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** And the psychopathic tendencies that insist murder is the only option to stay undiscovered by whistler-blowers.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[VasquezAlwaysDiesFirst Vera gets too suspicious for her own good]].]]

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Dr. Juarez learns that medical panels have been cancelled. After all, the problem has been solved: people are in Categories now, thanks in part to her own suggestions. Phicorp will take care of the rest.

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Dr. Juarez learns that medical panels have been cancelled. After all, the problem has been solved: people are in Categories now, thanks in part to [[NiceJobBreakingItHero her own suggestions.suggestions]]. Phicorp will take care of the rest.
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* FlippingTheBird: Rex shows just how much he likes the [[ComedicSociopathy schadenfreude]] of posing as Jack's gay lover with a super pissed expression on his face and his middle finger covertly extended for a special salute of, "go fuck yourself".

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* FlippingTheBird: Rex shows just how much he likes the [[ComedicSociopathy schadenfreude]] of posing as Jack's gay lover with a super pissed expression on his face and his middle finger covertly extended for a special salute of, of "go fuck yourself".
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* FlippingTheBird: Rex shows just how much he likes the [[ComedicSociopathy schadenfreude]] of being Jack's gay lover with a super pissed expression on his face and his middle finger covertly extended for a special salute of "go fuck yourself".

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* FlippingTheBird: Rex shows just how much he likes the [[ComedicSociopathy schadenfreude]] of being posing as Jack's gay lover with a super pissed expression on his face and his middle finger covertly extended for a special salute of of, "go fuck yourself".
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* FlippingTheBird: Rex shows just how much he likes the [[ComedicSociopathy schadenfreude]] of being Jack's gay lover with a super pissed expression on his face and his middle finger covertly extended for a special salute of "go fuck yourself".
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Oswald stumbles onto the stage and has to nervously choose between Jilly's pre-made speech and Jack's hasty draft. He decides to TakeAThirdOption. His rousing speech does suggest that Phicorp had been preparing for the Miracle, but also sets himself up as TheMessiah, declaring the new human race to have become "Angels". He eventually decides to segue into Jilly's key words, and as Phicorp's logo comes up magnificently behind him, Jilly jumps for joy.

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Oswald stumbles onto the stage and has to nervously choose between Jilly's pre-made speech and Jack's hasty draft. He decides to TakeAThirdOption. His rousing speech does suggest that Phicorp had been preparing for the Miracle, but also sets himself up as TheMessiah, MessianicArchetype, declaring the new human race to have become "Angels". He eventually decides to segue into Jilly's key words, and as Phicorp's logo comes up magnificently behind him, Jilly jumps for joy.
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Using her medical panel credentials, Dr. Juarez attempts to inspect the treatment of Category 1 patients and discovers that many conscious people are being assigned Category 1 status, essentially being declared non-living by the government. She threatens to prosecute after she sees the inhumane conditions which conscious Category 1 patients are enduring. Colin Maloney panics and shoots her legs, to the horror of both himself his accompanying soldier, Ralph Coltrane. To cover up his actions, they transport her to one of the Modules and place her inside.

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Using her medical panel credentials, Dr. Juarez attempts to inspect the treatment of Category 1 patients and discovers that many conscious people are being assigned Category 1 status, essentially being declared non-living by the government. She threatens to prosecute after she sees the inhumane conditions which conscious Category 1 patients are enduring. Colin Maloney panics and shoots her legs, to the horror of both himself and his accompanying soldier, Ralph Coltrane. To cover up his actions, they transport her to one of the Modules and place her inside.

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* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:The only way to kill people who won't die is to destroy the bodies completely.]]
** [[spoiler:Assuming they don't live through that too.]]
*** [[spoiler: Poor Vera.]]

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* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:The only way to kill get rid of people who won't can't die is to destroy the bodies completely.]]
** [[spoiler:Assuming they don't live through that too.]]
*** [[spoiler: Poor Vera.
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The others also inflitrate the camp: Esther as an administrative assistant, and Dr. Juarez as a doctor. Esther has no luck, seeing as all the other administrative staff are apathetic at best. Dr. Juarez meets the camp's leader, Colin Maloney, who is the world's worst possible combination of PointyHairedBoss, JerkAss misogynist and LeisureSuitLarry. She manages to get close to Rex and (with Esther's help) change his chart to Category 1, in order to get him into the Module.

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The others also inflitrate the camp: Esther as an administrative assistant, and Dr. Juarez as a doctor. Esther has no luck, seeing as all the other administrative staff are apathetic at best. Dr. Juarez meets the camp's leader, Colin Maloney, who is the world's worst possible combination of PointyHairedBoss, JerkAss misogynist and LeisureSuitLarry.CasanovaWannabe. She manages to get close to Rex and (with Esther's help) change his chart to Category 1, in order to get him into the Module.
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Rhys casually phones Gwen to say that Phicorp hired his lorry to transport Category 1 people to the "burn unit". For people with burn wounds, he guesses. Gwen deduces that the modules are in fact incinerators, used to burn the Category 1 patients. This is grimly confirmed when, back in the California Overflow Camp, Maloney activates the incinerator on the module containing Dr. Juarez. Rex sees it happen but can't free her, and is forced to watch her being burned alive, reluctantly video-recording her agony.

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Rhys casually phones Gwen to say that Phicorp hired his lorry to transport Category 1 people to the "burn unit". For people with burn wounds, he guesses. Gwen deduces that the modules are in fact incinerators, used to burn the Category 1 patients. This is grimly confirmed when, back in the California Overflow Camp, Maloney activates the incinerator on the module containing Dr. Juarez. Rex has escaped, sees it happen but can't free her, and is forced to watch her being burned alive, reluctantly video-recording her agony.
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Oswald stumbles onto the stage and has to nervously choose between Jilly's pre-made speech and Jack's hasty draft. He decides to TakeAThirdOption, and gives another rousing speech, this time declaring the human race to have become "Angels". He eventually does segue into Jilly's key words, and as Phicorp's logo comes up magnificently behind him, Jilly jumps for joy.

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Oswald stumbles onto the stage and has to nervously choose between Jilly's pre-made speech and Jack's hasty draft. He decides to TakeAThirdOption, and gives another TakeAThirdOption. His rousing speech, this time speech does suggest that Phicorp had been preparing for the Miracle, but also sets himself up as TheMessiah, declaring the new human race to have become "Angels". He eventually does decides to segue into Jilly's key words, and as Phicorp's logo comes up magnificently behind him, Jilly jumps for joy.
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* [[AnyoneCanDie AnyoneCanBeReducedToEternalAgony]]: Reintroduced at the end of the episode.

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* [[AnyoneCanDie AnyoneCanBeReducedToEternalAgony]]: Anyone Can Be Reduced To Eternal Agony]]: Reintroduced at the end of the episode.
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* AnyoneCanDie: Reintroduced at the end of the episode.

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* AnyoneCanDie: [[AnyoneCanDie AnyoneCanBeReducedToEternalAgony]]: Reintroduced at the end of the episode.
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Oswald stumbles onto the stage and has to nervously choose between Jily's pre-made speech and Jack's hasty draft. He decides to TakeAThirdOption, and gives another rousing speech, this time declaring the human race to have become "Angels". He eventually does segue into Jilly's key words, and as Phicorp's logo comes up magnificently behind him, Jilly jumps for joy.

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Oswald stumbles onto the stage and has to nervously choose between Jily's Jilly's pre-made speech and Jack's hasty draft. He decides to TakeAThirdOption, and gives another rousing speech, this time declaring the human race to have become "Angels". He eventually does segue into Jilly's key words, and as Phicorp's logo comes up magnificently behind him, Jilly jumps for joy.
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Gwen, meanwhile, has used a false passport to take a plane back to Wales. Her mum is taking care of Anwen (and doing some halfway decent investigation on her own). Gwen poses as a nurse and, using Rhys' Harwoods lorry and Andy's police authority, eventually manage to get past the Welsh Overflow Camp's security and close to her father. As they try to sneak him onto the lorry, he suffers another heart attack and is classified as Category 1 when Gwen screams for help. Rhys is forced to head back to work while Gwen stays behind with her dad.

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Gwen, meanwhile, has used a false passport to take a plane back to Wales. Her mum is taking care of Anwen (and doing some halfway decent investigation on her own). Gwen poses as a nurse and, using Rhys' Harwoods lorry and Andy's police authority, eventually manage manages to get past the Welsh Overflow Camp's security and close to her father. As they try to sneak him onto the lorry, he suffers another heart attack and is classified as Category 1 when Gwen screams for help. Rhys is forced to head back to work while Gwen stays behind with her dad.
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The others also inflitrate the camp: Esther as an administrative assistant, and Dr. Juarez as a doctor. Esther has no luck, seeing as all the other administratve staff are apathetic at best. Dr. Juarez meets the camp's leader, Colin Maloney, who is the world's worst possible combination of PointyHairedBoss, JerkAss misogynist and LeisureSuitLarry. She manages to get close to Rex and (with Esther's help) change his chart to Category 1, in order to get him into the Module.

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The others also inflitrate the camp: Esther as an administrative assistant, and Dr. Juarez as a doctor. Esther has no luck, seeing as all the other administratve administrative staff are apathetic at best. Dr. Juarez meets the camp's leader, Colin Maloney, who is the world's worst possible combination of PointyHairedBoss, JerkAss misogynist and LeisureSuitLarry. She manages to get close to Rex and (with Esther's help) change his chart to Category 1, in order to get him into the Module.

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The others also inflitrate the camp: Esther as an administrative assistant, and Dr. Juarez as a doctor. Esther has no luck, seeing as all the other administratve staff are apathetic at best. Dr. Juarez meets the camp's leader, Colin Maloney, who is the world's worst possible combination of PointyHairedBoss, JerkAss misogynist and LeisureSuitLarry. She manages to get close to Rex and (with Esther's help) change his chart to Category 1, in order to get him into the Module.




goes ahead with his pro-PhiCorp televised speech to a packed stadium. Meanwhile, Gwen returns to Wales to rescue her father from an Overflow Camp. During the escape attempt, her father suffers another heart attack and the doctors later give him Category 1 status, which Gwen struggles to challenge.

The others also inflitrate the camp: Esther as an administrative assistant, and Dr. Juarez as a doctor. Esther has no luck, seeing as all the other administratve staff are apathetic at best. Dr. Juarez meets the camp's leader, Colin Maloney, who is the world's worst possible combination of PointyHairedBoss, JerkAss misogynist and LeisureSuitLarry. She manages to get close to Rex and (with Esther's help) change his chart to Category 1, in order to get him into the Module.





When her husband Rhys reveals to her that the camp's personnel are taking Category 1 patients to the "burn unit", Gwen deduces that the modules are in fact incinerators used to burn the Category 1 patients. This is grimly confirmed when, back in the California Overflow Camp, Maloney activates the incinerator on the module containing Vera. Rex comes across Vera but cannot free her, and is forced to watch her being burned alive, reluctantly video-recording her agony.


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Dr. Juarez learns that medical panels have been cancelled. After all, the problem has been solved: people are in Categories now, thanks in part to her own suggestions. Phicorp will take care of the rest.

Esther's data analysis skills reveal that "Overflow Camps" will be used to house the sick, and that blueprints show additional buildings called Modules. They'll likely be used to quarantine people in "Category 1".

Appalled by growing governmental control over life and death, and by the horrifying hospital conditions all around her, Dr. Vera Juarez travels to California to assist Torchwood. She refuses to officially join, but is glad to be reunited with the group and introduced to Jack (properly this time). Jack suggests that she can just sleep in Rex's room, since they're having sex now anyway. They have a nice little socially awkward moment while Jack wishes he were [[FreeLoveFuture back in the 51st century]].

Those who should have died and are brain-dead are assigned Category 1 status, and those who have persistent injuries/diseases are to be given Category 2 while Category 3 status are normal people who have no or minor injuries. As he survived a fatal injury, Rex argues that he's Category 1. Esther and Dr. Juarez have a short debate and conclude that humans just don't ''fit'' into those types of categories, especially since the sustained Miracle is causing Rex's heart wound to heal again already, making him a Category 2 by now. Rex agrees to infiltrate into the nearest Overflow Camp, and Jack calls an ambulance for him (posing as his CampGay boyfriend while Rex flips him the bird).

A while later, Jack tries to convince Oswald to use his fame to expose Phicorp's advanced knowledge of the Miracle. Since Oswald is due to appear during the Miracle Day Parade, his rousing speech can be used to change the world forever. Oswald is intrigued by Jack's interest in him, but angry at the second-class treatment he's getting from the media, from Jilly, from the president and from the world in general. He's also extremely scared at going to back to being a regular fugitive, since his life without fame and fortune would be absolute hell.

Gwen, meanwhile, has used a false passport to take a plane back to Wales. Her mum is taking care of Anwen (and doing some halfway decent investigation on her own). Gwen poses as a nurse and, using Rhys' Harwoods lorry and Andy's police authority, eventually manage to get past the Welsh Overflow Camp's security and close to her father. As they try to sneak him onto the lorry, he suffers another heart attack and is classified as Category 1 when Gwen screams for help. Rhys is forced to head back to work while Gwen stays behind with her dad.


goes ahead with his pro-PhiCorp televised speech to a packed stadium. Meanwhile, Gwen returns to Wales to rescue her father from an Overflow Camp. During the escape attempt, her father suffers another heart attack and the doctors later give him Category 1 status, which Gwen struggles to challenge.

The others also inflitrate the camp: Esther as an administrative assistant, and Dr. Juarez as a doctor. Esther has no luck, seeing as all the other administratve staff are apathetic at best. Dr. Juarez meets the camp's leader, Colin Maloney, who is the world's worst possible combination of PointyHairedBoss, JerkAss misogynist and LeisureSuitLarry. She manages to get close to Rex and (with Esther's help) change his chart to Category 1, in order to get him into the Module.

Using her medical panel credentials, Dr. Juarez attempts to inspect the treatment of Category 1 patients and discovers that many conscious people are being assigned Category 1 status, essentially being declared non-living by the government. She threatens to prosecute after she sees the inhumane conditions which conscious Category 1 patients are enduring. Colin Maloney panics and shoots her legs, to the horror of both himself his accompanying soldier, Ralph Coltrane. To cover up his actions, they transport her to one of the Modules and place her inside.



When her husband Rhys reveals to her that the camp's personnel are taking Category 1 patients to the "burn unit", Gwen deduces that the modules are in fact incinerators used to burn the Category 1 patients. This is grimly confirmed when, back in the California Overflow Camp, Maloney activates the incinerator on the module containing Vera. Rex comes across Vera but cannot free her, and is forced to watch her being burned alive, reluctantly video-recording her agony.


Oswald stumbles onto the stage and has to nervously choose between Jily's pre-made speech and Jack's hasty draft. He decides to TakeAThirdOption, and gives another rousing speech, this time declaring the human race to have become "Angels". He eventually does segue into Jilly's key words, and as Phicorp's logo comes up magnificently behind him, Jilly jumps for joy.
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*** [[spoiler: [[DoNotSpoilThisEnding Poor Vera.]]]]

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** [[spoiler:[[OrIsIt Assuming they don't]] [[FateWorseThanDeath live through that too.]]]]

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