This review would hardly be the first to suggest that there is not much to separate Yvonne from Barry in One Rule. The eponymous rule is simply their class backgrounds, and how it leads them to present themselves, ultimately a hair's breadth between their staunch nationalism. When this ellipses in the conclusion over their mutual interests, the only thing preventing it from being an assertion of workplace hierarchy is the fact that this is Torchwood, with all of its flairs for the dramatic. Speaking of which, this is easily the most stylised story in the range so far, no less down to the motifs of Joseph Lidster; the sole reason as to why the monster attacks people when they are alone is to elicit as many scenarios as possible where two characters can sit down, in one location, for an extended conversation, a blissful recurring motif of his. Even when we do see the creature attack Ryan in isolation, his conversation over the phone brings a world of revelations, only for him to appear for but a minute. The nameless, superficially unimportant immediate antagonist perfectly lends itself to its style. It says a lot in One Rule's favour that its earnest, down-to-earth presentation of ideology boiling in the pot post-Rose left me wanting of Series 1.