Characters saying things to each other that no one would say, shocking developments that, even given the heightened version of the universe Torchwood exists in, is mind numbingly unlikely. Some of the clandestine decisions being made worked in Children of Earth because it was being processed by a small number of politicians under unbearable and clearly defined pressure, but this is all too large scale, too loose and ill defined for medical and political leaders to be acting in unison against so many people’s better judgement. There is enough good fun in there to overcome some of this, but I’m hanging on with nothing more than good will.