Tonight’s episode is a bit of a blur. Owen Harper is - to his misfortune - dead. Jack, in a complete reversal of policy from series one, hollers that they shouldn’t perform the autopsy just yet, then rushes out to retrieve the resurrection glove from amongst the freaky weevil people.

After an anticlimactic rescue of the glove, Jack returns to Torchwood and reanimates Owen. Awww. Except his primary reason is to find out the code for the alien morgue. No-one likes getting a call from work after hours, but raising you from the dead to find out a code? You’re taking the piss Jack, aren’t you?

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Extra-creepy episode of Torchwood tonight as an alien infiltrates the team and modifies their memories so that they believe he’s always been with Torchwood.

Adam convinces Tosh that she’s in love with him, and changes Gwen’s memory so that she doesn’t remember Rhys. Jack starts to have troubling visions.

Gwen arrives home and Rhys comes out of the bathroom and creeps up behind her. He startles her, and she pulls a gun on him and asks why he’s in the flat. She calls Jack, who verifies that Rhys is telling her the truth. Back at Torchwood, Owen confirms that Gwen has lost her memories of Rhys.

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Gwens fiancee Rhys arrives at the scene of a serious road accident and discovers that a friend has died in the crash. More shockingly, Torchwood arrive on the scene and he sees Gwen with them.

The team discover a load of meat in the back of one of the vans that is suspicious. As Owen analyses the meat, the others look at Rhys’ haulage firm. Tosh calls posing as a police officer and discovers that they didn’t take reliable contact information, so can’t offer any leads.

Owen confirms the meat is alien and that it’s most likely slipped into the food chain. Meanwhile, Gwen goes back home to check on Rhys, but he’s suspicious of her having seen her earlier. She leaves to return to Torchwood, but Rhys follows and sees her walk off arm-in-arm with Jack.

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Excellent! This evening’s episode of Torchwood opens in 1918, with a crossover in the fabric of time and the Torchwood of the time are investigating something strange in a military hospital.

The action centres around Tommy Brockless, a soldier who exists in 2008 as well as in 1918. It turns out that Tommy is in stasis in present day Torchwood, being held in anticipation of some future crossover event in time. Jack explains that the wartime Torchwood left notes that are locked in tune with the rift. They believe that Tommy is the key to this event and protecting the Earth.

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Series 2 Episode 2 - Sleeper: Opens on a couple sleeping in bed. The woman is woken by a noise in the house and her partner picks up a bat and goes to investigate. Two men in balaclavas burst into the room. The camera pans under the bed and we hear the pleading of the two men. The man is unconscious, so what is the woman doing to them?

Captain Jack and Tosh visit the scene, but the cricket bat the man was carrying doesn’t match with the long stab wounds that the burglars suffered.

In the hospital, Gwen and Owen are pondering whether the man or the woman was the burglar. Owen tricks Gwen into staying the night with the burglar who’s alive. He wakes up in terror and dies soon after.

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In the series 2 finale of Ghost Whisperer, Melinda meets up with a man who’s been tracking down the survivors of the 11 May disasters. He introduces her to the kids he’s found and shows her their drawings that show Melinda with a lantern. He tells her that he thinks the missing survivor from the Grandview plane crash has some part in the mystery.

Back at home, Jim’s concerned and wants to take Melinda away until after the 11 May, but she refuses. She meets up with Professor Payne and they talk about what might be the fifth sign of the pending apocalypse.

At night, Melinda has a dream conversation with her grandmother. She cryptically warns Melinda not to be afraid and to “protect the balance”.

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Welcome back to the town of Grandview folks. It seems like ages since we last did a review of Melinda Gordon’s liaisons with the restless spirits of that town.

Tonight’s episode is a doozie, paving the way for an awesome series two climax. Not only does Melinda meet another ‘ghost whisperer’, but she discovers some unfinished business from series one, and uncovers a dark secret Professor Payne has been hiding. Phew! Read on for more…

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Hiro tries to stop time so that he and Ando can escape a parking fine, but fails. He feels that the samurai sword is the key to his powers and will help him focus them. On the way to pick up the car, he and Ando discover they are being chased by men in a van.

They hide under a car, but it is driven off, exposing them to the men. As they run away, Ando gets caught and Hiro is forced to return. They’re bundled into the van - Ando says “You came back for me”, to which Hiro replies “That’s how we roll!”

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Ah, the anniversary episode. It’s been five years since Melinda and Jim met, and she’s window shopping for a present. A shop opposite is on fire and Jim - a paramedic - is at the scene. An explosion knocks him off his feet and at the same time, Melinda see a flaming spirit walking inside the shop.

Later, Melinda and Jim are back home and she gets annoyed with him for apparently forgetting their anniversary in favor of a poker night with the boys. Later she has a flashback to the night they met.

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Noah Bennett admits to Claire that he knows about her abilities, has known for a long time. He claims that he kept it from her to keep her safe. Claire understands that Sylar was looking to kill her when he killed Jaqueline.

Claire tells Noah that Zach and Lyle know about her abilities. He insists that Claire tells no-one else and that she destroys the tapes she made of her abilities.

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An extra spooky episode of Ghost Whisperer tonight begins with a cosmetics party in Melinda’s house. Jim gets roped into putting on some makeup, but as soon as it’s applied, Jim’s face turns into a fleshy mess that only Melinda can see.

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Mohinder Suresh

The episode begins with Mohinder Suresh back in India scattering the ashes of his father in the ocean. Afterward, Mohinder talks to his friend about America and his friend tries to convince him that there is a life for him in India.

Mohinder’s ex-girlfriend Mira visits him and talks about a possible job at a genetic research lab.

Mohinder later has a series of flashbacks that show discussions with his father and mother. He speaks to his mother after this and is told that he had a sister who died that they thought had special abilities. He has a further dream in which he sees his father’s murder. A child in the dream presents him with a strange key.

Isaac Mendez/Noah Bennett

Isaac wakes up in bed with Eden in the room and she reassures him that she’s going to help him get free of drugs and that he’ll still be able to paint.

Noah Bennett meets Isaac and acknowledges that he can paint the future. He offers to help Isaac, in return for his help. He explains that Claire is his daughter and that he needs him to take heroin one last time.  Noah forces Eden to talk Isaac into taking the drug. He says something interesting about how she was when he found her, and how Eden talking Isaac into taking heroin is the easy option “and we both know what the hard option is”.

Hiro & Ando & Charlie Andrews

Charlie a waitress with a seemingly fathomless knowledge of trivia. She meets Hiro and Ando and impresses them with her knowledge of Japanese. Which she claims to have learned from a book the previous day. She mentions that “it’s a funny thing my brain’s been doing lately”.

Hiro gets flirty with Charlie the waitress as he teaches her more Japanese. At the same time, Hiro and Ando are being watched by a sinister figure in the cafe.

Charlie later goes to the kitchens, but a strange shadow is cast over her and suddenly she bleeds from the head. She falls down. Dead. The crashing brings the other waitress and the police officers sitting in the cafe.

Afterward Hiro and Ando discuss using his powers to travel to the past to prevent the murder. Hiro concentrates and then disappears. As Ando walks around the cafe waiting for Hiro’s return, we see a photo showing Hiro and Charlie at what appears to be a birthday party.

Matt Parkman

Matt Parkman and his foxy FBI colleague Agent Hanson interrogate Ted. As he gets agitated, the glass of water in his hand starts to bubble and give off steam. Parkman manages to calm him down and they communicate through thought. Ted shows him the strange mark on his neck which matches Parkman’s marks exactly.

Matt and Ted discover that their experiences of being abducted are the same. Both recognize the Haitian man from their abductions. Their discussion is interrupted as Ted is taken away.

After punching Tom, Matt is suspended from the force for a month. He goes home and his wife admits the affair, saying that it’s over. Just after, Matt gets a call from Hanson to say that Ted the nuclear dude has escaped custody.

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Episode starts with Peter and Isaac, Peter passes on his message to Hiro - “Save the cheerleader, save the world”. Afterward, in the car park, the gambler Hiro and Ando ripped off tracks them down and tells them he wants payback.

Hiro and Ando get involved in a card game to pay back the gamblers, but Ando discovers a gun under the table and they hide in the bathroom as a gunfught ensues. Hiro feels guilty that he hid and could do nothing to save them. Ando advises Hiro that when he refines his powers he might be able to come back and fix the things he wasn’t able to do first time around.

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