Torchwood (UK) 2x08 A Day in the Death (Part 3)

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Torchwood (UK) - 02x08 A Day in the Death (Part 3)

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3.5/5 (4 votes)

First Aired: Feb. 27, 2008 on BBC One

Summary: A victim of his newfound circumstances, Owen Harper believes he needs absolution. Will the lonely girl on the rooftop help him, or will it be a mission to retrieve an alien device that is proving more lethal by the second? And how far will Toshiko go to help him?

Main Characters in this Episode

Guest Stars

Martha Jones	played by Freema Agyeman
Parker	played by Richard Briers
Maggie	played by Christine Bottomley
Farrington	played by Louis Decosta Johnson
Taylor	played by Brett Allen (IV)
Webb	played by Gil Kolirin
Weevil	played by Paul Kasey

Episode Quotes

Maggie: Okay, you're dead, and clearly that's a bit shit, and I'm sorry and everything, but if, if you are dead, then why are you here? You can't be wanting to jump, you can't die twice!
Owen Harper: Sorry, are you an expert?
Maggie: Sorry, are you an idiot?
Owen Harper: Yeah, I'm a dead idiot.

Owen Harper: My name is Doctor Owen Harper, and this is my life. A life that is full of action and violence and work and wonder. Secrets and sex and love and heartbreak and death. My death. The death I survived. The death I am now living through. Except that is isn't living. Every day is the same. I get up. Get ready for work, same as everyone else. The thing is, I'm not the same. I get to work and everyone's doing the same old thing. Babbling away about aliens and weddings. I'm not real. Three days ago, I died. And they think I'm fine, but they're wrong.

Security Guy: Who are you?
Owen Harper: I'm Doctor Owen Harper, and I'm having one hell of a day.

Mistakes/Goofs

Goof (factual errors): Owen is unable to give CPR to Mr. Parker because he supposedly does not have any breath, but in order to speak he must move air in and out of his lungs to pass over the larynx.
Goof (crew or equipment visible): In the scene where Owen and Maggie are sitting on the ledge, and she flips her cigarette, you can see a line coming out from behind Owen. Presumably a harness to keep him from falling off.