The police are called out to a murder , but are abruptly pushed out by Torchwood. Gwen's curiousity is aroused and she heads into the adjacent car park to get a better view. Witnessing the victim being temporarily brought to life, she jumps when the man in charge talks directly to her and she runs off, coming to a rest by some bus stops .

Having met up at work the next day, Gwen and Andy chat about Torchwood on their way to a disturbance , but then Gwen gets hurt in a pub brawl and ends up having a check up in hospital . She spies the Torchwood leader and having followed him and witnessed the death of a hospital worker by a savage creature she follow the team out of the hospital and sets off in pursuit.

Following their car , Gwen learns more about Jack Harkness from Yvonne at the station , and eventually arrives at Cardiff Bay , but loses track of them. Later that night she decides to investigate further and pops to a local pizza takeaway and finds out an address to deliver pizza to . Inside she discovers far more than she expected once inside ...

Having introduced her to the team, Captain Jack Harkness decides to take her for a drink to discuss Torchwood further . However, she discovers that he has drugged her to lose her memory, and they argue outside the pub before she runs home as quick as she can to record what she remembers, but fails.

(in the meantime the Torchwood team have all disobeyed instructions not to take alien equipment out of the Hub, with Owen using a sex spray in a bar , and then picking up both partners outside .)

As the next day dawns and Jack surveys the city , Gwen is at work and desperately trying to remember something, tuning out on duty as Andy chats later on . That evening she decides to go back to the Bay and is confronted by Suzie, who turns out to have been the murderer. She commits suicide rather than facing Jack on her actions. With a place free in Torchwood, Jack offers Gwen a job ...