History Recap / TorchwoodS4E10TheBloodLine

Jack, Gwen, and Oswald successfully infiltrate the Shanghai Blessing site and make their way to its exposed face, where they meet a member of The Families, as well as Jilly Kitzinger and several armed guards. Oswald, realising he'd never make it out of Shanghai alive, reveals that he's wearing an explosive vest (at Jack's suggestion). Jack and Gwen deduce that The Blessing generates a morphic field linking the human race. Jack recognizes a Silurian mythology that the Doctor told him about once and wonders about its connection to [[Recap/DoctorWho2006CSTheRunawayBride the Racnoss Empress]], but decides that its origin doesn't matter -- only its effects do.

Jack, Gwen, and Oswald successfully infiltrate the Shanghai Blessing site and make their way to its exposed face, where they meet a member of The Families, as well as Jilly Kitzinger and several armed guards. Oswald, realising he'd never make it out of Shanghai alive, reveals that he's wearing an explosive vest (at Jack's suggestion). Jack and Gwen deduce that The Blessing generates a morphic field linking the human race. Jack wonders about its connection to [[Recap/DoctorWho2006CSTheRunawayBride the Racnoss Empress]], but decides that its origin doesn't matter -- only its effects do.

[[caption-width-right:349:Jilly pulls out a remote and uses it to pause the fifth series of ''Torchwood'' in indefinite hiatus. Oh, you devil in a red dress, we'll getcha for this.]]

[[caption-width-right:349:Jilly pulls out a remote and uses it to pause the fifth series of ''Torchwood'' in indefinite hiatus. Oh... you devil in a red dress, we'll getcha for this.]]

[[caption-width-right:349:Jilly pulls out a remote and uses it to pause the fifth series of ''Torchwood'' in indefinite hiatus. Why, you devil in a red dress, we'll getcha for this.]]

[[caption-width-right:349:Jilly pulls out a remote and uses it to pause the fifth series of ''Torchwood'' in indefinite hiatus. Oh, you devil in a red dress, we'll getcha for this.]]

[[caption-width-right:349:Jilly pulls out a remote and uses it to pause the series in indefinite hiatus. Oh, you devil in a red dress, we'll getcha for this.]]

->''You... World War II...'' '''''What the hell did you do to me!?''''''

-->''You... World War II...'' '''''What the hell did you do to me!?''''''

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The final episode of ''Series/TorchwoodMiracleDay''. Currently the last episode produced in ''Torchwood''.

The final episode of ''Series/TorchwoodMiracleDay''.

* ContinuityNod: Jack makes minor references to ''Series/DoctorWho'' inner-earth dwellers, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E2DoctorWhoAndTheSilurians the]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E1WarriorsOfTheDeep Sil]][[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E08TheHungryEarth uri]][[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E09ColdBlood ans]] and the [[Recap/DoctorWho2006CSTheRunawayBride Racnoss]], while rambling about possible explanations for the Blessing.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Subverted with Danes, who not only manages to avoid redemption, but actually proves himself to be about ten times worse simply ''by'' sacrificing himself. Simply put, he commits a HeroicSacrifice for ''very'' CompleteMonster reasons.

* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Esther, Oswald, Shapiro, Geraint]]...

* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Jilly's has ".. worked for the Rich, the powerful and the obese".

* FlatWhat: [[spoiler:The reaction to Rex suddenly waking up from a fatal gunshot wound]].

Reversing the Miracle would require pretty much all of the blood in both Rex and Jack's bodies, but Rex and Jack don't back down. Esther is shot, however, and Rex has to make a choice between reverting the Miracle or keeping her alive. She tells him to do it. Rex commits suicide while Gwen shoots Jack through the heart.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: '''Brutally''' subverted with Danes, who not only manages to avoid redemption, but actually proves himself to be about ten times worse simply ''by'' sacrificing himself. Simply put, he commits a HeroicSacrifice for ''very'' CompleteMonster reasons.

Jack, Gwen, and Oswald successfully infiltrate the Shanghai Blessing site and make their way to its exposed face, where they meet a member of The Families, as well as Jilly Kitzinger and several armed guards. Oswald, realising he'd never make it out of Shanghai alive, reveals that he's wearing an explosive vest (at Jack's suggestion). Jack and Gwen deduce that The Blessing generates a morphic field linking the human race. Jack wonders about its connection to [[Recap/DoctorWho2006CSTheRunawayBride the Racnoss Queen]], but decides that its origin doesn't matter -- only its effects do.

The original effect required Jack's blood to be introduced at both Blessing sites simultaneously. Since Rex and Esther's supply of Jack's blood was destroyed, there's no way to do this. Rex manages to interrupt and claims that he still has some of Jack's blood with him -— or rather, ''in'' him. Upon arrival in Buenos Aires, Esther helped Rex transfuse almost all of Jack's blood into his body. Normally, this would kill someone, but, well...

The Miracle was produced by introducing Jack's immortal blood to The Blessing -- causing it to disperse immortality to the whole human race as a "defence" to a perceived "attack". It was first part in a larger plan to assert control of the world. By stopping death and destabilizing the economy, The Families can take control of the banks, thereby influencing the world governments, eventually leading to a fascist oligarchy which can "decide who lives, how long, where, and why." Jilly perks up, quite pleased at that idea, and says that she'll go along with him. Well, Gwen decides, time to die, turn around. Jack agrees and, with a smile, happily waits for Gwen to kill him for good.

Now aware that Jack's blood is drawn towards The Blessing, the Torchwood team uses small amounts of the blood to determine headings towards the two sites. Rex and Esther contact the CIA for assistance in infiltrating the Buenos Aires site of The Blessing, at the same time keeping Jack, Gwen, and Oswald's presence in Shanghai a secret. Director Shapiro agrees to the request and puts his team on the task, including Charlotte, who surreptitiously reports the mission to The Three Families.

Several months later. Jilly Kitzinger has no place to go and no life to live, but The Families offer her a chance to participate in their "Plan B". After all the Miracle was only a trial run.

Several months later. Jilly Kitzinger has no place to go and no life to live, but The Families offer her a chance to participate in their "Plan B".

Gwen, Rhys, Jack, Charlotte, Rex and Esther's family attend a funeral for Esther. Afterward, as Charlotte is leaving, Rex receives recovered CIA data and discovers that Charlotte was the mole. When Rex tries to stop her from leaving, Charlotte shoots him and is almost immediately gunned down by other agents. Jack and Gwen rush to Rex's side only to find him without a dead. Two seconds later, Rex gasps and wakes up, and his wounds magically heal. He gives Jack a ''very'' dirty look.

* TheAgeless: Everyone loses this, but Jack gets his ResurectiveImmortality back. [[spoiler:Since Rex was part of the aforementioned BloodMagic, he gets ResurectiveImmortality, too, when the Blessing resets]].

* {{Immortality}}: Everyone loses Type VI, but Jack gets his Type IV back. [[spoiler:Since Rex was part of the aforementioned BloodMagic, he gets Type IV, too, when the Blessing resets]].