History Recap / TorchwoodS2E4Meat

* MercyKill: Jack has to euthanize that poor alien creature after it was being tortured, since it has grown too big to be dealt with.

The gang, including Rhys, inflitrate the bad guys' lair, but they all get caught. Rhys takes a bullet for Gwen. The villains are defeated and given amnesia drugs, but Owen has to put the SpaceWhale down.

* ActionSurvivor: Rhys
* AliensInCardiff: The TropeNamer
* {{Bowdlerise}}: The pre-watershed edit of this episode was the only one to have an actual dialogue change, rather than just having objectionable content cut out: Rhys's line "you fucking him or what?" became "you seeing him or what?"

* KarmaHoudini: The three people dealing alien meat on the black market get [[LaserGuidedAmnesia Retconned]] because it's easier for Torchwood to just have them forget their actions and go on like they never got involved with shady dealings rather than try to keep them under lock and key. [[spoiler:[[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] and explained in the book ''The Torchwood Archives''; The team thought they let the guys off too easy, but apparently, Jack gave them so much Retcon, their minds reverted to that of teenagers.]]
* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Lampshaded.

* TheUnmasking: Gwen reveals the truth about her job to Rhys. [[spoiler: It sticks.]]

The team investigates a meat company whose product seems to be extraterrestrial in origin. Jack makes the requisite bad innuendo puns about "eating alien meat". By complete coincidence, the meat is transported by... Rhys' company. Gwen doesn't like that at all, because inevitably, Rhys follows them and finally learns what Gwen does for a living.

The meat comes from a giant sentient SpaceWhale that regenerates infinitely. Sort of like Jack, only half asleep, immobile and very large. [[labelnote:''Doctor Who'' spoilers]][[spoiler: ... So, sort of like Jack [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E3Gridlock near the end of his life]], really.]][[/labelnote]] Jack feels strong empathy for the beast and vows to save it. He also merrily flirts with Rhys' HollywoodHomely secretary, who looks like she hadn't been flirted with in years.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The pre-watershed edit of this episode was the only one to have an actual dialogue change, rather than just having objectionable content cut out: Rhys' line "you fucking him or what?" became "you seeing him or what?"

* NoYou: During Gwen and Rhys’ argument:

* SpaceWhaleAesop: Kids, don't capture an extraterrestrial being and chop it up for meat!

*** Of course, bonus points for getting this across with a ''literal'' space whale.

'''Tosh:''' Mainly because we're all sad and single. ''(Ianto looks pleased with himself for a second)''\\

* KarmaHoudini: The three people dealing alien meat on the black market get [[LaserGuidedAmnesia Retconned]] because it's easier for Torchwood to just have them forget their actions and go on like they never got involved with shady dealings rather than try to keep them under lock and key.

''(long string of profanities)''\\

The team investigates a meat company whose product seems to be extraterrestrial in origin. Jack makes the requisit bad innuendo puns about "eating alien meat". By complete coincidence, the meat is transported by... Rhys' company. Gwen doesn't like that at all, because inevitably, Rhys follows them and finally learns what Gwen does for a living.

The meat comes from a giant sentient SpaceWhale that regenerates infinitely. Sort of like Jack, only half asleep, immobile and very large. [[spoiler: ... So, sort of like Jack [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E3Gridlock near the end of his life]], really.]] Jack feels strong empathy for the beast and vows to save it. He also merrily flirts with Rhys' HollywoodHomely secretary, who looks like she hadn't been flirted with in years.

-->'''Ianto:''' Well, this is unprecedented, the fiance finding out.\\

-->'''Rhys:''' What, exactly, do I need protecting from?!
-->'''Gwen:''' [[TheUnmasking I CATCH ALIENS!]]
-->'''Rhys:''' Piss off! [[AliensInCardiff Aliens? In Cardiff?!]]

The meat comes from a giant sentient SpaceWhale that regenerates infinitely. Sort of like Jack, only half asleep, immobile and very large. [[spoiler: ... So, sort of like Jack [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E3Gridlock near the end of his life]], really.]] Jack feels strong empathy for the beast and vows to save it. He also merrily flirts with Rhys' HollywoodHomely secretary, who looks like she hadn't been flirted with in years.

-->'''Gwen:''' I CATCH ALIENS!
-->'''Rhys:''' [[AliensInCardiff Aliens? In Cardiff?!]]

-->'''Ianto:'' Well, this is unprecedented, the fiance finding out.\\

-->'''Gwen:''' Have you ever eaten alien meat?
-->'''Jack:''' Yeah.
-->'''Gwen:''' What was it like?
-->'''Jack:''' He seemed to enjoy it.

The meat comes from a giant sentient SpaceWhale that regenerates infinitely. Sort of like Jack, only half asleep, immobile and very large. [[spoiler: ... So, sort of like Jack [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E3Gridlock near the end of his life]], really.]] Jack feels strong empathy for the beast and vows to save it. He also merrily flirts with Rhys' homely secretary, who looks like she hadn't been flirted with in years.

The team investigates a meat company whose product seems to be extraterrestrial in origin. By complete coincidence, the meat is transported by... Rhys' company. Gwen doesn't like that at all, because inevitably, Rhys follows them and finally learns what Gwen does for a living. Jack makes the requisit bad innuendo puns about "eating alien meat".

The team investigates a meat company whose product seems to be extraterrestrial in origin. By complete coincidence, the meat is transported by... Rhys' company. Gwen doesn't like that at all, because inevitably, Rhys follows them and finally learns what Gwen does for a living.

The team investigates a fishy meat company whose product seems to be extraterrestrial in origin. The meat is transported by... Rhys' company. Gwen doesn't like that at all, because inevitably, Rhys follows them and finally learn what Gwen does for a living.

The team investigates a fishy meat company whose product seems to be extraterrestrial in origin. Rhys gets involved and finally discovers the truth behind Gwen's mysterious job.

* SpaceWhaleAesop: Kids, don't capture a extraterrestrial being and chop it up for meat!

* WhamEpisode: Gwen reveals the truth about her job to Rhys. [[spoiler: It sticks.]]