Jamie Revell's Reviews > Torchwood: Suckers

Set inside a secure mental hospital, this sees a newly transferred patient sharing a room with Tosh and listening to what are apparently paranoid delusions about aliens in the segregation ward. Taken on its own, and with no prior knowledge of Tosh, this would lead to more of a psychological mystery - here, we know that some of what she's saying is true, and the only question is how much. Even so, the story manages to play on the fact that it certainly doesn't sound that way to the viewpoint character, even as it slowly becomes clear that there really is something sinister going on and the staff cannot be trusted.

Mori does a good job here of portraying someone whose grasp on reality is fading, and who spends most of the story zoned out on antipsychotic drugs. It's a dark, claustrophobic tale, only becoming darker once we discover the villains' motivations. There are some chilling moments in a story that's mature for reasons beyond just the conventional horror moments, a cautionary tale of how mental health treatment can be abused if those in charge don't have the patients' best interests at heart.