OOlivia
He talked about you all the time, Jack. His immortal man in old New York. He never forgot.
You're telling me the whole world got screwed because two gay guys had a hissy fit?
GwenRex, get back in your cave.
Come on, give me a break.
OOlivia
You inspired him. You proved immortality was possible. And he devoted the rest of his life to finding out how to live forever.
And he did it? He's still alive? He's still young?
OOlivia
Oh yes, he's still alive. Angelo Colasanto is still very much alive... But he's not young.
So, these are the Torchwood clowns?
Gwen
Torchwood did more to piece this together than the entire CIA.
You're that English girl, Cooper...Have I got that right?
Gwen
No, I'm not English. And I'm not a girl.
Gwen, this is Allen Shapiro. Don't. Really, don't.
Gwen
Well, he's not scaring me. Hello.
I am sick of her already. Can we deport her? Let's deport her.
Hey, hey, hey, leave her alone.
Gwen
Don't you dare.
Gwen
Don't you dare.
Sorry, sir. With all due respect, Gwen Cooper's proven herself to be extremely useful. I think it's worth keeping her on our side.
Gwen
[outraged] Pardon me?!
Because most women that bitter, you've slept with. [to Esther] Did you make that mistake?
Esther Drummond. Rex said you did a good job out in the field.
In my opinion you deserted your post. I'm docking your pay. [to Jack] And what is it with you, Red Baron? You got Snoopy up your ass?
Gwen
[snorts] That's funny.
While you're wasting time, Mister Shapiro, we've got the names of the people who are responsible for causing the Miracle. I suggest we get to work.
Torchwood is going to work for the CIA?
I think the CIA can work for Torchwood, if you're lucky.
We've got a plane ready and waiting twenty minutes away. The sooner we pool our resources, the sooner we can end this thing. All right, let's go. Everybody out.
What about him (Angelo)? We've got a very sick man here.
Didn't you read the news? Nobody dies. Now, there's a nurse around here somewhere. You got two minutes. Don't leave them alone. [leaves]
Gwen
Jack...did we just join the CIA?
[After Angelo dies]
How? Only him, no one else. The only man in the whole wide world to die. The Miracle continues minus Mr Colasanto. So how did he do it? We've taken the body for autopsy. Any idea what we're gonna find?
I don't know. We should go.
No, no, no, no. Nobody is leaving. This house is secure.
Are you sure about that? Dying of old age can now be considered a crime. Something happened here, and we are going to search this place for every last bit of information. And nobody is going to leave until we know exactly what happened. So you can stay just where you are, Captain.
[Shapiro leaves. Jack sits on Angelo's bed]
Gwen
I'm sorry.
Gwen
And you really don't know what happened to him? What is it, Jack? Come on, what's wrong? Are we in trouble?
Gwen
We're in trouble because he died?
Gwen
But why?
Now you tell me. Tell me quickly, you bastard! You murdering bastard! Come on! Tell me before I get the boys round. Before I shout your name out loud in the street and fetch the bloody mob, tell me, what do you want?!
Jack Harkness. The men who smuggled me into this country, they brought Harkness in seven weeks ago and they brought him to you. And then you, in turn, found him a haven. Now I paid good money for your name, Gwen Cooper, so I really need to see Jack. And you will do exactly what I ask.
Gwen
Why should I?
Because I have a name. I have the name of a man. I have the name of the man who created the Miracle.
One man's name keeps reoccurring. Kitzinger was employed to send him information. And his name's Harry Bosco.
Gwen
Harry Bosco.
His name, over and over again.
Gwen
Esther? Harry Bosco.
Gwen
What, can't you search him?
You think you're clever, Oswald? Is that really all you had?
Harry Bosco isn't a man. Harry Bosco's a process. It goes back to Vietnam. It was the first war to be televised and the government didn't want US networks taking feed directly from the Vietnamese, because for the first time information was beyond their control. So they put agents into every newsroom, every major TV network, filtering the output for the public. Cleverest of them all was a man called Harry Bosco.
He'd alter information. It was subtle. He did it by mistranslation. He couldn't censor or change, but he could manipulate the English translation. Change one word, change the entire meaning. If you say victims instead of bodies, you influence public opinion. All the channels Harry Bosco these days.
So that's it? Dead end? Done? You finished with him? Can I have him now?
Could you keep your dog on his leash?
My point still stands. The name's still important because Kitzinger works in PR. Why would she be handling this Harry Bosco process?
To be fair, it's a good question. Why would the families hire Jilly to do all this in the first place?
What's she mistranslating? Because the three families changed their name, now Jilly's changing words? Maybe they're connected.
I think I can get us in. Back in the old days, Torchwood tracked down a black market trade in alien artefacts coming out of China. Skullion metal and coins, things like that. We closed it down but the route stayed open for arms dealing.
We're gonna trust arms dealers?
Gwen
I don't care. I'll do it.
Okay, okay, wait. What about Buenos Aires?
Gwen
I don't know. Which city is it?
It's both, you bunch of nuts. You can't see for looking, can you? Eh? Look. Right, Shanghai, Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Shanghai. Opposite sides of the world. Quite literally, opposite sides of the Earth, yeah? Yeah? So whatever's going on, there's got to be something connecting them.
Gwen
Are you kidding me? Is that right?
They're antipodes. They're the antipodes of each other. Two massive population centres balanced on either side of the planet.
As the old saying goes, count your blessings, because it turns out there's two of them.
Gwen
But what does it mean?
Look at the PhiCorp logo. The letter phi, a circle with a line through it. It's been right there in front of us staring us in the face all this time.
Gwen
A line through the world?
The Blessing. The Miracle.
We need to find out. We can get into Argentina no problem.
Maybe we need to get into both, Jack. Maybe you should go one way.
Gwen
So this is what we're doing? A mission on both sides of the world?
Gwen
Suppose it is, yeah.
And you're taking me with you.
Gwen
No way.
No, no, no. I've got, I've got better plans for you, bub.
And that's your problem, isn't it, Gwen? You can't let me walk free. Not a man with my desires. And you can't have me arrested. Not now that I know all about your little plans.
They can leave you here with me.
Well, that's just it, you joyous man. You've just trapped your wife completely. Leave me here with him and I think he would. I actually think he would. Your husband would kill me. He'd make me Category One with his own bare hands. You would kill me, wouldn't you?
Is that what you want? No. I'm coming with you. There's no choice. There's not a choice in the whole of the world. Okay?
[Gwen discovers that Jack's wound is getting worse]
Gwen
Idiot. You idiot. You told me that was healed. You're not better at all, are you? Let me see.
Gwen
It's okay. I got you. Okay, I got you. I got you.
[Gwen helps Jack onto a bunk bed]
Gwen
It's all right. Don't be sorry. I've got you. Okay, let me take a look. Oh, honestly. [rips off his bandage] Oh, God.
Gwen
If I had known it was this bad, Jack, you'd never have come.
It got worse when we arrived. Ah!
Gwen
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Okay, I got you.
[Oswald watches as a drop of Jack's blood drips from the bandage onto the floor then moves across the floorboards]
Fine place to die, in old Shanghai.
Gwen
You're not dying. Don't say that.
I'm tired, Gwen. This mortal life, it hurts so much.
Well, now. Can't say I've been to China before, so I'm not well versed in their customs. But I've got to say I never knew about that. [Jack and Gwen also watch the travelling blood drops] Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Gwen
It's your blood. No wonder it's killing you. I think, I think it's showing us the way. It's The Blessing. It's somewhere over there. And I think whatever it is, it's calling you, Jack.
You're about to meet the creator.
[As Gwen, Jack and Danes come down in the lift, the Mother goes to meet them. Her guards have their guns ready]
Captain Jack Harkness. At last.
No, no, no, no, this isn't about Jack. No, ma'am. Excuse me, but it's not at all. My name is Oswald Danes. Well. Hmm. Good evening, Miss Kitzinger. You've been promoted. And this is the new empire you're servicing? My, my, my, my, my, my, my.
With all due respect, Mr Danes, you're a by-product of the Miracle. Not really relevant at all.
That's what the Captain said. He tried to tell me that my life has become a very small thing. Tiny. And yet right here, right now, at the very end, I would describe myself differently. I would call myself vital. [Danes opens his coat to reveal a suicide jacket of explosives. He arms the trigger] Madam, you're a fine woman. You should be careful now, very careful indeed. It seems like you've been planning some kind of an explosion, but I'd love to make sure you're still inside.
Well, I'm afraid we have a major disagreement here in Buenos Aires. I'd say advantage Families. Say hello to your friends.
What's that supposed to mean?
Gwen
Rex? Oh my God. And Esther?
I'm here. They caught us.
Gwen
Just glad to hear you're alive.
I'll swap your standoff for my standoff. [aims his gun at Esther's head]
But nobody dies. She'll keep on living, just perforated.
Threaten me, you coward, not her.
Jack If you hurt her, we've got explosives here ready to go.
And don't imagine I won't. Whatever happens here tonight, there's no place on Earth that I can go, and I wasn't planning on coming out of here alive.
[lowers his gun] So, who's gonna lose their nerve first?
The thing is, we don't need explosives or guns or threats, because I've got the most powerful thing of all. [walks to the cleft in the world and cuts his finger. His blood flies into it] It wants me. Mortal blood. The only one in the whole world. So I suggest you're very careful with me, okay?
And if you fail to take the Captain's advice, you can certainly come to oblivion with me. Jack, you're the future man. You've seen wonders beyond this world, so tell us of these Blessings and Miracles.
So, you found The Blessing and you worked out this morphic field.
The Blessing exists in a symbiotic relationship with the human race. It transmits a morphic field around the planet, binding us together like magnetism, like sunlight.
But finding it wasn't enough. You had to experiment on it.
We fed it the blood of an immortal. We had one remarkable artifact. We found a second remarkable artifact. The combination was inevitable.
Gwen
So the Blessing absorbed the blood, copied it like a new template. So, the system changed its setting.
You know why it did that? I think you hurt it. It was being attacked, so it took the blood pattern and made it a gift. It's exerting itself to sustain every person on the planet. This whole Miracle, it's trying to be kind.
You've seen immortality. I'm living it. Why would you want this?
Gwen
But you ruined the world out there!
The Miracle shocked the economy. The economy collapsed. We tear down in order to rebuild. And now it's almost within sight. The new world.
Gwen
Yeah, with no room for the poor, the weak or the ones that don't fit in.
That's the way the world works. Now, we're just making it official. The families have just been waiting. Now we can step in to control the banks. The banks control government. The government controls people. Soon we'll be able to decide who lives, how long, where and why.
Gwen
Oh, great. So it's the world according to Kitzinger, is it?
Listen, you can bleed your liberal heart all over the place, but are you really gonna tell me the world was working before? Because I have worked for the rich and the powerful and the obese. I have stared into the high end of Western society and let me tell you, it is like shovelling an open sewer. These families, they want to make the world fitter, more compact, more disciplined. And I like the sound of that. That sounds like salvation.
But before you launched this brave new world, you had to deal with one more thing. Yeah. Me.
Wait a minute. If you need the blood of Jack Harkness on the other side of the world, then just-
Just listen to me! Jack! All right. I'm all right. As I was saying, if you need Jack's blood, how about this?
[Rex cuts his finger, and the blood flows to the cleft. The ground shudders]
What was that? What happened?
Gwen
Rex, what did you do?
That's impossible. No way. There's nothing special about you.
Oh, but there is, when I've got Jack's blood flowing through my veins. It's inside me.
Gwen
What?
See, we knew this blood was important, so as soon as we arrived-
We transfused it into Rex. We exchanged his blood for Jack's.
On most days it might've killed me. But we're all living on Miracle Day.
And everyone thought the blood was gone, so no one even suspected. All we did was keep one final bag, filled the rest with Rex's blood, and Jack's mortal blood...
...Just walked right in. Hey, Oswald, you want to be a walking bomb?
Well, try this. Shoot me! Shoot me! Come on! Shoot me!
Pull that trigger! Splatter my blood! Shoot me!
Get him out! Get him out!
[Jack produces a gun]
Nobody move! Huh? Wow, Rex, you're a genius!
You just shut the hell up. All right? This shit hurts.
Gwen
Yeah, we've got blood on both sides of the world, Jack, but-
But they will die. Is that what you want? The Blessing will take every last drop. You'll both die, gentlemen. You'll both kill yourselves. You will die in a pit in Shanghai. Is that what you want?
I think I've lived long enough. Are you ready, Rex?
Oh, you know I wish I'd never met you, you World War Two idiot. Good times, huh?
Gwen
Just one last thing, Jack.
Gwen
You're never gonna be a suicide. [aims her gun at him]
Gwen
Bye, then.
Gwen
Face front.
[Jack faces the Blessing]
I think this might. [shoots Esther]
[Rex has been shot by Charlotte]
Get help! Clear the area! There might be more!
Gwen
Oh, no!
Gwen
Oh, come on. No, no, not after everything he's gone through. No!
There's nothing we can do. I'm, I'm sorry, Gwen. I am so sorry. He's dead. [Rex gasps back to life] [shocked] What?!
Gwen
What?!
What? [rips his shirt open and sees his wound heal] What?!
Gwen
What the hell?
You. World War Two. What the hell did you do to me?!
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