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Revision as of 18:11, 4 July 2011

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Something Borrowed was the ninth episode in the second series of Torchwood. It saw Gwen Cooper marry Rhys Williams and confirmed her feelings for Jack Harkness.

Synopsis

Gwen Cooper is about to get married to her fiancé Rhys. Only one problem: on her hen night she is bitten by an alien and wakes up on her wedding day heavily pregnant with a shape shifter's baby. The alien mother is on the loose and searching for its offspring. The only way for the alien to get the egg is to rip open its carrier, Gwen...

Plot

Gwen is late for her hen's night as a result of following an alien. The creature, after being chased by Gwen, roughly pushes her to the ground. Gwen ends up flat on her back and the alien bites her. It is then killed by Jack, who helps the sprawled out Gwen to her feet.

It's discovered that the alien transferred eggs to Gwen, maturing inside her body to the point where she appears pregnant. During Gwen's examination, Jack tries to persuade Gwen to cancel the wedding. Owen mentions that if she were going to die, it would have happened already; so Gwen proceeds with the wedding. Rhys also tries to postpone the wedding but, at the insistence of Gwen, decides to have their wedding anyway. The alien fertilisation is explained to their families as Gwen's pregnancy by Rhys, kept secret as a surprise.

Tosh arrives at the wedding venue after being sent by Jack to guard Gwen. After being propositioned by Rhys' best man "Banana Boat", Tosh soon reaches Gwen and delivers her new wedding dress. They discuss the possibility of a relationship between Tosh and Owen.

Back at the hub, Owen's autopsy determines that the creature is a Nostrovite, a race of carnivourous shape shifters who mate for life and hunt in pairs. After fertilisation, the female transfers eggs to the male, who transfers them to a host to incubate them until the correct time. The female then kills the host, releasing the offspring. They conclude that the mate of the dead nostrovite will be hunting Gwen.

The Nostrovite follows and murders the DJ, eating most of him. Her presence is detected by Tosh, and by Banana, who followed Tosh. After trapping them on the bed in a black web-like construct, the Nostrovite joins the wedding guests.

Gwen and Rhys are at the altar when Jack demands the wedding be stopped. Owen and Ianto rescue Tosh and Banana, also finding Mervin's mangled corpse. A bridesmaid, Megan, enters the room, and upon seeing Mervin's body flees. Jack orders Ianto to go after her, but he fails to stop her before she screams murder to the entire wedding party. After firing at and chasing the Nostrovite, Tosh and Jack run after the alien but lose track of it.

Jack questions Owen about Gwen, who says that Rhys' mother Brenda is with the couple. Tosh mentions that Brenda is with Gwen's mother in the garden. Tosh and Jack reach the couple's room, where Jack calls Brenda an 'ugly bitch'. After being punched by Rhys, Jack is told that the woman actually is the real Rhys' mother. They reach the garden to find the Nostrovite still with Gwen's mother. They confront her, and the Nostrovite holds Gwen's mother hostage, demanding her child. Gwen walks towards them, but just as the Nostrovite releases Gwen's mother, Gwen reveals a hidden gun and fires several times as it flees.

Owen has brought the singularity scalpel to destroy the egg. He sends Gwen to her room, but asks Rhys to wait while he tells Rhys about the Scalpel and teaches him how to use it. Jack enters Gwen's room whilst Owen and Rhys are outside. He and Gwen share an emotional conversation. They nearly kiss, just as Jack transforms into the Nostrovite. Owen enters, shooting the Nostrovite while Gwen exits with Rhys. After realising Owen is dead, the Nostrovite pursues Gwen.

Rhys and Gwen reach the stable and Rhys explains Owen's plan to remove the egg. As the Nostrovite tries to enter, Rhys succeeds in removing the egg. Just as the egg is vaporised, the Nostrovite enters, impersonating Rhys' mother again. She moves towards Rhys, who is angrily picks up a nearby chainsaw. Furious at all that the creature has done to ruin his wedding day and threaten his bride and family, he lunges at the Nostrovite with the chainsaw. Unfortunately, the chainsaw stops working at that moment. Jack appears at the door, killing the creature with a powerful gun. Jack helps Gwen up. Putting her hand in that of Rhys, Jack proclaims, "The hero always gets the girl".

Rhys and Gwen's ceremony resumes, and the couple are wed. At the reception, Rhys and Gwen notice everyone falling asleep, realising has Jack RetConned the wedding party and guests. Jack offers the couple pills, but Gwen declines. She states that there will "be no secrets in this marriage". They exit, thanking the team for everything. Jack and the others clean up, Ianto stating the irony of fighting aliens by day and reverting to cleaner by night. Later, Jack enters the Hub alone, blowing some confetti in the air. He retrieves an old tin box, containing pictures from his past. He looks through them, reminiscing, but picks one up and stops. This picture in particular shows Jack and his bride at their wedding.

Cast

Production crew

General production staff

Script department

Camera and lighting department

Art department

Costume department

Make-up and prosthetics

Movement

Casting

General post-production staff

Special and visual effects

Sound



Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources.


References

Music

Story notes

Ratings

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Myths

Filming locations

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Production errors

Continuity

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.

DVD releases

  • This story along with the rest of Torchwood Series 2 was released in a complete series boxset in 2008.

See also

External links

Footnotes

v • e
Torchwood television stories
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
Children of Earth: Day One • Day Two • Day Three • Day Four • Day Five
Series 4
Stories listed here are only those that have been officially licensed by the BBC.
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