They Keep Killing Suzie ( TV story ) They Keep Killing Suzie was the eighth episode of the first series of " Torchwood " . It marked the reappearance , revival , and second death of Suzie Costello , who had previously committed suicide in the first episode . It was intended to be the first in a line of seasonal reappearances for the character , but Indira Varma was not available for filming during the production of series two as she was pregnant . Synopsis . Torchwood is linked to a series of brutal murder s around the city . As Jack and the team investigate , it becomes clear somebody wants their attention . What is Pilgrim — and how is it connected to a figure from Torchwood ' s past ? The resurrection days are far from over . They have no choice but to bring back Suzie . Plot . Torchwood is called in when a serial killer writes their name on two of his victims ' wall with their blood . They arrive at the murder site on 96 Oakham Street , and meet Detective Kathy Swanson ; their relationship with her starts off on the wrong foot . A DNA analysis confirms that the killer has Compound B67 in his blood . Now they ' re in trouble — # B67 is retcon , an amnesia pill administered only by them . Someone in Torchwood has caused this . While Jack wants to go through all their files to find a " patient " that matches the police ' s descriptions , Gwen has an easier and better idea : they have to bring back the resurrection gauntlet . When she first joined , Torchwood was using a metal glove to bring murder victims back to life and ask them questions . Even though it caused their past colleague Suzie Costello ' s betrayal and then death , Gwen convinces the team to give it a go . Torchwood essentially caused these murders ; now it ' s their job to clean it up . After Jack tries and fails , Gwen brings back the first victim — Alex Arwyn — who wastes his twenty - four seconds screaming for his mother . The second resurrection goes a little better . Mark Brisco tells them that the killer , named Max , belonged to an organisation known as Pilgrim . In the last of his sixty - five seconds , Mark identifies a woman who was closer to Max , and knows more about this . The Torchwood team are shocked learn that her name is Suzie . Suzie Costello . Toshiko does some research : Pilgrim was a religious support group , or a debating society , run by Mark ' s wife Sarah . All the victims so far are members of this organisation . As they discover when they go through her possessions stored in a Torchwood warehouse , Suzie too belonged to said group , confirming her involvement with the case . Jack decides that they ' re no choice — " It ' s time Suzie came back . " Gwen tries resurrecting her , but has trouble with the empathy , seeing as Suzie tried to kill her when they first met three months before . They deduce that it ' s been too long since her death for the gauntlet to have effect . But what about the Life Knife , used by Suzie to make the glove work more efficiently ? Stabbing her in the chest with the knife brings Suzie back instantly , but she ' s unable to give them any new information in time . Gwen tries with all her might to keep Suzie alive , but gets pushed away with a mighty force . Except Suzie ' s not dead . She ' s just unconscious . . . What did Gwen do ? The team learns in an interrogation session that Suzie had overdosed Max with retcon , giving him a dose after speaking to him once a week for two years . Looking at the pictures of all those already killed , Suzie identifies Lucie McKenzie as a surviving Pilgrim member . Jack , Owen and Gwen enter the Wolf Bar — where Lucie works — in hopes of catching Max before he goes in for the kill . Suzie watches from a screen in the Hub to help identify the two . While the team ' s distracted by a man fitting Suzie ' s descriptions but not actually Max , the real Max runs up towards Lucie with a knife . Suzie shouts to Gwen to get out of his way , saving her life . Jack knocks him unconscious with a stun gun . They bring Max into the Hub and lock him up in the Vaults , where he refuses to say a word . He goes into a ten - second rage at the word " Torchwood " , part of the drug - induced psychosis . Gwen finds out that Suzie ' s father has cancer , and blames Jack for letting her access the one thing that could save him : the glove . Jack shifts the blame to her for wanting so badly to bring her back to life . Their argument is interrupted by Owen , who tells Jack and the team that Suzie is draining the life out of Gwen . Gwen , not at the briefing , secretly takes Suzie out of the Hub , and drives her to Greenleaves Hospital to see her dad . Just as her co - workers are about to chase after her car , the base mysteriously goes into lockdown . Jack realises that the lockdown must have been caused by Max in the Vaults . Going down there , they discover him reciting the first stanza of Emily Dickinson ' s " The Chariot " : " Because I could not stop for death He kindly stopped for me The carriage held , but just ourselves And immortality . " As Gwen and Suzie proceed towards the hospital , the rest of the team works out that Suzie had a plan all along to be brought back to life and escape . Ianto connects his mobile phone to the Roald Dahl Plass Water Tower to get reception . Within no one else to call , Jack contacts Kathy Swanson , asking her to get and read each and every one of the poems to them until the lockdown is reversed . After some time , Toshiko guesses that the book ' s ISBN might be the code . This proves to be correct , and the power goes back online . Gwen and Suzie arrive at the hospital , where Suzie reveals that Gwen is dying in her place . She approaches her father , and disconnects his life - support — " just what the bastard deserves " . Knowing the team are nearing , she takes Gwen and drives to Hedley Quay , intending to escape on a ferry . Jack and Owen then finally catch up in the Torchwood SUV . Jack shoots Suzie , but she does not die . He shoots her again and again , to no avail . Jack realises the connection is being held by the resurrection gauntlet , and so orders Tosh to destroy it . In her last moments , Suzie tells Jack that " something is moving in the dark and it ' s coming " . . . for him . The moment Tosh destroys the glove , Suzie collapses and Gwen begins to recover . As Ianto and Jack replace Suzie ' s body into cold storage , Ianto asks what he should put on the death certificate . Jack answers , " Death By Torchwood " . Ianto suggests putting a lock on the storage unit in case she goes walking again , but Jack says the resurrections are over . Ianto , however , points out that gloves come in pairs . They each give this a moment ' s thought , before getting back to their respective jobs . Story notes . Filming locations . " to be added "