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Starting Over...

Torchwood
Series 1 Episode 10 * Out of Time

It's a bird! It's a plane! ... It's a plane.

Owen, Gwen and Jack await the touchdown of what appears to be an old fashioned bi-plane.

This is Diane. She waves a cheery hello to Torchwood from the cockpit of the "Sky Gypsy" as they stride purposefuly towards her.

Diane greets the welcome wagon again, and apologizes for the unplanned landing. Seems there was a bit of turbulence. She thinks she's landed on a secret base of some sort and wants Jack to show her around.

This is a picture of the gang for no particular reason.

Seems Diane has a couple of passengers, and they're wondering when they can head off again. They're expected.

Jack wants to know when they left. You know, I could tell you about the time this bitch at the voting polls laughed at me because I said "down the street" when she asked where I lived instead of asking for my address. At least Jack doesn't scoff in their faces when Diane tells him they only left half an hour ago. He's looking for specific dates.

Clearly this is a totally insane question as far as Diane is concerned. She answers anyway: The 18th! Today. silly old Captain Harkness!

Year Please.

Is he for real???

Jack asks which year about five hundred times. He's getting slightly impatient with the lack of a proper answer.

Why it's 1953, of course. Tada!

Back at the hub, Jack is reassuring everybody that there's nothing to be scared of in this dank, secret, underground lair. The older man wants to know who the hell they are. Jack says the "least you know about us the better" which is so not proper grammar. In any case, it's time for intros!

Toshiko, Gwen and DOCTOR Owen Harper.

Meet John, Emma, and Diane.

Time to go with Owen now.

Gwen's all, at least it wasn't aliens this time! Whew! That's a relief! Jack tells her that aliens might be easier, and he should know better than anyone.

Up in the conference room, John wants to know how the hell they traveled through fifty years.

Suprisingly, Jack supplies an answer that does not involve the phrase "I don't know". They slipped through a transendental portal.

John thinks they're playing some kind of wacky joke on him, because this shit is crazy, by the way.

Jack hands the floor over to Tosh. She provides the accidental tourists with proof in the form of video footage and articles about the millenium celebrations that took place in thier home towns, and various other stacks of paper documenting the world's progression over the fifty years they missed out on.

Emma has to take a seat because this is pretty overwhelming.

Diane wants to know how they get back.

And the team looks to Jack for that answer, because they are totally not going to tell these poor people what fate lies in store for them. (The looks on Gwen and Owens faces are cracking me up-incidentally)

So it's up to Jack to break the bad news. You're not going anywhere. You're stuck here. Sorry about your luck. Diane wants to know what they're going to do now.

John doesn't really care about himself, he wants to know what happened to all the other people in his life.

Emma is in tears.

Gwen is giving Emma her life history now. Her dad died when he was 48. Emma says that Dad always knew he would die young working in the munitions factory. Gwen tries to console her by pointing out that her mother lived till she was 81...but she's still dead NOW, so that's not especially reassuring.

Over in Tosh's area, John is looking for his son. Tosh isn't coming up with anything though. They'll try tomorrow. Right now, everybody is going to get settled in for the night...Also, the first hint that this is actually a Christmas episode can be seen adorning Tosh's desk here. It's Garland!

Owen is in charge of finding out about Diane's family, and he's asking if she has a boyfriend.

She's too nomadic to have a boyfriend though. Never stays in one place long enough. Take note, Owen.

Later, Jack drops the kids off at some kind of boarding house or something.

John doesn't look to happy about this whole situation. Seems he's some kind of businessman and was on his way to close a deal on a shop in Ireland. Jack is more than happy to chat it up with somebody from the 50's though it seems.

John has a little radio that he wants to pick up some music on...well I don't know what just happened, but there doesn't appear to be any music coming from the radio...for some reason Jack is grinning up a storm though.

John tells Captain Harkness not to worry about the girls, because he'll look after them, and Jack promises to try and get the photographs in Johns old camera developed.

Jack says to call him Jack.

Gwen is hanging out with Emma...seems there's a couple of other young girls staying at the inn.

Gwen Admires Emma's dress, and it turns out that Emma made herself!

So, Emma is from Bristol and was travelling to Ireland to babysit because her uncle is ill. Then she picks up her old teddy-bear from her suitcase, and realizes that by this time her mother has realized that she's gone missing.

Gwen, oh so sentsitively points out that her mother found out in 1953. (She's known for years...and also she's dead now. Thanks for the reminder!)

Emma has to take a seat again and she wonders what her mom would have thought happened. She compares it to an unsolved murder, where the family never gets any closure. I'm sure rift in space and time never crossed anybody's mind.

Gwen tells Emma the truth. They chalked it up to a plane crash into the sea and everybody was assumed dead.

And Emma cries into her teddy bear.

So team Torchwood has set up fake I.D.'s and there will be bank accounts for everybody so they can integrate themselves into modern day society. For right now though, they're getting a daily stipend so they can practice with Modern day money.

John is not impressed with his new name. Diane sounds curious, and Emma seems to be just a little bit excited at the prospect of a fresh start. Or she just thinks her new name is cool.

Jack explains that their background stories incorporate the skills they already have.

John is having none of this business.

Jack seems to think John is worried about references, which can be faked...but he's not. He doesn't want his name taken or his identity changed because it's all they have left. Gwen looks a bit uncomfortable here. SHe also looks like she just came to work straight from the gym today without changing.

John storms away in a huff, and Jack goes after him to apologize and admit that he was wrong. They get to keep their names...or at least John does anyway.

At some point in the future Ianto has been charged with taking the gang on a little shopping excursion. He advises them on food / luxury item ratios. And when Emma marvels at the huge amount they've been given, Ianto explains inflation.

And then there's the door. We all take for granted not having to push grocery store doors opened, but Diane is enthralled. Ianto explains.

Ianto tells them about high frequency radio waves and sensors and...just a bunch of shit nobody cares about. Diane spots some bananas and runs away from him...because bananas are far more interesting.

John is amazed at the huge amounts of foodstuffs and goods available. In 1953 they'd just come off rations. Ianto apologizes for the consumerist society, but John thinks it's totally awesome.

Diane ogles the TVs. For a really long time.

Emma consults the Ianto calculator, because she wants to know how much money she has left. 15.40 it is.

So, like any youngster, she stuffs her basket full of sweets.

And Ianto calculates how much she's got left as he follows along behind her, then warns her that if she's eats all that candy her teeth are going to rot out of her head.

Okaaaay, MUM. Haha!

And Diane, she's impressed with the DVDs.

Well, Ianto's had enough of the ladies ooing and ahing over DVDs. He rolls his eyes at them and goes to find John who has found the scantily clad women on the magazine covers. He's aghast.

Ianto likes it

Emma thinks waterproof makeup is awesome!

John is worried about the children, though, according to Ianto, this peach is a children's TV presenter.

At the check out, Emma and Ianto chat it up about Musicals. Emma saw Calimity Jane five times and has the LP.

And Diane is distressed to find out that smoking will kill you.

Ianto drops John off at the stadium, and he promises to be back for supper. (John that is)

Instead, he goes off to his old house, which is now abandoned and boarded up.

John asks this dude, if he knows Alan Ellis (Johns Son) The dude has no idea.

John is sad. I have to say, one of these days, with all these characters named John cropping up on this show, I am going to call Jack - "John" for fairly obvious reasons, if I haven't already. Hah!

Back at the ranch, poor Emma doesn't understand the concept of tea-bags yet. She's ripping them opened and putting the leaves in the pot.

Diane is going to hang out with her airplane and she invites Emma along, but Emma is going to watch Calamity Jane for the sixth time.

Diane ponders her future piloting options.

Emma doesn't know what the hell to do. Apparently, she doesn't think she has any skills and has to go out and nab herself a man.

Of course, this concept horrifies Diane here.

The Two other boardies introduce themselves.

Diane and Emma watch on in amazement as this one makes a quick cuppa.

Isn't that convenient? The story of the 21st century. Anyway, Emma gets a compliment on her shoes. Looks like she's made a couple of friends!

Later, Owen has taken Diane to visit Gypsy. He's been internet stalking her past, and is impressed with her flying stats.

Diane comments about there being terrible wind across the Bengal Bay on one flight, and Owen makes a fart joke. He's so endearing, isn't he?

Owen makes some getting to know you conversation. Turns out Diane became a pilot during war time, and she loved it. After she got a taste for flying, she wasn't going to buy into the whole dutiful wife, business. In fact, she says that she wasn't going to let a man tell her what to do. Like Destiny's Child, she is an independent woman. Are you getting this Owen?

Then she gushes about her engine, and asks Owen if she can go for a ride.

Owen's all like, NO. Basically, since she has no license or anything. Thereby crushing Diane's independent spirit under his foot like a bug. I think he and Gwen may need some lessons on tact.

Owen wonders if maybe he's just another pig headed man telling Diane what to do. Diane tells him that he'd better make it up to her by teaching her all there is to learn about modern times.

So, over at the pub, John and Jack are having a drink and getting along famously.

I think Jack is feeling a bit nostalgic.

After John finishes telling a tale about some triumphant sporting even that he charged people to watch on his TV or something, he's going to ask about Jack's American Accent.

Yes, that would be an American accent, indeed, at least that's the answer that Jack's giving out, since the real answer is way too complicated.

John is going to ask him how the hell he ended up in Cardiff then, which is a question that we will never hear Jack answer, ever.

He just says it's a long story.

John does his best impression of Gwen and says that since Jack knows everything about his life, why can't Jack share a little bit of his? Jack says it's complicated.

John wonders if Jack maybe fell through time too. Well, that's close. I mean, he didn't fall through time per se, but he did kind of get ditched there. *still bitter*

Well, Jack says that maybe you could say that. He and John share a moment and cheers.

John lights up his pipe, but learns the hard way that Cardiff is a smoke free city.

Meanwhile, innocent little Emmabean is inviting the other girls out for a little Christmas caroling on Christmas eve. They surprise her by telling her that they're going to get smashed for X-mas and also that they are orphans with no family.

Emma tells the girls that she's all alone too.

She's sad because she has to tell them about her parents being dead and that she has to start up a new life down in old Cardiff.

The girls ask if Emma was close to her dead family.

And Emma's all teary eyed now, because she loved them very much and she misses them.

So, what're you going to do when you're feeling depressed about your whole world falling apart? Bottoms Up, girls!!

Back at the even more depressing bar, John wants to find his son, he wants to know if he's got grandkids or any other family out there wandering the streets. He asks Jack to find his son because it's all he has left.

And then John walks away, leaving Jack behind to ponder this.

Over at some Chinese food place, we find Owen and Diane. Owen has just pulled a chair out, and promptly sat his own ass down in it. Diane waits patiently for some chivalry, even though she's a super independent woman who needs no man to tell her what to do.

And Owen pretty much says what I'm thinking. She wants equality and chivalry, he says. Hahahahahaaha!

Diane thinks she should get both. So there.

Well, she's won this argument.

Now he's got the idea. He lights her cigarette without waiting for her to ask him.

Diane wants to know all about the other strides that women have made...Hmmm, I wonder what great things Owen is going to tell her about...

Artificial Insemination! You can now have kids without the sex. Yay! Go, Ladies!

Diane agrees that this is totally weird and not at all expected. I don't think she even believes him.

Then he compliments her on her hotness. (seriously, girls? Owen?)

Well, Diane is thoroughly charmed anyway.

Later, the girls are partying it up. I guess they just watched calamity Jane because Emma asks them what their favorite song was, and then she stands up and busts into her own rendition of her fave. The girls laugh it up.

Emma's kinda drunk now, but she's having a grand old time.

Oh, but John arrives and he's all mad at her for making a spectacle of herself.

Uhhh, Oh!!! Emma's in trouuuuble.

Owen asks Diane where she wants to go now. The night is still young. Diane says that she's in his hands. Right. He invites her back to his place so she can "surf the internet."

Owen tries to explain that he wasn't trying to get into her pants, even though he totally was. Diane doesn't really care about that. She just wants to know if he has any scotch, because before she does this, she must get completely sloshed I guess.

Back at the boarding house of doom, the Heart has been called in to mediate this little disagreement between John and Emma.

John is over here making mountains out of molehills...she only had half a glass after all...he's just trying to cling to the past in this modern world he's now stuck in, while Emma is clearly adapting very quickly.

Gwen asks if Emma is going to be Okay, and John says she will because he's going to watch her like a hawk now.

And well, Emma isn't going to take that. She doesn't even want the dinner John made, because she doesn't like Liver. Gwen is obviously horrified by the thought of liver as well.

Gwen tries to calm her down by whispering her name...but Emma pulls the "Not my Dad" card on John after he tells her to sit down and eat the meal and be grateful for it.

And then it really hits home that she's lost all her family. She hates modern day Cardiff! It sucks! Then she runs out of the room.

Gwen's powers cannot fix this. She feeeeels bad.

John's all, 'my son was so much better than this troublesome girl.'

Back at Owen's swingin' bachelor pad, he's telling Diane about more important advances in women's lives...like going to space and whatnot, as he shoves magazines under his couch because he's left the place a wreck.

Diane appears in the doorway from where she has been spending some time in the bathroom. This of course leads to the question of whether or not Owen has a girlfriend, because Damn if there aren't a lot of beauty products hanging out on the sink in there.

Well, it turns out that they're Owen's. See, not only have women made great strides in creating babies, but men have also made great strides in beautifying themselves.

Diane thinks this is hilarious, and Owen tells her that real men use product.

Diane wants to do him right now.

Instead she complains that the Bachelor Pad isn't very homey. Owen says that it's just no worth the time and effort since he never gets to spend any time there.

Diane lights one up and Owen tells her that she smokes too much. She knows.

She wonders then if Amelia Erhart maybe flew through a rift in space and time too.

Owen doesn't think so. Flying randomly through the rift apparently doesn't have such great odds.

Diane ponders this whole new crazy world, and Owen says that it's not so bad, and Diane is going to fit in just fine.

Then Diane is very glad that Owen doesn't have a girlfriend, and so is Owen.

Hey! Hiya, Gwen! How's it goin'?

It seems Gwen has rescued Emma here from mean ole John.

Later Owen and Diane have just finished doin' it. Apparently, she's pretty impressive.

Oh, hey, guess what? Diane here had a married lover back in the fifties. Ooo, she and Owen have so much in common already.

Owen thinks it's weird that she has no problems with this, but Diane liked being a mistress. She gets all the sex and none of the cooking and cleaning that way.

This doesn't match up with Owen's idea of the fifties...which is that it was an uptight era full of sexually repressed people. Diane laughs at him.

Let's do it again!!! Wheeee!

Diane says Okay. Then Owen very seriously proposes an affair, and that they can be "Fuck Buddies." And then I laugh and laugh and laugh, because that proposal is so damn charming and romantic. Yeah.

Diane has no idea what the hell that even means. Owen explains: A friend that you have casual sex with.

But Diane doesn't think sex should be casual or devalued in any way. Everybody involved should give it one hundred percent.

She compares it to flying.

Later. Emma wakes up to naked Rhys. This makes her scream her head off at the top of her lungs.

Gwen, of course, thinks it's funny. She explains that Emma is her aunt's step-daughter.

Rhys does not believe this shit.

Gwen does what she does best...lie to Rhys. She says Emma was supposed to stay with a friend for Christmas, but they got into a horrible fight.

Rhys is dismayed at the thought of guests for Christmas.

And Gwen gives him, 'you'd better not make a scene, because I'm doing this whether you like it or not. So there', faces at him behind Emma's back.

Rhys isn't going to get in a row with Gwen in front of a guest anyway, so he's all, 'let's buy a bigger turkey!' and Gwen and Emma are pleased that she gets to stay.

Well, since Rhys agreed to this plan, he gets introduced as Gwen's long suffering boyfriend, and gets a kiss for good measure.

Emma is confounded by the idea of living with a man before getting married. How on earth did their parents ever approve of such an arrangement!

Gwen gives Emma a big eyed warning to just go with it, as she explains to Rhys that Emma's parents are super religeous.

Rhys's all, 'well, lets not mention my manhood to them then.' Tee-Heeee!!

Emma is clearly horrified and does not think it's funny.

Gwen explains her lies to Emma...for some reason she couldn't tell Rhys that her parents were dead, because that would lead to questions, and nobody likes a bunch of questions, right GWEN??? Right.

And well, at this point, Rhys doesn't know what Gwen does for a living, so let's just keep our lips zipped about that, shall we?

Emma wonders what the hell is wrong with these people.

Later, Gwen is all worried about what they're going to do with Emma. Apparently, shuffling them all off to a boarding house until they get their new lives all sorted is just not working out. Gwen doesn't think Emma should be looked after by two total strangers in Diane and John...I mean, Diane can't even be trusted, she just spent the night, god knows where, and didn't even return.

Owen stops by to make up some totally lame cover story about Diane staying at a bed and breakfast. The bed being Owen's and the breakfast being...well, I'll let you fill in the blank.

Gwen looks a little suspicious, Jack looks like he doesn't know what the hell is going on with his staff again. Gwen is taking in strays and Owen is taking Diane Job hunting. They perplex and confuse him, and apparently he has no say in the matter.

Meanwhile, Tosh is in your databases, finding John's son.

John arrives at the old folks home, under some pretense or another, the nurse tells him that she's not sure Alan is going to be any help.

There he is. Looking to be many years older than his father now.

Poor Alan is clearly not in control of all his faculties, as John is introduced as a distant nephew and all Alan wants to know is if Sally is coming.

It turns out Sally was his wive and she's already passed away. John is looking like he's pretty much in shock at this point. The nurse apologizes for it not being one of Alan's good days. John wants to know what's wrong with him. It's Alzheimer's.

John is devastated at the news. Alan never had any children and there was nobody left to take care of him.

Later on, John tries to share some memories of the good times with Alan through photographs.

None of it is really registering with Alan though. He wants to go home, and worries about his clothes being stolen.

John asks after some more history. Turns out his son was a fireman...just like he was in the war.

Meanwhile, Owen has taken Diane to the airfield, where she's excited about getting to fly again. She's not that excited about the price tag though. Owen offers to pay, chivalrous guy that he is.

And Diane thanks him for it.

Back in much sadder areas of this episode, John is telling Alan tales of times past.

Alan seems to remember this particular sporting event that his dad is talking about, and they're all excited.

And John gives away the secret...that he is Alan's dad.

Alan doesn't remember though. According to the nurse he only remembers snippets.

He wants the nurse to tell him when Dad is coming, and calls her Mum. This is totally making me weep.

It's making John weep too.

John takes hold of his hand, and Alan asks: "Who are you?"

And John is crushed.

Back at the hub, Jack is ruminating on what just happened with John. It's the end of the man's world, Somehow, all of this has become their responsibility, and there's nothing Torchwood can do to help.

He's talking to Tosh apparently. That's why it's all dark.

Now that everybody's totally depressed...Merry Christmas! I never noticed that the hub had lights and a Christmas tree and garland and everything in this episode. Probably because they're all such a cheery bunch right now.

Right, so they can't even get in the air until the 29th. That's the best the man in the yellow jacket can do.

Diane tries to sweet talk him into letting her go up alone, but that's a no. Owen tries to bribe him into dumping a regular and he'll pay double. That's also a no. The 29th it is! Diane will take it any way she can get it.

Diane gets all upset and weepy because she was really looking forward to getting up in the air again. Owen apologizes because he totally should have booked ahead before getting her hopes up.

Later, we can see Gwen's influence on Emma already. Emma looks a bit dubious at this situation she's now in, at a club, with some Groove Armada playin' in the background. I see you, Baby! Shakin' that Ass! She looks totally lost and then some guy goes over to chat her up.

Gwen worries about Emma's welfare, now that she's taken her to a nightclub and let her loose on the dance floor. She doesn't think that Emma's even had a proper boyfriend. Rhys says that she'll be fine. She's a big girl.

And then they make out on the couch.

A public snogging is what Rhys gets for putting up with her apparently.

Rhys thinks he deserves a lot more than that. Haha.

Gwen waves at Emma who is integrating quite nicely with the young people...Gwen smiles at her then makes out with Rhys some more...and then Emma leaves the dance floor with her new man-friend. Uh-Oh.

Later, Gwen finds Emma on her Own couch locking lips with her own cute boy and she gets all momly on her all of a sudden. Note to Gwen: People learn by example you know.

Emma defends herself by saying she wasn't going to do anything.

Gwen says the dude might not have given her a choice in the matter, because....all men are pigs and they will have their way with you no matter what?

Rhys thinks Gwen is having a little bit of an over reaction.

Yeah! It was just a kiss and a cuddle. Chill out, Mom.

Gwen says that random dude had more than that in mind.

Emma is shocked at that revelation.

Later on, Gwen tries to explain sex to Emma with the aid of magazine articles. You can tell she's starting the girl out on the right foot with Ten Steam it Up Sex Moves to Drive him Wild.

Emma thinks it's gross, and Gwen just wanted Emma to know about everybody's sexual awareness in the 21st century so that Emma will be more careful.

Emma tells Gwen that her mother told her that no man will marry a "Soiled" woman.

Oh, but things have changed. Nobody cares any more.

Alright! So, how many people has Gwen done it with, Emma wonders.

A question which has Gwen sputtering into her coffee.

A Few...Tee Hee!

Emma wants to know if Gwen was in love with all these able bodied fellahs.

Nah. These days you can do it just for fun. If you're in the right mood, or whatever.

So, what you're saying is, Gwen...that if a guy wants Emma, then she should just let him have at it?

Not exactly.

So Emma wonders what exactly it is that Gwen is getting at.

Sex is nothing to be ashamed of, and your first time should be with someone special.

Now Emma wonders if Gwen wishes she would have waited for Rhys.

Aren't ultra-personal questions so much fun, Gwen!! Yay!

Gwen supposes that he is her special someone, and when Emma ponders that Sex with Rhys must be better than all the others, Gwen makes this face. Welll.....

Emma thinks she'll wait for mister right anyway.

She's not the kind of girl who sleeps around. Isn't that nice, Gwen?

Now that Gwen is feeling terribly awkward, Emma's off to brush her teeth. She thanks Gwen for the ever so helpful sex talk.

Over at Owen's shack, Diane is fretting about getting her pilots license. She's distressed that flying has become so automated these days.

Owen tells her to just let it be and flips his laptop shut.

See, Diane, he got you a nice present.

It's a pretty red dress! Well, Okay, I concede, that is kind of sweet.

Owen gets a kiss for his efforts.

Back at the Williams/Cooper abode, Gwen is pourin' out the wine.

Apparently Emma has been to a job interview...something fashion related, and they loved the coat. That will get you a job really fast in Torchwood land because Emma has been hired.

Yay! Hugs!

Gwen's all excited to be setting Emma up with her own flat nearby...Oh, but the Job is in London.

Well, Gwen seems a bit saddened by this news, even though it's Emma's big dream to work at a fashion house in London.

London is a big city after all. Emma say that Gwen sounds like her Mum.

Emma realizes that there's nothing keeping her in Cardiff...except for Gwen who is insisting that she stay in Cardiff for some reason.

Now that your hopes have been dashed...Cheers! Emma!

Later, John is telling Jack all about his plans to get back on his feet as they bid each other goodbye and good luck.

Once Jack leaves, though, John doesn't seem to be too enthused about it.

John sneaks behind the counter and grabs some keys.

Just when he's about to make his getaway, Ianto appears from behind the beaded curtain.

John lies and says he's looking for a bus timetable. Ianto hands it over and wishes him best of luck.

Back to Owen and Diane...they have arrived in an abandoned car park.
Diane wonders what the hell he's up to but she's giggling like a schoolgirl.

Back at Gwen's place, Rhys is looking highly agitated.

Gwen gives him a kiss and is excited about her day shopping with Emma.

Seems as if Gwen's mother has called, and has no clue who Emma is. Uh-Oh! Trouble in Paradise!

He thinks it has something to do with her work.

Gwen laughs at him a little when he calls Emma "Pollyanna", but he's totally serious.

So is it to do with work? Gwen tells him it's hard to explain. She doesn't even know Emma, but she was lost

Sorry, Rhys!

What worries Rhys most isn't the stranger in the house, though, it's the fact that Gwen doesn't think twice about lying to him.

Emma takes the blame, though. She's kicking herself out, despite Gwen's protestations.

Gwen appeals to Rhys again...Emma's only 18, and Gwen's powers don't allow her to turn her back on a poor orphaned time traveler. Rhys just walks away. He's so done with this conversation.

Later, Gwen Laments her Torchwood life Vs. Her Real life.

Emma says that Gwen has to let her go, because Gwen doesn't need any crossover right now, what with Rhys still clueless.

Back at the car park, Owen is romancing Diane.

They drink to chance meetings!

May Owen have this dance?

They dance it up to Frank Sinatra on the roof of the car park.

Diane catches a chill, and Owen puts his jacket on her. She wants to blow this car park and go home now.

That, of course, is code for sex up against the windows of Owen's flat. We hear a phone ringing, but it's not Owen's...

Because we cut to Jack climbing out of the Manhole and answering the call.

Ianto's car keys have gone missing, and he deduces that John is the one who stole them. See, even when Ianto wants to go home...he can't.

You get two shots of Ianto, because he is cute, and it's about to get really depressing up in this joint.

apparently the Torchwood staff's vehicles all have tracking devices in them.

It seems that John has gone home.

Jack has a sudden epiphany that he doesn't bother to share and runs out the door. Ianto hands off the coat as he goes.

Jack arrives at the John's old boarded up house.

He's in the garage with the car running.

Jack doesn't want John to throw his life away, but John thinks he doesn't understand. Oh but he does because:

He was born in the future, and lived in the past, and he can't get back to his own time either.

John thinks Jack is totally making shit up now and he doesn't want to be spoken to in riddles. And why is Jack trying so hard to save him when he hasn't got anything left?

Jack tells him that he can still start over. Make friends, get a job, have a family.

But Johns already been there and done that. He doesn't want to go through it all again.

We'll just cut away from that heart wrenching scene to Owen and Diane humping...err, making love. Which is, of course, entirely gratuitous and unnecessary to the plot.

And now back to the garage of doom. Oh, my gosh, I haven't watched this in a while, and I have to say that the cut from the suicide, to Owen and Diane, back to the suicide is making me laugh inappropriately. Nice editing.

Anyway, Jack wishes there was something he could do or say to ease this situation, but John has already made up his mind.

Jack can't just leave him there though.

John suggests that they wait until dawn and go out for breakfast.

Jack thinks this is a totally awesome idea. A new day! That means hope, right?

Well, no. For John that means more suffering. Endless days filled with suffering.

Jack doesn't like the sound of that.

And then John says that he's going to kill himself anyway, as soon as Jack isn't looking, because Jack can't watch him all the time, and he wants to die.

Jack tells him that there is no afterlife. Just darkness and nothing.

How does he know that, John wonders.

Because he died once (or a thousand times) John wants to know who he is, and since he's not Gwen, Jack tells him. He's a man out of his time who is alone and scared.

And thus we have the answer to the question of whether or not Jack ever gets scared.

John wants to know how he copes with it.

Well, he doesn't really. He finds it only just bearable. It has to be, because he doesn't really have a choice in the matter.

But John does. If Jack really wants to help him, then he will let him die with dignity, says John.

Jack stares at him for a while then asks if he's scared.

He is.

Post coitally, Diane is wondering why Owen has gotten so quiet.

Owen tells Diane that he doesn't know if he can do "This" anymore.

He doesn't want to be fuck buddies anymore. He likes Diane far too much for that. The short story is that it's taken him only one week to fall head over heels in love with Diane. And he doesn't know how the hell it happened. This is totally scary for Owen.

And Diane says that she loves Owen back.

Back in the Garage, Jack is sitting with John, so he doesn't have to do the deed alone...John quietly slips away.

Ianto is going to need a new car.

And Diane seems very worried about this lovey-dovey turn of events.

She doesn't want to be at love's mercy.

Jack holds John's hand after he goes, and is crying, because he totally has no heart, and is heartless.

Later, Gwen is sending Emma off to her dream job in London.

Owen wakes up alone with a note.

Seems like she's running away. He tires to command her to stay, but she doesn't listen to men telling her what to do, remember?

Gwen tries to convince Emma to stay in Cardiff one last time, but Emma doesn't want any regrets.

Emma's excited, so Gwen gives her hugs goodbye, even though she's sad that she's losing her new friend.

Even though she loves Owen, her heart belongs to the sky. He wants to try to make it work, but clearly, Diane has commitment issues.

Diane wants to fly through the rift, but Owen tells her that she can't get back that way. Diane doesn't care. It'll take her somewhere new then. Anywhere far away Owen would be better at this point.

Poor Owen.

Gwen and Emma wave goodbye to each other.

Owen's desperate. Now he wants to go with Diane. I think he's missing the point.

Diane flies "Solo"

That idea having failed, he tries to scare her with Torchwood's lack of knowledge about anything rift related. It could dump her anywhere.

Diane thinks it's awesome though. she's a free spirit after all, anywhere is good for her. She doesn't care if it's dangerous. Danger is her middle name.