Torchwood (TV Series) Meat (2008) User Reviews

Pretty good episode

[thomasgouldsbrough · 7/10 · 31 March 2022]

Meat was a pretty good Torchwood episode, mainly owing to the screen time given to Rhys and Gwen's. There's been a comment that's been submitted that suggested that Rhys was this show's ball and chain, and that he didn't need to be there, as he didn't further anything. This episode disproves that completely, as Rhys is essential to the plot, as well as good comic relief.

The plot of Toshiko liking Owen is still explored, and its......interesting. It's not entirely convincing, it tries to convince us of it through Toshiko's loneliness and inability to connect with people, but Toshiko seems like a character of principle, who wouldn't date someone like Owen.

Nevertheless, the quality of Torchwood so far far suppresses series 1.

A "Torchwood" episode with real meat to it

[DVD_Connoisseur · 9/10 · 8 February 2008]

"Meat" is a surprisingly effective and moving example of British sci-fi drama. There's something genuinely comic yet chilling when an other-worldly tale is set in the rather grim, un-exotic setting of Merthyr Tydfil.

The Torchwood team investigate strange goings on following a road traffic accident involving a vehicle full of raw meat. What is of interest is that the meat isn't from this planet...

A well paced and interesting episode, the finale is especially effective and one of "Torchwood"'s most memorable to date. The special effects are ambitious but pleasing and the script and direction manage to create real emotion in the viewer. In less capable hands, this could have been a clunker.

9 out of 10. More of the same please!

No more lies for Gwen

[abs_is_back · 10/10 · 30 March 2008]

When Rhys' job and Gwen's job cross paths, the result is a messy fight and a brilliant story.

It's also a heartbreaking tale that shows some humans are a worse threat than some aliens. This is not the first time TW has told a story in which humans were the bad guys, but it is the best. And not everything is black and white - when Tosh finds out the circumstances of the alien, her first reaction is to use it for human benefit - her reasons may sound nobler, but are they that different from the criminals intentions? Where do we draw the line? What makes an alien friend or foe? And the final question of the episode - to retcon or not to retcon? Excellent story telling, excellent acting. Eve Miles and Kai Owen do a wonderful job of chewing the scenery without chewing it to bits. Their emotions are very real and not over-the-top.

Series two seems to be doing the impossible - being even better than series one.