[On an alien encountered during a past adventure]
It's a species of brainspawn treated as vermin on more than 150 planets that I know and valued as dinner on one other. It tastes like oysters.
You didn't...?
I had to be polite.
“Immortal Sins” · Season 4, Episode 7
In this episode: Jack Harkness (6), Gwen Cooper (3), Angelo Colasanto (3)
[regains consciousness] I'm tied down. Why am I tied down?
They're in my eyes.
What?
They're in my eyes. The contacts, they're in my eyes. Somebody's taken Anwen, Rhys, my mother, the whole bloody family. And they've said if I bring you, they'll let them go unharmed. Don't try moving. You'll never get out of those knots.
My hands are asleep. And my feet. You tied my feet?
Of course I did, stupid. Otherwise you'd get out of the car, knock me out and turn the car around.
Are you sure they have your family?
I phoned a hundred times. There's no reply. They've got them.
I want to talk to the lenses. Look at me so I can talk to them.
Why do you always keep thinking you can tell me what to do?
Pull over, or look into the rear view. Just, please, let me talk to them.
Don't cock this up, okay?
[Gwen looks at Jack in the rear view mirror]
Listen, whoever you are, there's more than one way to play this. Are you listening?
Yeah, there's a cursor. They're there.
You want me? Let her family go and I'll come to you alone.
Tell them they can have me too.
No, just me. Let Rhys go, let Anwen go, let her mother go free. You guys, you know what? Here I am. You got me.
Nothing.
Give them a minute.
There's just nothing now.
Maybe they're thinking about it.
My mother's name is Mary. Mary! You've known me all this time and you can't remember her name?
All right, I'm sorry, okay?
Yeah, well, you should be, because this is all your fault. They want to kill you, but why do they want to do that?
I don't know.
What have you done?
I don't know!
Well you've done something haven't you? Way back when in that long bloody life of yours. God, you've lived so long you can't remember half of it! Now you think. Think! What the hell have you done?
[On an alien encountered during a past adventure]
It's a parasite. Like a bug.
A parasite? Tell me more about it.
Good man. It's a species of brainspawn treated as vermin on more than 150 planets that I know and valued as dinner on one other. It tastes like oysters.
You did not.
I had to be polite. Now this part drills into the brain of the host and deposits its larvae there. Little worms, sharp as needles, pushing into the brain very slowly. You go insane, but it takes years. Franklin Roosevelt, he's going to be elected Governor of New York this November. But he wouldn't start making the really crazy decisions until his second term as President. Result, America destabilises, pulls out of the war, Germany rises, the Third Reich triumphant and there's a whole new history sprawling out.
You mean someone is changing the future?
Destroying it. Turning order into chaos and feeding off the results.
Who would do such a thing? These people above Maranzano?
They're just being used by someone called the Trickster's Brigade. Believe me, you don't want to meet them.
What sort of men are they?
They're not men at all. They're not even human.
It's me.
What do you mean?
It's me. I caused this. I made this happen. I knew Torchwood was toxic, right from the moment I joined up, the very first day, but I stayed.
I'm glad you did.
Stop being so nice. We left nice behind a hundred miles back. I'm trying to be honest, okay? Because do you know what the worst thing is of all? Out of all the shit we have seen, all the bloodshed, all the horror...You know what is worse than all that? I loved it. I bloody loved it. And I'd keep telling Rhys I was sorry, and I'd say to little Anwen I'm sorry, but I loved it so much. I knew things no one else knew and, oh, I felt so special. And when we lost people, it was so, so big, and I could say it was worth it. Because the bigger it was, the more important I was. And the more people we lost, the more that meant I was a survivor...and I was better than them. My God, this is all my fault and now they've got my beautiful little girl and I wished this on her.
I used to think the same about Torchwood.
That's what I'm saying. Have you got what I'm saying to you, Jack? What I'm saying is, no more! Because I know exactly what you’re thinking, Jack; "She won’t do this, not really. Not my Gwen." "No, Gwen, she can’t hurt me. Gwen loves me. She’d never harm me." And, well, this is about my daughter. And I swear for her sake, I will see you killed like a dog right in front of me if it means her back in my arms. Understood?
Understood. And let me tell you. Now that I'm mortal, I'm gonna hang onto this with everything I've got. I love you, Gwen Cooper, but I will rip your skin from your skull before I let you take this away from me. Understood?
Understood. I feel like I know you now better than I've ever done before.
Yeah. Right at the end.
Mmm. Right at the end.
Time to move on. But not with you.
I'm sorry. I was terrified, Jack. They said you were the devil, but other people said you were a blessing.
Something happened to me once, a long way away. Time itself changed me to a fixed point. And now I can't die. I suffer and I perish, but I always come back. I've lived through a lot of Earth's past and a lot of its future. And I'll keep on living this life forever.
In the future, are we together?
What does it matter?
Are we together?
We can't be, because one day you're gonna die and I won't.
Then we forget the future. We make the moment now. We make a promise and we go forward.
Angelo, don't.
What? You're lonely too. You said you want a companion.
Don't make me do this.
You're not going without me.
Just let me go.
But you can't. I'm never gonna let you go. I could travel this whole wide world, but where would I find another man like you? Please, don't leave me on my own.
I'm sorry, Angelo, but this is the story of my life. It always ends the same way - you kill me. [he stands at the edge of the roof] Men like you... You kill me... [he falls backwards off the building and then disappears]
You're gonna live.
It's a talent of mine.
I meant every word I said.
So did I.
Good. [to Olivia] And as for you, you'd better pray that death comes back to this planet by the time I'm finished with you.
So tell us who you are before I let her loose.
OOlivia
I don't see that anything's changed. You're still coming with me.
Why would I do that?
OOlivia
You'll want to come with me because I can take you to the one man who knows how the Miracle began.
Who's that?
OOlivia
Angelo. Angelo Colasanto. He's waiting for you, Jack. He's been waiting for such a very long time.
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