Torchwood: Miracle Day: Difference between revisions

For an episode guide, see ''Torchwood'''s [[Torchwood/Recap|Recap page]].

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* [[Age Without Youth]]: And the myth of Tithonus is explicitly mentioned. The human race has a ''very'' unpleasant future ahead of it.

* [[And I Must Scream]]: Goes hand in hand with [[Fate Worse Than Death]] below. In a world where people can't die, paralyzing injuries just got a whole lot worse.

* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: In the first couple of episodes, we meet a few of Esther's CIA Watch coworkers. In Episode 8, {{spoiler|one of them is revealed to be a [[The Mole|mole]] for the Families}}.

* [[The Conspiracy]]: The surface is still barely scratched by Episode 6

** UNIT, the Silurians and the Racnoss also get mentioned at one point or another.

** And, of course, the Doctor.

* [[Corrupt Bureaucrat]]: Colin Maloney, the administrator of the Los Angeles overflow camp.

** Stuart Owens, a Phicorp bigwig, is notable for being rather helpful and non-antagonistic despite qualifying for this. As he puts it, "I'm not a bad man. I'm not a good man, either. I'm a... ''[[True Neutral|middle]]'' [[Title Drop|man.]]"

* [[Crapsack World]]: Following in the footsteps of "Children of Earth".

* [[Idiot Ball]]: Esther, {{spoiler|whilst being chased by the CIA, goes to visit her sister. Since her sister is now a paranoid shut-in and has boarded all her windows up, she phones child services, saying that they are in danger. She is then shocked to find out the children have been taken into foster care. Visiting her sister also leads a hitman to their new hideout, nearly getting Jack and Gwen killed/would-be-killed}}. She later redeems herself, in spades.

** For a trained CIA agent, Rex sure does spend a ''lot'' of time freely giving information to the villains. Including at one point explaining his plans for the Overflow Camp footage ''to the guy in charge '''while said guy had him tied up and was clearly emotionally unhinged'''.''

* [[If You Know What I Mean]]: Jack Harkness, as usual.

* [[It Got Worse]]: Pretty much every episode, though all stemming from the same source. It's more accurate to say that the situation hasn't actually changed, just their understanding of how horrifically bad it really is. {{spoiler|Then they instituted the Category system, and things ''genuinely'' got a lot worse}}.

* [[Kill the Cutie]]: {{spoiler|Poor, poor Esther... But really, of course Torchwood would kill the nice likeable character. After [[Break the Cutie|slowly destroying her]]}}.

* [[Kill the Ones You Love]]: Gwen ''technically'' kills {{spoiler|her father, Esther and (temporarily) Jack and Rex}}, as the Families are quick to point out to her.

* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Oswald Danes. You can't deny he spends most of his on-screen time manipulating other people to his advantage. Nor can you deny he's a bastard.

* [[Man of Wealth and Taste]]: Discussed and Defied.

'''Captain Jack:''' [[Genre Savvy|In my experience, that's how it normally works.]]}}

* [[Murder by Cremation]]

** Gwen calls one of the camp doctors out on this, going so far as to tell her not to call herself a doctor anymore, because she doesn't deserve it.

** Not to mention the Families' justifications for taking over the world.

** A more literal example from Shapiro and his CIA buddies when they realize [[The Mole]] is {{spoiler|Charlotte}}... and has left them [[Somebody Set Up Us the Bomb|a package.]]

{{quote|'''Shapiro:''' ''[stares at computer screen, then looks up to see the bag right next to him.]'' "Oh '''fuck'''!"}}

* [[Putting the Band Back Together]]: Well, what's left of the the band, anyway.

* [[Queer People Are Funny]]: The banter between Rex and Jack, but especially the tormenting of the steward in Episode 2.

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]:

** A minor plot-line surrounding a new cult that developed after the Miracle, the Soulless, seemingly vanished after the third episode. Though, Sarah, Esther's sister, in "End of the Road" appears to be a believer.

* [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]]: The world's scientists quickly find out that humanity's new immortality only applies to death itself. Injury, disease, aging, pain, and all those other trappings of life are still in full effect. No matter what happens, no matter how debilitating, [[Fate Worse Than Death|you simply DO NOT DIE]].

* [[Zombie Apocalypse]]: The show is focused on problems caused by the living dead, and solutions to those problems. [[Genre Blindness]] on this issue was probably enforced to preserve drama and avoid giving viewers an obvious way out of moral dilemmas.

 

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