History Recap / TorchwoodS4E10TheBloodLine

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Jack and Gwen ignore the Mother's pleas for help, leaving her with an explosive-rigged Oswald Danes.

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 remembers a Silurian mythology 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.

* NotSoDifferent: Gwen makes a speech about how no one should have the ability to decide who lives and dies, having accused Oswald of doing that by killing the little girl. Oswald points out that by canceling the Miracle, which she is pushing for, she will be directly responsible for the deaths of everyone being sustained by it. He finds this "magnificent", and Gwen herself seems to realize it's a bit hypocritical.

* KarmaHoudini: Oswald Danes, of all people, dies a hero...sort of. He proves he's an even bigger {{Jerkass}} than people thought he was in the process. He even gets to pick the conditions of his death, taking a woman with him. Justified in that it happened to match Torchwood's best interests, and the Mother ''clearly'' had it coming. Far more blatant is the fact that he died believing he could spend eternity torturing Susie in Hell. Hopefully, Susie went to a better place...

* ShoutOut: Right when Rex is shot by Charlotte, and has seemingly died, Jack says the Tenth Doctor's catch phrase of "I'm sorry... I'm so sorry," to Gwen, who is still mourning Esther and can't handle the thought of losing Rex too. Followed by a FlatWhat by him, Gwen, and Rex when Rex wakes up seconds later - three "What!"'s being a trademark of the Tenth Doctor from a few of the specials.

The final episode of ''Series/TorchwoodMiracleDay''. Currently the [[DevelopmentHell last episode produced as of yet]] in ''Torchwood'', barring a release of audio dramas slated for 2015.

* TheAgeless: Everyone loses this, but Jack gets his ResurrectiveImmortality back. [[spoiler:Since Rex was part of the aforementioned BloodMagic, he gets ResurrectiveImmortality , too, when the Blessing resets]].
* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Esther, Oswald, Shapiro, Noah, Geraint, the Cousin, the Mother, Charlotte. Also literally by the end, since the differences of mortality and immortality are restored on Earth with the reversal of the Miracle.]]
* AttackAttackRetreatRetreat: [[spoiler: After the Shanghai site starts collapsing, Jilly races for the exit. Gwen follows, and the two of them hurriedly try to get the elevator going... and then Jack comes back to life. Gwen tries to stop the elevator, Jilly tries to get it going, and they eventually get in a fistfight over it.]]
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Esther transfuses Rex with all of Jack's extracted blood, which she had been collecting during the two-month timeskip in the last episode, knowing that the Families would likely try to destroy the samples]].

* FlatWhat: The reaction to [[spoiler:Rex suddenly waking up from a fatal gunshot wound]].
* HeroicSacrifice: Rex and Jack giving their blood, [[spoiler:but the would-be sacrifice itself ensures that they survive]].
** Also played with: the Cousin [[spoiler:shoots Esther]] so that Rex and Jack's sacrifice won't just be them dying nobly, which is relatively easy, but will also mean [[spoiler:condemning Esther to death]]. {{Lampshaded}} by the Family saying just that. Gwen, who's been facing the knowledge that her father will also die, tells them to do it anyway.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Jack and Gwen [[spoiler: ignore the Mother's pleas for help, leaving her with an explosive-rigged Oswald Danes.]]

* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler:The Family member at Buenos Aires shoots Esther as a last-ditch attempt to stop Rex from cancelling out the Miracle. Gwen convinces him that it's better to let her die than give the Families power over life and death]].
* SequelHook: Two. [[spoiler:The Families' Plan B and Rex's immortality]].
* ShoutOut: Right when [[spoiler:Rex is shot by Charlotte, and has seemingly died]], Jack says the Tenth Doctor's catch phrase of "I'm sorry... I'm so sorry," to Gwen, who is still [[spoiler:mourning Esther]] and can't handle the thought of [[spoiler:losing Rex too]]. Followed by a FlatWhat by him, Gwen, AND Rex when [[spoiler:Rex wakes up seconds later]] - three "What!"'s being a trademark of the Tenth Doctor from a few of the specials.

* StopOrIShootMyself: Jack [[spoiler:and Rex]] pull this on the Families, since any blood spilled might reverse the miracle.
* SuperhumanTransfusion: [[spoiler:Rex acquiring Jack's immortality]].

** Even before that both Cousin and Mother start [[{{BigNo}} panicking when]] Rex and Jack bring death back into the world.
* XanatosSpeedChess: The Families don't fully undertstand The Blessing themselves and it is inferred that they did not fully expect the Miracle to turn out the way it did, but they adapted their plans to it. The lady in Shangai, for example, implies that the global recession was an unforseen(ish) consequence, though it gives them the opportunity to take control of the world's governments directly; the Family member who meets Jilly, meanwhile, [[spoiler: says not only that there was a Plan B, but that the Miracle was a "trial run", so Plan B was their ''real'' plan all along, but was shelved when the Miracle worked out for them better than expected]].

The Miracle reverts almost immediately. All of the world's Category 1 patients regain consciousness for a few seconds, then pass away in the next breath. This includes Gwen's father, who awakens in time to hear his wife wishing him goodbye over the phone. Andy is there to comfort him in his dying moments before he finally passes on, also witnessing several other victims depart from this life to the next.

* CatFight: Gwen and Jilly

* MoodWhiplash: See DissonantSerenity above. Gwen is thinking, the music is turned down, time seems to have slowed... then she stops thinking and suddenly everything kicks back into a normal rhythm, including Gwen.

* PunctuatedPounding: Gwen to Jilly: "How *punch* Much *punch* Bloody *punch* lipstick can you wear!

* ContinuityNod: Jack makes minor references to ''Series/DoctorWho'' inner-earth dwellers, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E2DoctorWhoAndTheSilurians the]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E1WarriorsOfTheDeep Sil]][[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E8TheHungryEarth uri]][[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E9ColdBlood ans]] and the [[Recap/DoctorWho2006CSTheRunawayBride Racnoss]], while rambling about possible explanations for the Blessing.

The Miracle reverts almost immediately. All of the world's Category 1 patients regain consciousness for a few seconds, then pass away in the next breath. This includes Gwen's father, who awakens in time to hear his wife wishing him goodbye over the phone. Andy is there to comfort him is his dying moments before he finally passes on, also witnessing several other victims depart from this life to the next.

The Miracle reverts almost immediately. All of the world's Category 1 patients regain consciousness for a few seconds, then pass away in the next breath. This includes Gwen's father, who awakens in time to hear his wife wishing him goodbye over the phone.

Gwen and Jilly leave while Oswald plans to stay behind and make the whole structure explode. But as the exit elevator rises, Jack comes back to life. Gwen and Jilly get into a rather {{Narm}}y cat fight until Gwen rescues Jack. Oswald proclaims that he's happy to go to die and go to hell; it's where "all the bad little girls" go. Proving just how deeply fucked up he is to core, he bellows for Susie Cabina, his victim, to start running, as he's coming to get her in Hell, and then blows himself there along with the Mother. Everyone else escapes, including Jilly, who [[OutrunningTheFireball lucked out and outran the explosion]].

* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Esther, Oswald, Shapiro, Noah, Geraint, the Mother, Charlotte. Also literally by the end, since the differences of mortality and immortality are restored on Earth with the reversal of the Miracle.]]

Gwen and Jilly leave while Oswald plans to stay behind and make the whole structure explode. But as the exit elevator rises, Jack comes back to life. Gwen and Jilly get into a rather {{Narm}}y cat fight until Gwen rescues Jack. Oswald proclaims that he's happy to go to die and go to hell; it's where "all the bad little girls" go.

The Buenos Aires team moves to leave as well, but before the local Families member can make it out, Rex regains consciousness long enough to grab him and throw him over the edge of the chasm around The Blessing. Rex falls to the ground next to Esther, the two watching each other die, but are rescued by members of the Argentinian Army.

* KarmaHoudini: Oswald Danes, of all people, dies a hero...sort of. He proves he's an even bigger {{Jerkass}} than people thought he was in the process. He even gets to pick the conditions of his death, taking a woman with him. Justified in that it happened to match Torchwood's best interests, and the Mother ''clearly'' had it coming. Far more blatant is the fact that he died believing he could spend eternity torturing Suzie in Hell.

* DoNotGoGentle: For Oswald Danes, an incredibly dark and twisted version of this trope plays out- Oswald has the most monstrously unforgivable way of greeting death. He screams with absolute joy that '''[[MoralEventHorizon he's going to go to Hell where he can torment Susie Cabina forever, and for her to start running.]]'''

* DoNotGoGentle: Darkly twisted. Oswald has the most monstrously unforgivable way of greeting death. He screams with absolute joy that '''[[MoralEventHorizon he's going to go to Hell where he can torment Susie Cabina forever, and for her to start running.]]'''

* DoNotGoGentle: Oswald has the most monstrously unforgivable way of greeting death. He screams with absolute joy that '''[[MoralEventHorizon he's going to go to Hell where he can torment Susie Cabina forever, and for her to start running.]]'''

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 dead. Two seconds later, Rex gasps and wakes up, and his wounds magically heal. He gives Jack a ''very'' dirty look.

* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Esther, Oswald, Shapiro, Geraint. Also literally by the end, since the differences of mortality and immortality are restored on Earth with the reversal of the Miracle.]]

The final episode of ''Series/TorchwoodMiracleDay''. Currently the [[DevelopmentHell last episode produced as of yet]] in ''Torchwood''.

* DissonantSerenity: Gwen after shooting Jack. She just stands there, thinking about how many people she had just killed, oblivious to the facility crumbling around her. Osawld is also in the frame with a much more concerned posture, which gives a nice contrast.

* DisneyVillainDeath: Rex throws a Family member into a bottomless pit Darth Vader style.

** Also played with: one of the Family members [[spoiler:shoots Esther]] so that Rex and Jack's sacrifice won't just be them dying nobly, which is relatively easy, but will also mean [[spoiler:condemning Esther to death]]. {{Lampshaded}} by the Family saying just that. Gwen, who's been facing the knowledge that her father will also die, tells them to do it anyway.
* KarmaHoudini: Oswald Danes, of all people, dies a hero...sort of. He proves he's an even bigger {{Jerkass}} than people thought he was in the process. He even gets to pick the conditions of his death, taking another woman with him. Justified in that it happened to match Torchwood's best interests, and the Family lady ''clearly'' had it coming. Far more blatant is the fact that he died believing he could spend eternity torturing Suzie in Hell.

* MeaningfulName: Jilly's new Family-given identity? [[{{Satan}} Lucy]] Staten Meredith.

* StopOrIShootMyself: Jack [[spoiler:and Rex]] pull this on the Family, since any blood spilled might reverse the miracle.

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 gladly go along with that kind of utopia. Well, Gwen decides, time to die, turn around. Jack agrees and, with a smile, happily waits for Gwen to kill him for good.

The Miracle reverts almost immediately. All of the world's Category 1 patients regain consciousness for a few seconds, then pass away in the next breath. This includes Gwen's father, who awakes in time to hear his wife wishing him goodbye over the phone.

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 remembers 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.