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?
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.
What? You're lonely too. You said you want a companion.
You're not going without me.
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]
I meant every word I said.
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.
OOlivia
You'll want to come with me because I can take you to the one man who knows how the Miracle began.
OOlivia
Angelo. Angelo Colasanto. He's waiting for you, Jack. He's been waiting for such a very long time.
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?
Rex, 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?
Torchwood did more to piece this together than the entire CIA.
You're that English girl, Cooper...Have I got that right?
No, I'm not English. And I'm not a girl.
Gwen, this is Allen Shapiro. Don't. Really, don't.
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.
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.
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?
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]
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]
And you really don't know what happened to him? What is it, Jack? Come on, what's wrong? Are we in trouble?
We're in trouble because he died?
What's Category Zero, and why does my whore know about it?
...Ah. Clever girl. Well, that's what you get for employing someone who sleeps with senators. She's been listening.
Tell me, what's Category Zero?
Look, Oswald, did you really think it would never come to an end, your freedom? There's an emergency mandate being passed through Congress defining a new Category Zero, meaning people who have earned themselves a place in the ovens for moral reasons.
They want to burn me alive?
Oswald, you were always sentenced to death. What you had was a wonderful delay. And now it's time for that adventure to come to an end.
Television loves you. It's a different thing.
[about the Null Field] How does it work?
I can't tell you. That's the point. Just listen to me. I knew this stuff the second I saw it. Yes, it's alien technology. The only examples of it on Earth were in the Torchwood Hub. They were buried in the ruins.
But Angelo had people watching.
He must have salvaged it, knowing the Miracle was coming.
So what did he do? Trigger it with your DNA or something?
Maybe that was revenge, or maybe giving me a clue. But there's only one course of action left now. You have to get me out of here.
Jack, listen to me. The CIA is not the enemy. That's why I brought them in. Don't you understand? You don't-
[an agent walks past, they quickly pretend to be examining the lattice]
Keep your head down. Be calm.
Look, you don't need to run anymore, okay? We can protect you.
There's a reason why Torchwood was secret. We kept things hidden from the human race. This technology is a science the world should never know.
I know, Esther, because I've seen the future. I've walked the future world and breathed its air. And this technology would send it to damnation. Just imagine the stealth technology of a null field hiding bombs, hiding planes, shielding one side from radiation while the other side burns. This thing would be the end of us. This timeline would be terminal.
Even if the government... Even if the government had this one panel and they put people inside and they died, it's the same thing as the ovens. It's control over life and death, and we've seen that that doesn't work.
But you trust me, don't you? Both of you? After all we've done? Please, I'm begging you, get me out of here. Look, this is the Alpha plate. Without it this is just a bunch of metal. You've got to get me and the plate away from this house.
Jack, listen to me. We can't, okay? We are the CIA and this is a genuine CIA operation.
This is history, Rex. This is everything. Please, get me out.
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.
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.
His name, over and over again.
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?
I don't care. I'll do it.
Okay, okay, wait. What about Buenos Aires?
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.
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.
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.
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.
So this is what we're doing? A mission on both sides of the world?
And you're taking me with you.
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?
No, I mean you really must. That's what The Blessing does to you the closer you get. You're scared, am I right? Your skin's a little too tight. There's something just out of the corner of your eye you can't quite see, hmm?
You never get used to it. Come this way, Miss Kitzinger.
I don't really care. The men enjoy those sorts of games. But the feeling, it started as soon as we dug deep enough. I think it's The Blessing's attempt to communicate.
Then it's a living thing?
Oh, we have no idea. But certainly The Blessing sends some sort of impact back at the onlooker. [Jilly is led to a warehouse and into a goods lift] We have a theory. We say The Blessing shows you to yourself. I've seen people look upon The Blessing and end their lives. There's a brilliant truth about that, because each and every time that person was hiding something vile. Isn't that wonderful? It's exhilarating, the damage it does. I wonder what you'll see.
[Gwen discovers that Jack's wound is getting worse]
Idiot. You idiot. You told me that was healed. You're not better at all, are you? Let me see.
It's okay. I got you. Okay, I got you. I got you.
[Gwen helps Jack onto a bunk bed]
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.
If I had known it was this bad, Jack, you'd never have come.
It got worse when we arrived. Ah!
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.
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.
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.
No. I spent a long time in prison. And I know the smile of a man who's done terrible things. And your friends. I've been watching them. Sometime they like you, sometimes they love you... and sometimes once or twice, fluttering away in those tiny little gaps, they fear you.
Then you must know. Do we make it through this day?
The future can change. It's being written right now. One thing I do know. I've seen the stars. I have seen the universe. I have seen the human race become vast and magnificent and endless. And I wish you could see it, Oswald. I wish you could see that, too. Because then you'd know how small you've made your life.
