A young woman drives on a lonely country road at night. She sees a body in the road and stops. She exits the vehicle and approaches it but finds it’s just a pile of clothes. She gets back into her car but finds her keys missing and her tires flat. Her car remote activates, unlocking the doors while a hooded figure comes and attacks.
The Torchwood gang are driving along the same road. They’re investing the disappearance of 17 people all within a 20-mile radius. Gwen wonders aloud if the Rift has spread this far and Jack admits that it’s possible, especially with the increasing activity. They stop to set up camp.
Owen complains about being in the country and having to rough it as the others quietly set up their gear. They are being watched but are unaware of it. Trying to lighten the mood, Gwen asks everyone who they last kissed. Owen tells all that his last kiss was Gwen, much to everyone’s surprise. Tosh’s last kiss was Owen. Jack asks if last kiss includes non-humans, making everyone groan. Ianto says his last kiss was Lisa (the Cyberwoman from last ep). Owen takes off in search of firewood and Gwen tags along.
As they walk, Gwen and Owen argue about the kiss. Owen thinks her sex life with Rhys is too boring and that sex between the two of them would be explosive and that’s why Gwen is denying their attraction. Just as about they’re about to come to blows, Gwen spots a hooded figure, but it gets away. Gwen spots something on the ground, covered. They uncover it to find a body stripped of its flesh and organs.
Owen examines the body. It’s a male, killed somewhere else and dumped here. Jack doesn’t think it’s the work of weevils. They suddenly hear the sound of their SUV starting up. By the time they get back to their campsite, the SUV has taken off, running over their tents. Ianto tracks the car’s signal to a small village a couple of miles away. Seems like it’s one big trap but Jack decides to head to the village.
Once at the village, the team split up. Tosh and Ianto go in search of their vehicle and Jack and the rest go investigate the pub (and have a pint or two?). Back in the pub’s kitchen, Gwen finds another body, partially stripped of flesh. Jack and Gwen go to the next house where they find another body. They go to the next house, but when Gwen opens the door she is greeted by a shotgun blast in her side. Jack rushes in to see a scared man, holding the gun. He says he thought they were “them” and had come back for him. Owen examines Gwen and finds most of the buckshot is just flesh wounds and starts to extract them.
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