Personal Report
Smith, Adam
Author: Stone, Kate
It's hard to know what to say in this report that hasn't been said before. Adam remains a valuable and highly popular member of the Torchwood Cardiff team, and his contributions in the past year have been massive. All of us have to do things that fall outside our job description, but Adam was originally brought in as a translator and mediator and has gone a long way beyond that.
We all valued Adam's decisiveness during the Lisa Hallett incident: it was an emotive situation and he took the lead. This did cause some friction between Adam and Ianto, but the air has cleared between them now. Similarly, when Susie Costello came back to life and took Gwen hostage, Adam had some hard decisions to make to say the least. Of all the team, he was probably closest to Susie, and it obviously affected him deeply to be the one who shot her. But without him, that situation would've been a great deal worse. Gwen owes Her life to Him.
Adam was out of action during the Abaddon crisis, through no fault of his own. The lack of harmony in the team at that time showed just how much we depend on him. With his mediation, the situation would never have got so bad. Additionally, he held the team together during Jack's absence, and was of great personal help to Gwen in co-ordinating the team. And that's where Adam has really come into his own: he's someone we can all go to with our problems. All the team confide in him and he's done a great deal to combat the stress inherent in being a member of Torchwood.
My only concern is whether he has anyone to talk to about himself: perhaps sometimes we take him for granted. Though he's got Toshiko, of course.