Product Details

• Actors: John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Burn Gorman, Naoko Mori, Gareth David-Lloyd
• Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 5
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: BBC Warner
• DVD Release Date: September 16, 2008
• Run Time: 628 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0013GS3WW
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,144 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

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The following are included in the second season of Torchwood: repeated bouts of unrequited love, homicidal ex-lovers, monsters from space and impending doom for major characters. Now, that's how a series' second season should play out! But what makes Russell T. (Doctor Who) Davies' sophomore set of adventure for Torchwood so engaging is that he bundles them together in a tight and cohesive package that remains dramatically involving while maintaining the proper level of science fiction adventure. John Barrowman's Captain Jack Harkness is back, having materialized in the final episode of Doctor Who's third series ("Last of the Time Lords"), and with him comes one of the show's most inventive characters: fellow Time Agent and former lover Captain John Hart, played by Buffy the Vampire Slayer's James Marsters. Hart wreaks considerable havoc in the series opener, "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang," and returns several episodes later in "Fragments" to reveal Harkness' long lost brother Gray, who brings the series to a close in "Exit Wounds" with a horrific rash of violence that rends the Torchwood team permanently asunder. It's a finale that will leave fans agape by the final frame, but it's not the only stunner in the second season. "Reset" should also raise eyebrows with both the introduction of Doctor Who companion Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) in a three-episode arc, but also the shocking death and resurrection of a Torchwood member. Other highlights include "From Out of the Rain," which introduces one of the series' most intriguing villains, the Ghostmaker, and the alien "Adam," who throws the team into chaos with his power to suggest false memories. But the season's key storyline is the conflict between Jack, his brother Gray, and Captain Hart, which brings emotional heat and weight to the show's complex science and fantasy elements. Extras include all 13 episodes of Torchwood Declassified, the 10-minute companion series which explores elements of each episode, as well as "The Life and Deaths of Captain Jack Harkness," a 22-minute featurette (narrated by Freema Agyeman) about the character's immortal status that includes comments by Barrowman and Davies. Nine minutes of amusing outtakes and 18 minutes of deleted scenes bring this satisfying set to a close. --Paul Gaita

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The past is back...., January 22, 2009

By	Michael Valdivielso (Alexandria, VA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

In these episodes we learn a huge amount about the characters, their backgrounds, their historys and their possible future. Some the episodes, like MEAT, are touching while others, like KISS KISS BANG BANG are great and delightful. Important people will die, there will be time travel, sex, fear, aliens and lots of drama.
ENJOY!

26 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Better and more cohesive than season 1, July 11, 2008

By	C. Merced (Stamford, CT and sometimes in Puerto Rico) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Season 2 of Torchwood was a definite step-up from the first season. The show is better written and organized. The first season was a bit too messy in terms of ending and putting together the episodes. The episodes and stories of this season 2 make more sense and a clear and consistent mythology has emerged. Many questions have been answered and even more have come about. The show also makes more tie-ins with Doctor Who.

The first season was all over the place, stretching and sending each character into a million and one places. They were testing the waters and finding out who each character was and how far he or she would go. Now, the show has found its soul (corny I know...). Each episode of this season was darker and edgier as each explored an aspect of each of the characters and the interactions between them. Each character is more consitently written and the show itself shows more consistency.

We learn more about the creation of Torchwood and how Jack came to be where he is now. We also get Freema Agyeman reprising her role of Martha Jones for a 3-episode arch. She is such a good character!

The show is definitely better, definitely worth watching.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A vast improvement over Season 1, May 3, 2009

By	Sean Harpswell "luv books" (Maine, United States) - See all my reviews

I was disappointed by the writing and occasional overacting in Season 1 of Torchwood, but I was quite taken by the characters. I wasn't going to give Season 2 a go, but decided to take a chance hoping things would improve. They did. Drastically. The writing is much tighter and the depth of humanity in the series' characters are what kept me glued to nearly every episode. I've never seen a Dr. Who episode, but I found the Torchwood series very easy to follow without knowing much about it. I must confess a horrible crush on Ianto Jones, too. Can't wait for Season 3.