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Ditto on Torchwood. They did seem to go out of there way to be depressing. Sometimes the story calls for it. Sometimes the writers just make the story call for it because they can't do better (or they think that this is better).

On another subject: a few threads back, I mentioned seeing the same two character actors pop up on reruns of Poltergeist the Legacy and Stargate: SG-1 within days of each other, and something similar happened a couple days ago.

I finished an episode of Poltergeist on the DVR, and when it ended, the Syfy (ick) channel popped up. There was a marathon of "The Outer Limits", which I've only seen a couple of episodes. Anyway, it was the first scene, so I figured I'd watch until the opening credits. Two people running from soldiers in the woods, one throws a knife at a soldier, infects him somehow and he starts to die horribly. An officer arrives and looks at him, apologizes and shoots him. That officer was Derek de Lint from Poltergeist. I've never seen him in anything else (that I've noticed, at any rate).
Okay, so I watch after the break, first thing I see is Nathan Fillion who owns a coffee bar. Okay, I'm interested. Next, is his assistant, played by Robbi Chong, also of "Poltergeist", and also someone that I've never seen in anything else. Hello? Okay, now I had to watch just to see them in other parts.
There was a logical reason why these two turned up together: the director was Helen Shaver, also of Poltergeist.

Anyway, the episode was "Star Crossed", and it was sort of a remake of Casablanca with humanoid aliens in place of Nazis, and a Russian woman in place of Claude Reins who didn't seem "Shocked" at all. Not terrible, but I'm glad they didn't write the original.