Stories Television Torchwood Series 2 Torchwood Series 2 Episode: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang 1 image Overview Characters How to Watch Reviews 4 Statistics Related Stories Quotes 8 Transcript Overview First aired Wednesday, January 16, 2008 Production Code 2.1 Written by Chris Chibnall Directed by Ashley Way Runtime 50 minutes Time Travel Present Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) LGBTQA+ Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) Gray, The Cardiff Rift Location (Potential Spoilers!) Cardiff, Earth, Wales UK Viewers 4.22 million Synopsis Captain John Hart, an old friend of Jack's, appears through the Rift and causes problems for the Torchwood team. Watch Watched Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Characters Captain Jack Harkness Blowfish First Appearance Gwen Cooper Owen Harper Toshiko Sato Ianto Jones Rhys Williams Andy Davidson Captain John Hart First Appearance Show All Characters (9) How to watch Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang: Watch on iPlayer DVD Torchwood: The Complete Second Series DVD Torchwood: The Complete Series One & Two Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Newest First Oldest First Most Likes Highest Rating Lowest Rating Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 4 reviews 27 November 2024 · 41 words Review by greenLetterT 2 The most important thing about this episode is that I had fun. I watched John Hart with the same fascination you might show to a weird bug wandering over a branch. Can't wait to see more of what's wrong with him Like Liked 2 7 August 2024 · 71 words Review by WhoPotterVian Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! That was a lot of fun. Loved Captain John Hart as the antagonist - he's basically Torchwood's answer to the Master - and the humour (especially the Blowfish driving a sports car at the beginning). It's a shame Gwen is practically reduced to damsel in distress though, and Owen saves the rest of the team sans Gwen after they were betrayed by Captain John a bit too easily for my liking. Like Liked 1 6 June 2024 · 239 words Review by dema1020 Spoilers 2 This review contains spoilers! I feel this episode is steeped enough in Jack Harkness lore this should be considered a prerequisite required story to fully appreciate. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang is pretty solid, on the whole, which is great by the standards of the first two seasons of Torchwood. It is well known that RTD and others involved in the early reboot of Doctor Who were inspired by Buffy the Vampire Slayer, while James Marsters apparently saw a New Who episode and became interested in joining the series, eventually winding up with him taking on the memorable role of Captain John here. He is the best part of this episode by a wide mile and really helps to elevate the material a little bit. Sure, the writing and execution of all this is a little clunky, but on the whole it does a good job at introducing a new character from Jack's past, creating conflict around it, and then setting up some stuff for Series Two, even if it is only really paid off at the end of the season. You could ask for a lot worse, especially given all the atrocities of Series One. This left me optimistic for the future of Torchwood after suffering through the first series on my first watch. It holds up pretty well in hindsight, even if the results of Series Two on the whole are a lot more consistent with Series One then I would prefer. Like Liked 2 24 April 2024 · 72 words Review by 15thDoctor Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang makes 42 look like it was written by an entirely different person. The alien blowfish is perhaps the show’s first truly iconic alien design. The mysterious Captain John (played by James Masters) gets the balance right, delivering the right kind of camp, gritty, sexy nonsense the audience is looking for. He matches John Barrowman’s energy and enriches the lore around our main character. Like Liked 1 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating265 members 3.80 / 5 Trakt.tv AVG. Rating329 votes 3.94 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating58 votes 3.80 / 5 Member Statistics Watched 694 Favourited 38 Reviewed 4 Saved 3 Skipped 0 Owned 7 Related Stories Torchwood Series 1 • Episode 12 Captain Jack Harkness Rating: 4.09 Story Skipped Television Reviews(4) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Torchwood Series 1 Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite GWEN: Excuse me. Have you seen a Blowfish driving a sports car? (The woman points down the road.) GWEN: Thank you. (They drive on.) WOMAN: Bloody Torchwood. — Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang Show All Quotes (8) Open in new window Transcript Needs checking [Road] (Night. An older woman presses the button on a pedestrian crossing, and the traffic lights turn red in her favour. Then a red open sports car comes to a halt, driven by a being with an exotic fishes head. Chrysler Crossfire, I believe. The green man flashes and it gestures her to cross. Once safely on the other side, the lights change and the car zooms away, music blaring. Then a black Range Rover pulls up beside her.) GWEN: Excuse me. Have you seen a Blowfish driving a sports car? (The woman points down the road.) GWEN: Thank you. Show Full Transcript Open in new window