Torchwood/Recap/S2/E09 Something Borrowed

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Rhys and Gwen finally get married. Oh, and she's pregnant with an alien baby, and the mother wants it back.

Jack tells Gwen to cancel the wedding and go to the Hub. She goes into Bridezilla mode and adamantly refuses, instead choosing to tell her parents and guests that she's just been hiding her pregnancy with special clothing. Since Owen's quick tests didn't reveal any kind of dangerous alien they already knew of, Jack decides to just let her go ahead.

Tosh stays with Gwen and tries to shake off the advances of Rhys' best man, a twerp named "Banana". Owen realizes that the alien baby is dangerous after all and that it's going to be ripped out of Gwen any moment by its mom. But before they can get Tosh to tell Gwen about it, the alien mom captures Tosh and Banana and traps them in its sticky goo.

Just when the guests are being asked if anyone objects to the wedding, Jack bursts in and the alien mom reveals herself. She's a shapeshifter, and quickly disguises herself as Rhys' mom to escape.

Gwen hides herself in her room. Jack comes to visit her, and for some reason, Gwen decides to try and kiss him. It's not Jack, though -- it's the alien again. Gwen is appropriately embarrassed as she escapes.

Eventually, Owen decides to just destroy the alien with his Martha-saving gadget. But since he broke one of his fingers in an act of defiance last episode, he can't work the gadget, and Rhys has to do it. He does, saves Gwen's life, charges at the alien mom with a chainsaw, and almost gets killed until Jack saves his life with a BFG.

Gwen is still flirty with Jack, but Jack just hands her to Rhys and once again tries to convey that he's exclusively dating Ianto at the moment and that she should really just get married now.

Owen has absolutely stopped giving a fuck about Tosh's feelings for him, so he dances with her and doesn't care one way or another about whether or not it's a date. Jack dances with Gwen until Ianto cuts in. Also, all of the guests are liberally drugged with Retcon.

Tropes used in Torchwood/Recap/S2/E09 Something Borrowed include:

• Bond One-Liner: "How's that for a shapeshift?"
• Bridezilla: Gwen turns into this due to the stress.
• Crowning Moment of Awesome: Rhys grabbing a chainsaw and brandishing it in front of the Nostrovite, telling it to back off of his wife...
• Crowning Moment of Funny/Oh Crap: ...only for the motor to fail as he finishes his speech.

Rhys: Fuck.

• Mistaken For Crossdresser: When Ianto is shopping for a larger wedding dress for Gwen, the salesman assumes it's for him.
• Shapeshifting: The Nostrovite's ability, which made catching it a lot harder to do.