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* TrashTheSet: The episode ends with the Hub blowing up in a fiery explosion caused by a bomb placed in Jack's stomach.

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* TrashTheSet: The episode ends with the Hub blowing up in a fiery explosion caused by a bomb placed in Jack's stomach.stomach.
* WatchThePaintJob: Ianto makes the mistake of leaving Torchwood's fancy SUV poorly guarded in a bad neighbourhood. It is promptly taken by a group of teenagers and driven off, never to be seen again.
* WhyAmITicking: A bomb is placed within Jack's stomach with the intent of blowing up the hub, which Jack doesn't learn until he makes it back into the hub, far too late to save it.
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* TheMole: Turns out Rupesh is a mole by the Government to try and get into Torchwood Three.

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* TheMole: Turns out Rupesh is a mole by the Government to try and get into Torchwood Three.Three.
* SomebodySetUsUpTheBomb: Agent Johnson plants a bomb in Jack's stomach whilst the latter is unconscious. Jack only realizes after he has returned to the Torchwood Hub, by which point it is too late to save the base.
* TrashTheSet: The episode ends with the Hub blowing up in a fiery explosion caused by a bomb placed in Jack's stomach.
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** When Lois interrupts the Colonel and Frobisher during their meeting, the two quickly change conversation to talk about Colonel Mace, the Colonel who was helping The Dcotor in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E5ThePoisonSky The Poison Sky]].

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** When Lois interrupts the Colonel and Frobisher during their meeting, the two quickly change conversation to talk about Colonel Mace, the Colonel who was helping The Dcotor Doctor in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E5ThePoisonSky The Poison Sky]].

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Gwen takes a quick pregnancy test at the Hub, and finds out that Clem was right. She's three weeks pregnant. Jack puts his hand on hers when he congratulates her. The automatic scanner immediately shows the bomb inside him. Gwen races out, Ianto [[TheBigDamnKiss passionately kisses Jack goodbye]], and Jack stays behind to let the bomb explode inside him -- [[TrashTheSet destroying the Hub completely]]. FridgeHorror abounds - all that cool alien tech they had is toast, Janet and all the Weevils in lock-up have probably been turned to puppy chow, along with the bodies in the morgue (maybe not Gray - [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E13ExitWounds we never saw exactly where he ended up]]; otherwise, [[{{Tearjerker}} Jack just lost his brother for good]]), and if Myfawny ever pays a visit to her old stomping grounds, all she'll find now is a burnt out hole in the ground. And while all of this is happening, all the children have once again begun to repeat the words, but their final repetition adds a new one.

"We are coming... [[WhamLine back]]."

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Gwen takes a quick pregnancy test at the Hub, and finds out that Clem was right. She's three weeks pregnant. Jack puts his hand on hers when he congratulates her. The automatic scanner immediately shows the bomb inside him. Gwen races out, Ianto [[TheBigDamnKiss passionately kisses Jack goodbye]], and Jack stays behind to let the bomb explode inside him -- [[TrashTheSet destroying the Hub completely]]. FridgeHorror abounds - all that cool alien tech they had is toast, Janet and all the Weevils in lock-up have probably been turned to puppy chow, along with the bodies in the morgue (maybe not Gray - [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E13ExitWounds we never saw exactly where he ended up]]; otherwise, [[{{Tearjerker}} Jack just lost his brother for good]]), and if Myfawny ever pays a visit to her old stomping grounds, all she'll find now is a burnt out hole in the ground. And while all of this is happening, all the children have once again begun to repeat the words, but their final repetition adds a new one.

"We are coming... [[WhamLine back]].""
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* ContinuityNod:
** When Lois interrupts the Colonel and Frobisher during their meeting, the two quickly change conversation to talk about Colonel Mace, the Colonel who was helping The Dcotor in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E5ThePoisonSky The Poison Sky]].
** Gwen briefly touches a photo of Tosh and Owen at the start of the episode, alluding to "Exit Wounds".
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: Gwen describes the Hub as "Huge secret sci-fi underground base" to Dr. Rupesh.
* TheMole: Turns out Rupesh is a mole by the Government to try and get into Torchwood Three.
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However, before they get anywhere, all children aged five to eleven on the entire planet start chanting in unison. "We. We are. We are coming." They all chant in ''English'', too, and Rhys notices that their chanting is timed with British school commutes and lunch breaks. Jack calls UNIT for help, but Martha Jones is [[WrittenInAbsence on vacation]] and no one's cooperating very much.

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However, before they get anywhere, all children aged five to eleven on the entire planet start chanting in unison. "We. We are. We are coming." They all chant in ''English'', too, and Rhys notices that their chanting is timed with British school commutes and lunch breaks. Jack calls UNIT for help, but Martha Jones is [[WrittenInAbsence on vacation]] her honeymoon]] and no one's cooperating no-one's co-operating very much.
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In 1965, a busload of children was taken out into the middle of nowhere. One of them, a young boy, is seen being scared for his life.

PresentDay. Some children start standing eerily still and staring vacantly off into the distance, but the incident ends just as fast as it begins. Gwen notices this while withdrawing cash from an ATM machine and goes to the Hub to investigate, discovering it's happened all over the United Kingdom, blowing a kiss to a photo of dearly departed teammates and friends [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E13ExitWounds Owen and Tosh]] in her office workspace. Jack and Ianto investigate a death by alien parasite, and pass themselves off as the victim's nice gay neighbours in order to get close to the corpse. They get caught by Dr. Rupesh Patanjali, and when he realises that they're alien-hunters, he asks them to help them figure out why corpses have gone missing. Since they need a new doctor in Torchwood, Gwen, Ianto and Jack subtly lead him to the Hub to see if he'd be a good addition for the team.

However, before they get anywhere, all children on the entire planet start chanting in unison. "We. We are. We are coming." They all chant in ''English'', too, and Rhys notices that their chanting is timed with British school commutes and lunch breaks. Jack calls UNIT for help, but Martha Jones is [[WrittenInAbsence on vacation]] and no one's cooperating very much.

One elderly man, Clement [=McDonald=], is also chanting along. Gwen goes to visit him in the asylum he's in, and since he was TouchedByVorlons as a young boy, he's able to tell her that she's pregnant.

Home Office Permanent Secretary John Frobisher is worried about his children. He's even more worried when he realizes that he knows exactly what aliens might be behind this: unseen monsters that appeared on radio frequency 456 many years before. And that his job, in the words of [[PresidentEvil Prime Minister Green]], makes him a nice public face... and expendable. His plucky new office girl, Lois Habiba, is having a ''very'' confusing first day, and his weary personal assistant, Mrs. Bridget Spears, tries to make sense of it all.

Ianto is a bit bothered by appearing as Jack's boyfriend in public. Jack doesn't see the issue -- they ''are'' a couple. Worried about the children, Ianto visits his sister to check on his niece and nephew, and is unexpectedly coaxed out of the closet by her. He explains that it's "not all men, just Jack". That he's not sure ''what'' it is yet. That's he's not broadcasting it to the world. Jack visits family too: his daughter Alice, who is very happy being a regular middle-aged single mom and not having any aliens in her life. She'd rather not have her dad in her life too much either, as it would only confuse her son.

Dr. Rupesh Patanjali turns out to have been a mole, and he's ordered by the government's local anti-terrorist squad (led by Agent Johnson, who, as Andy remarks, is pretty hot) to kill Jack. Rupesh does, and Agent Johnson plants a bomb in Jack's stomach. He wakes up shortly afterwards, naturally escapes and heads back to the Hub.

Gwen takes a quick pregnancy test at the Hub, and Jack puts his hand on hers when he congratulates her. The automatic scanner immediately shows the bomb inside him. Gwen races out, Ianto [[TheBigDamnKiss passionately kisses Jack goodbye]], and Jack stays behind to let the bomb explode inside him -- [[TrashTheSet destroying the Hub completely]]. FridgeHorror abounds - all that cool alien tech they had is toast, Janet and all the Weevils in lock-up have probably been turned to puppy chow, along with the bodies in the morgue (maybe not Gray - [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E13ExitWounds we never saw exactly where he ended up]]; otherwise, [[{{Tearjerker}} Jack just lost his brother for good]]), and if Myfawny ever pays a visit to her old stomping grounds, all she'll find now is a burnt out hole in the ground. And while all of this is happening, all the children have once again begun to repeat the words, but their final repetition adds a new one.

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In 1965, a busload of children was are taken out into the middle of nowhere. One nowhere in Scotland. Eleven of them, them walk towards a mysterious white light - but a twelfth, a young boy, is seen being runs away scared for his life.

PresentDay. Some children Children start standing eerily still and staring vacantly off into the distance, but the incident ends just as fast as it begins. begin and the children have no recollection of it. Gwen notices this while withdrawing money from a cash from an ATM machine in Cardiff and goes to the Hub to investigate, discovering it's happened all over the United Kingdom, blowing investigate (blowing a kiss to a photo of dearly departed teammates and friends [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E13ExitWounds Owen and Tosh]] in her office workspace. workspace), discovering it's happened all over the United Kingdom (and later confirming all over the world, at the exact same time). Meanwhile, Jack and Ianto investigate a death by alien parasite, and pass themselves off as the victim's nice gay neighbours in order to get close to the corpse. They get caught by Dr. Rupesh Patanjali, and when he realises that they're alien-hunters, he asks them to help them figure out why corpses have gone missing. Since they need a new doctor in Torchwood, Gwen, Ianto and Jack subtly lead him to the Hub to see if he'd be a good addition for the team.

However, before they get anywhere, all children aged five to eleven on the entire planet start chanting in unison. "We. We are. We are coming." They all chant in ''English'', too, and Rhys notices that their chanting is timed with British school commutes and lunch breaks. Jack calls UNIT for help, but Martha Jones is [[WrittenInAbsence on vacation]] and no one's cooperating very much.

One elderly man, Clement [=McDonald=], is also chanting along. Gwen goes to visit him in the asylum East Grinstead hospital he's in, and since he was TouchedByVorlons as a young boy, he's able to tell her that she's pregnant.

In London, Home Office Permanent Secretary John Frobisher is worried about his children. He's even more worried when he realizes realises that he knows exactly what aliens might be behind this: unseen monsters that appeared on radio frequency 456 many years before. And that his job, in the words of [[PresidentEvil Prime Minister Green]], makes him a nice public face... and expendable. His plucky new office girl, secretary, Lois Habiba, is having a ''very'' confusing first day, and his weary personal assistant, Mrs. Bridget Spears, tries to make sense of it all.

all. Green gives Frobisher a "blank page", that everyone involved with the 456 in 1965 is to be killed to prevent knowledge of the prior encounter from being made public. One of the names on the list? Jack Harkness.

Ianto is a bit bothered by appearing as Jack's boyfriend in public. Jack doesn't see the issue -- they ''are'' a couple. Worried about the children, Ianto visits his sister to check on his niece and nephew, and is unexpectedly coaxed out of the closet by her.her after a friend of hers had seen Ianto with Jack at a restaurant. He explains that it's "not all men, just Jack". That he's not sure ''what'' it is yet. That's he's not broadcasting it to the world. Jack visits family too: his daughter Alice, who is very happy being a regular middle-aged single mom mum and not having any aliens in her life. Unlike Jack, Alice is not immortal and ages normally, she already looks older than her father. She'd rather not have her dad in her life too much either, as it would only confuse her son.son (who thinks Jack is his uncle).

Dr. Rupesh Patanjali turns out to have been a mole, and he's ordered by the government's local anti-terrorist squad (led by Agent Johnson, who, as Andy remarks, is pretty hot) to kill Jack. Rupesh does, and Agent Johnson plants a bomb in Jack's stomach. He They believe the Torchwood Hub is somehow linked to Jack's immortality, so they plan to blow the place up with Jack inside it. Johnson kills Rupesh to stop him from talking, and leaves his dead body next to Jack's. Jack wakes up shortly afterwards, naturally escapes notices Rupesh's body and heads back to the Hub.

Gwen takes a quick pregnancy test at the Hub, and finds out that Clem was right. She's three weeks pregnant. Jack puts his hand on hers when he congratulates her. The automatic scanner immediately shows the bomb inside him. Gwen races out, Ianto [[TheBigDamnKiss passionately kisses Jack goodbye]], and Jack stays behind to let the bomb explode inside him -- [[TrashTheSet destroying the Hub completely]]. FridgeHorror abounds - all that cool alien tech they had is toast, Janet and all the Weevils in lock-up have probably been turned to puppy chow, along with the bodies in the morgue (maybe not Gray - [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E13ExitWounds we never saw exactly where he ended up]]; otherwise, [[{{Tearjerker}} Jack just lost his brother for good]]), and if Myfawny ever pays a visit to her old stomping grounds, all she'll find now is a burnt out hole in the ground. And while all of this is happening, all the children have once again begun to repeat the words, but their final repetition adds a new one.
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However, before they get anywhere, all children on the entire planet start chanting in unison. "We. We are. We are coming." They all chant in ''English'', too, and Rhys notices that their chanting is timed with British school commutes and lunch breaks. Jack calls UNIT for help, but Martha Jones is [[WrittenInAbsence on vacation]] and no one's cooperation very much.

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However, before they get anywhere, all children on the entire planet start chanting in unison. "We. We are. We are coming." They all chant in ''English'', too, and Rhys notices that their chanting is timed with British school commutes and lunch breaks. Jack calls UNIT for help, but Martha Jones is [[WrittenInAbsence on vacation]] and no one's cooperation cooperating very much.
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Gwen takes a quick pregnancy test at the Hub, and Jack puts his hand on hers when he congratulates her. The automatic scanner immediately shows the bomb inside him. Gwen races out, Ianto [[BigDamnKiss passionately kisses Jack goodbye]], and Jack stays behind to let the bomb explode inside him -- [[TrashTheSet destroying the Hub completely]]. FridgeHorror abounds - all that cool alien tech they had is toast, Janet and all the Weevils in lock-up have probably been turned to puppy chow, along with the bodies in the morgue (maybe not Gray - [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E13ExitWounds we never saw exactly where he ended up]]; otherwise, [[{{Tearjerker}} Jack just lost his brother for good]]), and if Myfawny ever pays a visit to her old stomping grounds, all she'll find now is a burnt out hole in the ground. And while all of this is happening, all the children have once again begun to repeat the words, but their final repetition adds a new one.

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Gwen takes a quick pregnancy test at the Hub, and Jack puts his hand on hers when he congratulates her. The automatic scanner immediately shows the bomb inside him. Gwen races out, Ianto [[BigDamnKiss [[TheBigDamnKiss passionately kisses Jack goodbye]], and Jack stays behind to let the bomb explode inside him -- [[TrashTheSet destroying the Hub completely]]. FridgeHorror abounds - all that cool alien tech they had is toast, Janet and all the Weevils in lock-up have probably been turned to puppy chow, along with the bodies in the morgue (maybe not Gray - [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E13ExitWounds we never saw exactly where he ended up]]; otherwise, [[{{Tearjerker}} Jack just lost his brother for good]]), and if Myfawny ever pays a visit to her old stomping grounds, all she'll find now is a burnt out hole in the ground. And while all of this is happening, all the children have once again begun to repeat the words, but their final repetition adds a new one.
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Gwen takes a quick pregnancy test at the Hub, and Jack puts his hand on hers when he congratulates her. The automatic scanner immediately shows the bomb inside him. Gwen races out, Ianto [[BigDamnKiss passionately kisses Jack goodbye]], and Jack stays behind to let the bomb explode inside him -- [[TrashTheSet destroying the Hub completely]]. FridgeHorror abounds- all that cool alien tech they had is toast, Janet and all the Weevils in lock-up have probably been turned to puppy chow, along with the bodies in the morgue (maybe not Gray- [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E13ExitWounds we never saw exactly where he ended up]]; otherwise, [[{{Tearjerker}} Jack just lost his brother for good]]), and if Myfawny ever pays a visit to her old stomping grounds, all she'll find now is a burnt out hole in the ground. And while all of this is happening, all the children have once again begun to repeat the words, but their final repetition adds a new one.

"We are coming...[[WhamLine back]]."

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Gwen takes a quick pregnancy test at the Hub, and Jack puts his hand on hers when he congratulates her. The automatic scanner immediately shows the bomb inside him. Gwen races out, Ianto [[BigDamnKiss passionately kisses Jack goodbye]], and Jack stays behind to let the bomb explode inside him -- [[TrashTheSet destroying the Hub completely]]. FridgeHorror abounds- abounds - all that cool alien tech they had is toast, Janet and all the Weevils in lock-up have probably been turned to puppy chow, along with the bodies in the morgue (maybe not Gray- Gray - [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E13ExitWounds we never saw exactly where he ended up]]; otherwise, [[{{Tearjerker}} Jack just lost his brother for good]]), and if Myfawny ever pays a visit to her old stomping grounds, all she'll find now is a burnt out hole in the ground. And while all of this is happening, all the children have once again begun to repeat the words, but their final repetition adds a new one.

"We are coming... [[WhamLine back]]."
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Gwen takes a quick pregnancy test at the Hub, and Jack puts his hand on hers when he congratulates her. The automatic scanner immediately shows the bomb inside him. Gwen races out, Ianto [[BigDamnKiss passionately kisses Jack goodbye]], and Jack stays behind to let the bomb explode inside him -- [[TrashTheSet destroying the Hub completely]]. FridgeHorror abounds- all that cool alien tech they had is toast, Janet and all the Weevils in lock-up have probably been turned to puppy chow, along with the bodies in the morgue (maybe not Gray- [[TorchwoodS2E13ExitWounds we never saw exactly where he ended up]]; otherwise, [[{{Tearjerker}} Jack just lost his brother for good]]), and if Myfawny ever pays a visit to her old stomping grounds, all she'll find now is a burnt out hole in the ground. And while all of this is happening, all the children have once again begun to repeat the words, but their final repetition adds a new one.

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Gwen takes a quick pregnancy test at the Hub, and Jack puts his hand on hers when he congratulates her. The automatic scanner immediately shows the bomb inside him. Gwen races out, Ianto [[BigDamnKiss passionately kisses Jack goodbye]], and Jack stays behind to let the bomb explode inside him -- [[TrashTheSet destroying the Hub completely]]. FridgeHorror abounds- all that cool alien tech they had is toast, Janet and all the Weevils in lock-up have probably been turned to puppy chow, along with the bodies in the morgue (maybe not Gray- [[TorchwoodS2E13ExitWounds [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E13ExitWounds we never saw exactly where he ended up]]; otherwise, [[{{Tearjerker}} Jack just lost his brother for good]]), and if Myfawny ever pays a visit to her old stomping grounds, all she'll find now is a burnt out hole in the ground. And while all of this is happening, all the children have once again begun to repeat the words, but their final repetition adds a new one.
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PresentDay. Jack and Ianto investigate a death by alien parasite, and pass themselves off as the victim's nice gay neighbours in order to get close to the corpse. They get caught by Dr. Rupesh Patanjali, and when he realises that they're alien-hunters, he asks them to help them figure out why corpses have gone missing. Since they need a new doctor in Torchwood, Gwen, Ianto and Jack subtly lead him to the Hub to see if he'd be a good addition for the team.

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PresentDay. Some children start standing eerily still and staring vacantly off into the distance, but the incident ends just as fast as it begins. Gwen notices this while withdrawing cash from an ATM machine and goes to the Hub to investigate, discovering it's happened all over the United Kingdom, blowing a kiss to a photo of dearly departed teammates and friends [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E13ExitWounds Owen and Tosh]] in her office workspace. Jack and Ianto investigate a death by alien parasite, and pass themselves off as the victim's nice gay neighbours in order to get close to the corpse. They get caught by Dr. Rupesh Patanjali, and when he realises that they're alien-hunters, he asks them to help them figure out why corpses have gone missing. Since they need a new doctor in Torchwood, Gwen, Ianto and Jack subtly lead him to the Hub to see if he'd be a good addition for the team.

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