New Girl is a pretty fantastic start to the Torchwood One series. It's a fun story. While I found the big twist pretty obvious in that I feel this sort of story has been done in television before (a fake newbie character turned traitor), I still very much enjoyed all the beats of the story, the way this is effectively used to reintroduce us to the world of Torchwood One, and to have some fun with our cast.

The choice to rely on existing canon to have Ianto here is a great one and what initially compelled me to check this series out, but Yvonne is the real star here. I don't love how this story kind of launches her right into the outs of Torchwood of this story, especially with similar vibes going on in One Rule with her character up against the wall.  It seems like that sort of defeats the purpose of this range, as it would have been cool to see Yvonne properly leading Torchwood One at its height, but this was still pretty great and an excellent launch to the range overall.