianto look on as John, from atop Cardiff castle, detonates explosives in fifteen key locations that cripple the city. He whisks Jack back in time to meet Gray.

In 27AD, in Ancient Cardiff, Gray greets Jack. Jack tearfully apologises to his brother for abandoning him. Gray refuses to accept the apology and stabs him, then demands that John get a shovel. Gray gives a furious speech of feeling let down by Jack, for years he suffered unspeakable torture and Jack didn't look for him. For this, Jack is thrown into a grave and buried alive by John, who is forced to fill the grave. Because of Jack's immortality, he will suffocate on dirt, die, and resurrect again for eternity. John, horrified at such a dreadful existence, throws a tracking beacon into the grave, saying to Gray it's a sentimental gift he received from Jack.

Gwen takes charge of the team and the police. She makes her way to the Hub, where she finds John has returned to help the team after being forced to bury Jack alive in Cardiff in 27 AD. Gray activates a signal and Weevils flood the streets of Cardiff. This stops Toshiko and Ianto from reaching the nuclear power station to halt a meltdown.

Owen goes to the nuclear facility, reminding his teammates that he's king of the Weevils. The others are attacked by Weevils at the Hub, but subdue them, only to be locked into cells by Gray.

Owen, at the nuclear facility, tells Nira Docherty, a scientist who is trying to contain prevent a meltdown, to leave. She refuses for a few moments, claiming a soldier never leaves their post before Owen reveals his layman's knowledge about the nuclear station is adequate. Although Nira thinks it sounds more dangerous outside, Owen figures it's about even with the situation at the plant and gives her a can of Weevil spray, sending her on her way, thanked by Nira in return. Owen waits for instructions from Toshiko, admitting to her, "Tosh, you're going to have to help me out here. I haven't got a bloody clue what I'm doing." Tosh tells Owen her plan to divert a secondary power source for Turnmill that will restore its power, and if it works, she can guide him into restoring the coolant system.

However, while her attention is focused on using a remote control device, a gunshot rings out and Toshiko stumbles backwards, before noticing a huge amount of blood oozing from her wounded stomach. She glances up to see she has been mortally shot by Gray, who stares back at her with cold hatred, before toppling over in horrific pain. Gray kicks away her device and mocks her, seeing death as more of a relief and asking her how it feels to be dying, declaring the battle to be over. A knocking interrupts his taunting and he heads for the morgue.

In agony, Tosh makes her way down the steps to the autopsy room, gets her device back, and injects herself with a powerful pain-killer. She denies that she's hurt when Owen asks and helps him to flood the room he's in with coolant, halting the meltdown.

As this is happening, Gray discovers Jack in a cryo-chamber in the morgue, placed there by Torchwood in 1901 on his own request. He tells Gray he forgives him. Gray refuses to give him absolution, so Jack uses chloroform to put him to sleep. Captain John is able to reverse the signal and sends the Weevils back into hiding. Jack frees the others from the cells and they head back to the main area.

However, an unexpected power surge alerts Tosh that there is going to be an emergency lockdown once it hits, which will seal Owen in the station. Owen sees the doors closing and makes a run for the exit, but fails to make it out in time, leaving him to face his death all over again. Banging on the door, he shouts to Tosh that he cannot get out. Knowing what's about to happen, he begins shouting angrily about not wanting to die like this, let alone for the second time. When he figures out Tosh can't help him, he starts panicking for the rest of his teammates to come and rescue him. Once he realises it's hopeless, he dissolves into a screaming rage.

Toshiko, dying, asks Owen to calm down. He demands a reason. Tosh tearfully replies, "Because you're breaking my heart", and he is quiet. The two talk as they prepare to die, Owen unaware of Tosh's wounds. Owen asks what will happen to him, and though Tosh resists explaining at first, Owen begs her to say it because he needs to know. Tosh replies that the room where Owen is locked inside is a containment chamber which will flood with irradiated coolant. Owen concludes his body is going to slowly decompose as he watches. Tosh regrets being unable to stop the power spike, but Owen responds there was no way she could have known about it and thanks Tosh for saving his back so many times before in the past. He remembers back when Tosh had to fill in for him on his second week at Torchwood by pretending to be a doctor when investigating a space pig because he had a hangover, and the two laugh wearily.

Owen faces his death with peace.

Owen realises they never had their date together and apologises because they "sort of, er, missed each other", and for not noticing Tosh's love for him until it was too late, reciprocating it back to her. The coolant venting process activates, and Owen lets Tosh know it is starting. Tearing up, Toshiko starts to grieve for Owen, but Owen lets her know it's okay. Coolant pours into the room where Owen is trapped and he accepts his fate. Owen tells Tosh it will be all right. He calmly stands up and prepares to die. The room is engulfed with a bright flash, and Owen disappears. The last thing he can be heard saying is, "Oh, God."

Toshiko bleeds to death as she watches the screen showing Owen's fading signature. Jack and the others arrive. He notices the puddles of blood leading down the steps of the autopsy room and sprints to Toshiko, cradling her. Ianto mentions the nuclear plant, worried about Owen, before Tosh tearfully tells the team what happened and that she couldn't save him. Gwen gives her another dose of pain-killer and tries to soothe her, but Toshiko dies in Jack's arms with Gwen at her side. She looks into Jack's eyes and smiles at him one last time before her life fades and her face goes slack. Gwen and Jack cry helplessly for their deceased teammate. Ianto leans himself against an autopsy cart, trying to maintain his composure, while John looks at them all solemnly.

The following morning, a news broadcast airs in Cardiff about its efforts to recover from the attacks during the previous night. Rhys holds Gwen beside him, who is filled with misery. Back at the Hub, Jack prepares to cryo-freeze Gray, though John is quick to warn him that if Jack woke him up in 100 years, he will not have grown any better from his tortured state of mind. Aware of this, John suggests killing Gray could be the release he needs. Jack refuses to entertain the thought, believing too much death has occurred. John comforts Jack by saying it wasn't his fault. He also questions him for not putting up a fight when he was being buried alive. He tells John it was his penance, answering his curiosity. John reverently bids farewell to Jack with a hug and kiss, then consoles him for his recent losses. He departs to explore this time period, curious to see why Jack enjoys it so much.

Jack and Gwen gather Owen and Toshiko's personal belongings for archiving. When Jack collects Owen's lab coat adorned with colourful pin-back buttons, and Gwen bags up Tosh's raspberry-coloured glasses, the pain of coming to terms with their deaths resurfaces and they become tearful all over again. Meanwhile, Ianto reluctantly begins Owen and Toshiko's respective final logouts, soon joined by Gwen and Jack. Upon finishing Toshiko's, a video appears in which she thanks Jack, admits her love for Owen and hopes she didn't die for nothing. It evokes a few smiles from the group, despite the great sadness they feel over her death.

The team grieves for Owen and Tosh.

When Toshiko's farewell message closes, Jack lets his grief subside and resolves that the team has to carry on. Taking the losses of Owen and Tosh very hard, Gwen is unsure if she can continue, but Jack tells his last two comrades that they'll start from the end. He embraces her and Ianto in a hug. Torchwood Three has lost two of its most beloved members, but they will never be forgotten by their comrades.

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Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • A family friendly pre-watershed edit of this episode aired at 7:00pm, four days later, on Tuesday 8 April 2008 on BBC Two.
  • The first scene of the episode, in which the team piles into Rhys' car (the SUV having been stolen), marks the last time the complete team would be together.
  • This episode confirms that Naoko Mori's character in the 2005 Doctor Who episode Aliens of London, Dr. Sato, was indeed Tosh, making her the only Torchwood member, other than Jack, to have met the Ninth Doctor.
  • In 1901, Jack tells Torchwood to put him in suspended animation for 107 years, seemingly placing this story in 2008. However, the previous episode Fragments places Owen's recruitment four years before the present. As Tosh states in Exit Wounds that her examination of the space pig (from the 2005 Doctor Who episode Aliens of London, set in 2006) happened while she covered for Owen on his second week as a medic, this appears to place both Fragments and Exit Wounds in 2010. Along with this contradiction, these clash with and contradict dates given in several other stories.
  • John Barrowman and Naoko Mori had previously co-starred in a production of Miss Saigon as Chris and Kim, where she also died in his arms.

Ratings[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Unofficial overnight ratings indicated Exit Wounds was the most watched programme on BBC2 all day and had a 12% audience share, the twentieth most watched programme of the day.
  • 3.13 million BBC Two viewers, with an AI of 90%[1]

Filming locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.

Production errors[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • When Gwen walks into the Hub and does a sweep of the area of John, we get a point of view of her looking up at the upper areas of the Hub. But the 2nd floor has not been added in via CGI and just reveals the construction and lighting used for the Hub set.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Jack finally reunites with Gray, an occurrence implied would happen during the events of TV: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang [+]Loading...["Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (TV story)"] and Adam [+]Loading...["Adam (TV story)"].
  • Owen refers to himself as "King of the Weevils" because the Weevils have cowered before him in the past, like in TV: Combat [+]Loading...["Combat (TV story)"] and Dead Man Walking [+]Loading...["Dead Man Walking (TV story)"].
  • Owen says that he and Toshiko never got around to the date they had discussed during the events of TV: Meat [+]Loading...["Meat (TV story)"], Reset [+]Loading...["Reset (TV story)"] and A Day in the Death [+]Loading...["A Day in the Death (TV story)"].
  • When Jack is trying to stop Gray in the Hub, he tells him he forgives him, which is very similar to how he saw the Tenth Doctor defeat the Saxon Master in TV: Last of the Time Lords [+]Loading...["Last of the Time Lords (TV story)"].
  • Tosh recalls having to conduct the examination of the "space pig" due to Owen being hungover during the events of TV: Aliens of London [+]Loading...["Aliens of London (TV story)"].

Home video releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Exit Wounds, along with the rest of series 2, was released in a complete series box set in 2008.
  • It was also released in the Series 1-4 boxset (Region 2 release: 14 November 2011.)

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ The second series of Torchwood is set anywhere from 2007-2010 as a result of conflicting evidence shown in the episodes 'Ghost Machine [+]Loading...["Ghost Machine (TV story)"], Greeks Bearing Gifts [+]Loading...["Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)"], Random Shoes [+]Loading...["Random Shoes (TV story)"], To the Last Man [+]Loading...["To the Last Man (TV story)"], Reset [+]Loading...["Reset (TV story)"], Adrift [+]Loading...["Adrift (TV story)"], Fragments [+]Loading...["Fragments (TV story)"], Exit Wounds, and The New World [+]Loading...["The New World (TV story)"] as well as Meat [+]Loading...["Meat (TV story)"] placing the series about a year after the start of series 1.

Citations[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ BARB Ratings - April, 2008
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