[while travelling to London, in a truck, on top of a cargo of potatoes]
GwenYou know some announcements you rehearse in your head? This wasn't quite what I had in mind.
What do you mean, "announcements"? [Gwen looks at him and smiles. Rhys looks confused, but then grins delightedly] Oh, God, no! bloody hell no!
Gwen
Yes.
Gwen
Yes! [laughs]
Oh! Come here! Oh my God! I don't believe it. [concerned] Hang on, the bomb, the guns, the car chase, the hiding from the law. What are you doing in your condition!
Gwen
I'm only carrying my bag.
Gwen, I'm serious. This changes everything.
Gwen
No. No, it doesn't. We're up the same creek and we still need a paddle.
Yeah! But three of us in a boat.
Gwen
The threat still stands.
FFrobisher
Haven't we gone past that?
Gwen
My husband is still out there with everything you've done recorded on his laptop. One word from me, and he will release that information to the public.
FFrobisher
What do you think Torchwood is now? Do you think you're still players?
Gwen
We can try.
FFrobisher
We're at a tipping point right now. Civilisations about to fall into hell. You want to start that descent a little earlier? Go ahead.
He's right. Look what happened. Phone Rhys... tell him we've lost.
Everyone's on stand-by. It's red alert, riot gear and everything, all ready to mobilize, except no one's saying why. What's going on?
Gwen
I can't tell you.
Gwen
Right now, I need you to drive this car, and if I told you...
What? Well c'mon then, what? [Gwen doesn't answer] Don't you bloody hate people who don't finish their sentences?
Gwen
Oh, thank you. Who's "she" when she's at home?
[surprised] Bloody hell fire! Who's the father?
Oh, I'm slapping you, yet!
Gwen
It's Torchwood. That's what did it. They give you Retcon and chemicals and radiation and god knows what. The bloody Pill didn't stand a chance. That's what Torchwood does, you see... it ruins your life.
Gwen
You want to have kids in a world like this, Rhys?
You're not getting rid of it!
Gwen
Is that right?
Gwen
Couldn't have just chosen a pub, could you?
It's bloody freezing! My feet!
I missed that. The Welsh complaining. [to Gwen] You look good.
Gwen
I look huge.
[proudly] She's bloody gorgeous.
[Gwen laughs. Jack manages to smile]
Gwen
You okay?
Gwen
Did it work?
Travelled all sorts of places. This planet is too small. The whole world is like a graveyard.
Gwen
Come back with us.
[shakes his head] Haven't travelled far enough, yet. Got a lot of dirt to shake off my shoes. [looks up at the sky] And right now, there's a cold fusion cruiser surfing the ion reefs just at the edge of the solar system, just waiting to open its transport dock. [looks at Gwen] I just need to send a signal.
[Gwen holds up a finger, and takes Jack's Vortex Manipulator out of her jacket pocket]
Gwen They found it in the wreckage. Indestructible. [hands it to Jack] Like its owner. [Jack puts it on] I, uh, put on a new strap for you.
Cost me fifty quid, that.
Gwen
Are you ever coming back, Jack?
Gwen
[tearfully] Me. It wasn't your fault.
Gwen
[shakes her head] No.
Steven. And Ianto. And Owen, and Tosh, and Suzie, and... All of them. Because of me. [looks away]
Gwen
But you, you saved us. Didn't you?
I began to like it. And look what I became. Still, I have lived so many lives. It's time to find another one.
[Jack takes a step back and presses a button on his Vortex Manipulator]
Gwen
[crying] They died, and I am sorry, Jack... but you cannot just run away. You cannot run away!
[a light surrounds Jack]
Oh yes, I can. Just watch me.
[Jack disappears from Earth]
Gwen
So much for tying him up.
I've never tied up a person!
Gwen
"Men are good at knots." How many times have you told me that?
[having been attacked by a sniper in a helicopter]
Gwen
Look, intensive care overflow. They've got twelve beds with seventeen patients already. What's gonna happen tomorrow? And the day after that? And the day after that? And the day-
Listen, now. Every time you investigate something, you end up in danger, Gwen.
Gwen
Because I can help.
Gwen
So you just-
I said don't you dare! Have you got that? Don't you bloody dare, Gwen! See, the thing is, right, if you think Miracle Day is like a Torchwood case, others are going to think the same, aren't they? They're gonna come looking for you with guns like they did the old days.
Gwen
I suppose, yeah.
We shouldn't even be in the city. There are cameras everywhere, man. And it's different now. You've got a daughter, and you can't go putting her into danger. That is why we live in the back of beyond, to keep her safe. We've got to go back.
Gwen
My dad is sick.
Oh, think about it! People aren't dying. He's gonna survive.
Gwen
Shush, now. Shush.
Think about Anwen. Maybe our daughter's going to live forever.
Gwen
Don't, okay? Don't make her part of this this thing, okay? Don't. Do you think she could?
Possible, yeah. See, maybe you should let this happen for once.
Gwen
This thing that's happening to the world, this miracle, it must have something to do with you.
Gwen
Can't be a coincidence, Jack.
Of course it's not a coincidence. Doesn't mean to say it's his fault.
Rhys, are you defending me?
It's like we all got switched, isn't it? Nothing to do with Jack if the wires got crossed. Everything mortal becomes immortal, so everything immortal becomes mortal. See? I can be useful.
Gwen
Looking a little bit worried there, Rex, like this might all be your fault. You put us on this plane. There's no orange tube.
Is there something between you two?
Gwen
What?
Gwen
I'm married with a baby.
Yeah, married, baby, whatever. You two argue like people who are real close.
Gwen
Yeah, well, did you have a thing with your poisoner friend over there?
Gwen
Oh, you did?
But we got on each other's nerves.
Gwen
Really? Can't imagine.
Gwen
This lemonade. This lemonade's flat.
It's lemonade. It's supposed to be flat.
Gwen
What? Fizzy, fizzy lemonade?
It's fizzy in the UK and flat in the US.
Gwen
Hmm. Just about sums it up.
Are we really on a mission here?
Gwen
Yeah, well, maybe this is the way Torchwood does things, mate.
Yeah, well, maybe you want to drive on the other side of the street, mate.
Gwen
[beat] Oh.
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