Countrycide

Torchwood responds to reports of 17 disappearances in the Brecon Beacons and uses the last-known mobile signal as a starting point for the search. They mobilize the team and begin piecing together when the vanishings started and where to focus their effort. The case sets the tone for a tense investigation into something dangerous and possibly extraterrestrial.

While gathering firewood, Gwen and Owen confront two hooded figures in the woods and give chase. Their pursuit ends with them discovering a corpse, signaling that the disappearances are not random. The find deepens the mystery and suggests a dangerous game is afoot.

The team discovers the corpse was part of a larger trap when their SUV is stolen from the camp. The loss hampers their mobility and increases the sense that someone is orchestrating events. It also hints that the suspects may be closer than expected.

Ianto traces the stolen vehicle to a nearby village. Jack concludes the corpse could be a lure meant to draw Torchwood into town and away from the trail of victims. The team prepares to investigate the village more closely.

Inside the village pub and surrounding homes, Gwen, Owen, and Jack uncover two further corpses. They meet a terrified young man named Kieran, who accidentally shoots Gwen with a shotgun, believing that the abductors have returned for him. The incident raises the stakes and confirms the danger is immediate.

Kieran explains what happened to the victims, but the team remains unsure if aliens are involved. Suddenly the lights go out and movement is heard from the cellar and outside. Kieran is dragged away, and Gwen and Owen pursue him in defiance of Jack's orders.

Jack questions Martin, the man he shot in the cellar, hoping to obtain clear information about the victims and their fate. The interrogation underscores the hold this mystery has over the team. The exchange reveals fragments of the troubling situation.

Toshiko and Ianto are captured and awaken in a cellar filled with old clothes, shoes, and a refrigerator stocked with body parts. Toshiko quickly realizes they are being kept as food. A woman named Helen explains that a Harvest happens every ten years.

They are taken into a kitchen crowded with more body parts, and Evan handcuffs Toshiko and Ianto to be butchered. The plan of organ and meat preparation underscores the villagers' strict ritual and their willingness to kill travelers. The tension rises as the threat becomes personal for Torchwood.

Ianto headbutts Evan, allowing Toshiko to escape into the woods. Evan pursues, but Owen and Gwen arrive with a police officer to turn the tables. The escape sets up the final confrontation with the village.

The police officer Huw, revealed as Evan's nephew, helps guide Torchwood back toward the village. The team regroups and prepares for a decisive encounter with the cannibals. The narrow escape strengthens their resolve to uncover the truth.

Jack bursts in on a tractor and wounds the assembled cannibals with a shotgun. The immediate threat in the cannibal lair is neutralized, giving Torchwood a chance to recover. The dramatic entrance shifts the momentum in their favor.

The survivors spare Evan’s life long enough to learn the truth: every ten years the village targets travellers and butcher them as part of a Harvest. Evan admits that the killings have given him happiness. The revelation reframes the villagers as a danger embedded in ordinary life.

The villagers are taken into custody by the police, ending the immediate threat and leaving Torchwood to document a chilling, human-rooted mystery. The episode closes with the community’s dark secret exposed to the wider world. Torchwood moves on to the next case.