History Recap / TorchwoodS4E4EscapeToLA

* ZettaiRyouiki: Gwen sports a Grade B when she and Jack pose as loud-mouthed Americans.

* AcceptableTargets: Dr. Juarez:
--> I used to be a Catholic too. I got better.

* FridgeHorror: The fate of that man who couldn't take care of himself whose daughter put him in the camp although he wasn't alive because of the Miracle. [[spoiler:He'd be classified Category 1 and burned]].
* IdiotBall: Esther. You don't visit family when you're on the run, dammit!
** Rex bitches her out for it in a nice display of hypocrisy, when he himself visited his father.
*** To be fair he was trained for that sort of thing.

Gwen and Jack sneak into Phicorp: Jack posing as a delivery boy, and Gwen dressed as a business lady, which causes Jack to giggle and call her "Mistress". Esther rerouts phone calls from security directly to herself and poses as HR. Their plan is to steal Phicorp's most secure server and replace it with one that looks fire-damaged. Activating the fire alarm, Jack and Gwen are able to remove the hard drives. However, when Jack leaves to get them out of the building, Gwen is ambushed by the assassin. When Jack finds one of the delivery staff hung, he rushes back to help Gwen and finds her bound and gagged, and soon enough, he's captured too. Luckily, Gwen's camera contacts alert Rex and Esther -- in the middle of a heartfelt conversation about Esther's family, and Rex getting ''extremely'' angry at Esther when he hears she visited her sister's home and was spotted there. Rex rushes in to save them, climbing 66 flights of stairs and suffering heavy bleeding.

* ShoutOut: The episode title is an inversion of the title ''EscapeFromLA''.

Dr. Juarez visits an abandoned hospital that's being used to handle the surplus of patients and abandoned people. Much to Vera's frustration, there are too many patients admitted to the hospital and they don't have enough equipment to handle them. Ellis Hartley Monroe makes a speech near the hospital, and Oswald, also present with Jilly for media attention, makes a bold move by entering the hospital and meeting the patients there. He puts on a face mask, gives a rousing speech, picks up an abandoned baby, and establishes himself as being ''just like'' the sick. After all, he should be dead too -- he was executed, and society shuns him just like the segregated sick. Even when they do recognise him, the tired, filthy, cold, sick, desparate people start to cling to their new DarkMessiah. Jilly happily grins while Monroe is ignored by the press again.

Monroe's popularity is fuelled by worldwide hospital overflow and food panic, and by an almost cult-like devotion of her followers. This upsets Oswald Danes, whose television appearances are being cancelled in favor of Monroe, and it greatly upsets Jilly Kitzinger, who sees her own plans failing quickly. Jilly is also quickly becoming disgusted by Danes, because the more his popularity power wanes, the more she's reminded of the fact that he's still a child rapist.

Gwen and Rhys have a chat over the phone, and because this is still Torchwood and Torchwood has the worst security on the planet, she does so right out in the open where the assassin happily takes half a dozen snapshots of her. With all that talk about family (both Gwen's and Esther's), Rex is eventually guilted into visiting his father in L.A. His sick father is rather upset that his son waited 15 years to show him some normal family contact, and gets just plain angry when Rex takes off again with his hoarded pain killers.

The hard drives reveal plans for "Overflow Camps", and Esther's data analysis skills reveal that these will be used to house the sick in "Category 1". Rhys informs Gwen that her dad has just been sent to one.

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. She visits an abandoned hospital that's being used to handle the surplus of patients and abandoned people. Much to Vera's frustration, there are too many patients admitted to the hospital and they don't have enough equipment to handle them. Ellis Hartley Monroe makes a speech near the hospital, and Oswald, also present with Jilly for media attention, makes a bold move by entering the hospital and meeting the patients there. He puts on a face mask, gives a rousing speech, picks up an abandoned baby, and establishes himself as being ''just like'' the sick. After all, he should be dead too -- he was executed, and society shuns him just like the segregated sick. Even when they do recognise him, the tired, filthy, cold, sick, desparate people start to cling to their new DarkMessiah. Jilly happily grins while Monroe is ignored by the press again.

Mayor Ellis Hartley Monroe, the new media darling of the Tea Party, is campaigning for her new idea: "Dead Is Dead". Since people no longer die, new categories of life need to be determined, to see who is allowed human rights and who should be confined. Her popularity is fuelled by worldwide hospital overflow and food panic, and by an almost cult-like devotion of her followers. This upsets Oswald Danes, whose television appearances are being cancelled in favor of Monroe, and it greatly upsets Jilly Kitzinger, who sees her own plans failing quickly. Jilly is also quickly becoming disgusted by Danes, because the more his popularity power wanes, the more she's reminded of the fact that he's still a child rapist.

The assassin likes Jack's uniqueness and mortality, and Gwen tries to coax him into telling them who's behind everything. He's just about to when Rex rushes in and shoots him in the throat. Gwen and Jack scold him, and Rex is once again extremely confused as to why Torchwood is seemingly treating this whole thing like a fun little game.

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. She visits an abandoned hospital that's being used to handle the surplus of patients and abandoned people. Much to Vera's frustration, there are too many patients admitted to the hospital and they don't have enough equipment to handle them. Ellis Hartley Monroe makes a speech near the hospital, and Oswald, also present with Jilly for media attention, makes a bold move by entering the hospital and meeting the patients there. He puts on a face mask, gives a rousing speech, picks up an abandoned baby, and establishes himself as being ''just like'' the sick. After all, he should be dead too -- he was executed, and society shuns him just like the segregated sick. Even when they do recognise him, the tired, filthy, cold, sick, desparate people start to cling to him like he's a messiah. Jilly grins while Monroe is ignored by the press again.

Gwen and Jack sneak into Phicorp: Jack posing as a delivery boy, and Gwen dressed as a business lady, which causes Jack to giggle and call her "Mistress". Esther rerouts phone calls from security directly to herself and poses as HR. Their plan is to steal Phicorp's most secure server and replace it with one that looks fire-damaged. Activating the fire alarm, Jack and Gwen are able to remove the hard drives. However, when Jack leaves to get them out of the building, Gwen is ambushed by the assassin. When Jack finds one of the delivery staff hung, he rushes back to help Gwen and finds her bound and gagged, and soon enough, he's captured too. Luckily, Gwen's camera contacts alert Rex and Esther -- in the middle of heartfelt conversations about Esther's family, and Rex getting ''extremely'' angry at Esther when he hears she visited her sister's home and was spotted there. Rex rushes in to save them, climbing 66 flights of stairs and suffering heavy bleeding.

Ellis Hartley Monroe, the new media darling of the Tea Party, is campaigning for her new idea: "Dead Is Dead". Since people no longer die, new categories of life need to be determined, to see who is allowed human rights and who should be confined. Her popularity is fuelled by worldwide hospital overflow and food panic, and by an almost cult-like devotion of her followers. This upsets Oswald Danes, whose television appearances are being cancelled in favor of Monroe, and it greatly upsets Jilly Kitzinger, who sees her own plans failing quickly. Jilly is also quickly becoming disgusted by Danes, because the more his popularity power wanes, the more she's reminded of the fact that he's still a child rapist.

The secret organization that controls Phicorp drugs Ellis, and when she comes to, she's is tied up and gagged in her car. She's told that "The Families" will eliminate anyone who poses a threat to them, and she's stuffed into a car compactor.

The secret organization that controls Phicorp drugs Ellis, and when she comes to, she's is tied up and gagged in her car. She's told that "The Families" will eliminate anyone who poses a threat to them, and she's stuffed intoa car compactor.

The secret organization that controls PhiCorp drugs Ellis, and when she comes to, she's is tied up and gagged in her car. She's told that "The Families" will eliminate anyone who poses a threat to them, and she's stuffed intoa car compactor.

Esther secretly visits her [[Recap/TorchwoodS4E3DeadOfNight previously mentioned sister]], Drummond, who lives in a boarded-up house [[RoomFullOfCrazy with paranoid writing all over it]]. She won't let Esther in, instead telling her that the Miracle is an airborne poison and that no one is safe. When Esther hears the voices of Sarah's two daughters inside, she decides to take matters into her own hands. Choking back tears, she calls child protection services.

Gwen and Jack sneak into Phicorp: Jack posing as a delivery boy, and Gwen dressed as a business lady, which causes Jack to giggle and call her "Mistress". Esther rerouts phone calls from security directly to herself and poses as HR. Their plan is to steal Phicorp's most secure server and replace it with one that looks fire-damaged. Activating the fire alarm, Jack and Gwen are able to remove the hard drives. However, when Jack leaves to get them out of the building, Gwen is ambushed by the assassin. When Jack finds one of the delivery staff hung, he rushes back to help Gwen and finds her bound and gagged, and soon enough, he's captured too. Luckily, Gwen's camera contacts alert Rex and Esther -- in the middle of heartfelt conversations about Esther's family, and Rex getting ''extremely'' angry at Esther when he hears she visited her sister's home. Rex rushes in to save them, climbing 66 flights of stairs and suffering heavy bleeding.

Gwen and Rhys have a chat over the phone, and because this is still Torchwood and Torchwood has [[TheNotSoSecret the worst security on the planet]], she does so right out in the open where the assassin happily takes half a dozen snapshots of her. With all that talk about family (both Gwen's and Esther's), Rex is eventually guilted into visiting his father in L.A. His sick father is rather upset that his son waited 15 years to show him some normal family contact, and gets just plain angry when Rex takes off again with his hoarded pain killers.

Gwen is able to get into the building with help from Esther hacking the phone system. Jack supposedly delivers a package to PHICORP, but inside is an exact copy of the PHICORP server, only designed to look like it suffered fire damage.
Activating the fire alarm, Jack and Gwen are able to remove the hard drives. However, when Jack leaves to get them out of the building, Gwen is ambushed by the hit man. When Jack finds one of the delivery staff hung yet still alive, he rushes back to help Gwen and finds her bound hand and foot and gagged with plastic wires, but he too is knocked out and tied up with plastic wires. Rex rushes in to save them, climbing 66 flights of stairs and suffering heavy bleeding.
The hit man reveals he knows Jack is mortal, and wants to guarantee a place in a "New World Order" by bringing him to "Them". He plans to slit the throat of the now un-gagged Gwen, who almost tricks him into revealing who he works for, but Rex bursts in and shoots the man several times, destroying his throat. Later on, they search the hard drives and learn about "Overflow Camps". However, Rhys calls Gwen to tell her that her father is being sent to one of these camps as well and by the time Gwen tells him to stop them, her father has already been taken away.
Dr. Vera Juarez and several doctors visit an abandoned hospital that is being used to handle the extra surplus of patients but much to Vera's frustration, the plan is a failure as there are too many patients admitted to the hospital and they don't have enough equipment to handle them. Meanwhile, Ellis Hartley Monroe, a Mayor and member of the Tea Party starts a campaign called "Dead is Dead", which aims to segregate the undying from the public until death finally comes for them. Oswald, Jilly and PhiCorp do not like this since her popularity might derail Oswald's and threaten PhiCorp's plans. When Ellis makes a speech near the hospital where the extra patients are being sent, Oswald makes a bold move by entering the hospital and meeting the patients there, thus making the press immediately focus on him. Inside, Oswald tells the patients that they all deserve equal medical treatment and that people like Ellis are trying to take their rights away for them as they don't consider them human anymore. He promises to fight on their behalf and instantly the patients, the press and the public call Oswald a hero, much to Ellis's frustration. The secret organization that controls PhiCorp drugs Ellis and when she comes to she is tied up and gagged in her car. She is in a car compactor, where they tell her "The Families" will eliminate anyone who poses a threat to them before her car is crushed in the compactor, trapping Ellis inside.

She's immediately spotted by an assassin, who takes orders from someone identified with the triangle symbol. He merrily follows her to Torchwood, and all the way to their new temporary Hub in San Fransico, where a Miracle Day Parade is being planned.

Gwen gets a call from Rhys and asks about her father and daughter. Rhys says they are fine and jokes about why she is in Los Angeles. As Gwen talks, the man stalking them takes photos of her.
During a conversation with Rex, Esther reveals that he has family in California, but Rex denies all knowledge. Later on, he sneaks out to visit his father, who resents his presence and threatens him with a shotgun, claiming that Rex hadn't cared about him for fifteen years.
The team begin plans for a raid on PHICORP in order to steal server hard drives, where Esther reveals they have a bio-metric security system. In order to bypass it they need a voice recording, a palm print and a retina scan from a man called Nickolas Frumpkin. Using a great deal of skill, (recording him saying his name, taking fingerprints from a flask Gwen makes him hold and getting a picture of his eyes) they are able to begin the raid on PHICORP.
Meanwhile the hit man finds Nickolas Frumpkin, recording his voice, then cutting off the palm of his hands and removing one of his eyes. Gwen is able to get into the building with help from Esther hacking the phone system. Jack supposedly delivers a package to PHICORP, but inside is an exact copy of the PHICORP server, only designed to look like it suffered fire damage.

** The Triangle got rid of Ellis the same way {{Goldfinger}} got rid of a dissenter.

* BloodyBiometric: Jack and Gwen use non-invasive methods to get the biometric data from their target. The assassin chasing them, however, is a little more pressed for time. Bonus points for needing [[spoiler:both a hand and an eye]]. It also, probably unintentionally, avoids one of the problems inherent in this trope: because cell tissue never becomes necrotic, severed body parts would still read as if attached.