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[[Wham! Line|Two months later.]]
Economic disaster has affected the world. Governments have become more isolationist, and closer to dictatorships, and have started enforcing rationing. Also, the Overflow Camps have remained open despite the full public knowledge of what occurs there. Rhys is considering appyling for them as a lorry driver. Gwen's desparate enough to consider it, with scares her intensely. Her father -- still Category 1 -- is hidden in the basement, she's breaking into pharmacies at night to steal pain killers for him, and they're in panic mode every time there's a knock on the door. Nazi Germany is evoked in every possible way.
Esther and Jack are on the run in Scotland. Esther has been storing Jack's blood in a metal briefcase, since they suspect it is significant to the Miracle, The Families, and The Blessing.
At the CIA, Rex investigates The Families through a series of increasingly convoluted theories. Charlotte tries her best to stop him, but eventually fails.
Oswald Danes travels to Gwen's home in Swansea, claiming to have information about a man behind the Miracle. Harry Bosco. That's not a name at all, Gwen remarks, while making sure that Oswald is securely tied up and ''very far away'' from baby Anwen. Harry Bosco is a media tactic. Relaying translated information by tweaking the translation ever so slighty. Torchwood and the CIA discover together that Jilly Kitzinger was hired by Phicorp to mistranslate foreign news clips into English. This includes one of a man in Shanghai, where Jilly is now, saying he was saved by "The Blessing". Jilly is a proper fish out of water in Shanghai and is getting very, very scared.
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Esther notes that blood banks were burnt down, shortly before the Miracle, in two of the most populous cities in the world: Shanghai and Buenos Aires. Rhys, examining a globe, realizes that they are the exact opposite points on the Earth... the "phi" in the Phicorp logo.
When an inspector returns with a new thermal imaging application on his smartphone, he discovers and finally removes Gwen's father (though he [[Failed a Spot Check]] on Jack Harkness and Oswald Danes, also in the room). Mary resigns herself to the new regime and signs the papers to have her husband taken away. She's too tired, there's been too much pain and suffering. Gwen won't have it, and very casually phones the guy who's been spying on her for a few months ("have you seen my car keys?") to get some vital information, then makes him drink [[Retcon]]. Jack contacts some arms smugglers, and they're on their way to Shanghai (Oswald blackmailing them into taking him along) while Esther and Rex go to Buenos Aires.
At CIA headquarters, Charlotte notices that Rex has touched down in Argentina and immediately informs The Families.
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Jilly is taken to The Blessing, which is revealed to be a massive fissure running through the centre of the planet Earth, one that pulls the surrounding debris into itself.
In Shanghai, Gwen discovers that Jack has not recovered from his gunshot wound and is, in fact, faring worse after traveling. Undressing the bandages, Gwen assesses his wound and a drop of blood falls to the floor of the apartment they're staying in. Oswald brings to their attention that it travels across the floor, as if magnetized by an invisible force, and Gwen speculates Jack's blood is being drawn to The Blessing. In Buenos Aires, Rex somehow seems to be experiencing the same thing.
=== Tropes in this episode. ===
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* [[Eureka Moment]]: Rhys has one regarding the Buenos Aires-Shanghai connection while looking at a globe. Oswald Danes gets one towards the end of the episode when he realizes Jack's blood is drawn like an iron filing to a magnet (i.e. - they could follow a drop of Jack's blood straight to the Blessing).
* [[Frying Pan of Doom]]: Used by Gwen against Oswald.
* [[Go Mad
{{quote|'''Jilly''': ...I'm ''right.''}}
* [[Hero Antagonist]]: Despite his portrayal in Episode 8, CIA Director Shapiro is actually a good guy. Admittedly a bit of [[Jerkass]] and would rather have Torchwood be under CIA control, but he ultimately gives Rex the green light to more or less drop off the face of the planet and assist Torchwood in zeroing in on the location of the Blessing.
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