Torchwood

Some sort of morphic field suspended the human race.

Cos this miracle, it's as if something is willing them to go on.

What's wrong with your sister?

She's not sick. She just...

...can't cope.

Oh, my God.

They're ready for a war.

No, they were ready for the miracle.

PhiCorp knew it was coming.

I did visit PhiCorp, and they were kind enough to offer me protection.

In exchange for what?

The message.

Who are you?

- They could have traced that handset. - Yeah, I know.

Come on, let's get the hell out of here.

I think we got 'em worried.

Sarah?

It's me. It's Esther.

Sarah!

Are you there?

- Hey. - These people,

they were looking for you.

They kept asking me questions about you.

I know.

I'm sorry.

I can't stay long, but...

What have you done with the house?

- Where are the kids? - They're in here, with me.

- Can I see them? - Esther,

I'd never hurt them.

But...

- Mom! - ...I can't stay.

I'm leaving town. I've got to go today.

Don't go to Boston.

There's cholera in Boston, they said on the news.

Don't go to Philly either - dysentery.

New York's got typhus and, um,

- hemorrhagic fever. - Sarah...

that's just what they're saying online, it's not that bad...

But we've changed...

all of us, didn't we?

Something in the air... infected us.

- Made us godless. - Let me in.

Let me see the girls.

I'm not letting them out. They can't come outside.

- I won't let them! - Let me in, Sarah, please!

Mom, tell her to stop!

Honey, I know this is crazy, but...

you're safe, I promise.

Look, I'm working with these people, and we're going to stop this.

I'm leaving town with them, and we've got some things to do, but...

I'll come back as soon as I can.

Please...

Please, let me say goodbye to the girls.

No.

- Mom! - No.

I'll come back...

...as soon as I can, OK?

Hello.

Yeah, I'd like to... report...

There are two children that... that I believe might be in danger.

Melanie and... and Alice Drummond...

...daughters of Sarah Drummond.

Their address is, um...

1032...

...King Sovereign Road.

I'm sorry. I can't give you my name.

I just want you to help them.

Confirmed. I found Esther Drummond.

The pathway to Torchwood's open and clear.

Follow her to Harkness. Do what you like with the others.

And the miracle continues

with healthcare throughout America now reaching a state of crisis.

The courts have been flooded with claims and counterclaims

as people adjust to a new form of life.

I had a heart attack in October.

The company replaced me, but I can still work.

It's not like I'm going to die, am I?

So, if I have to sue them to get my job back, then I will.

Who is there to speak for the living when the White House is silent,

the Vatican is silent, the scientists are silent?

Well, I am not.

In business news, pharmaceutical companies are predicting record profits.

PhiCorp has pledged a payback scheme

in local communities around its Los Angeles headquarters.

Ugh, 2,700 miles.

Man, am I sick of your ugly faces.

Ugh!

Anyone got change for the meter?

Last thing we need with a stolen car is getting a ticket.

No coins.

No, I've only got plastic. You said no plastic.

Hey, my man. You got change for a dollar?

Wow, look at the horizon!

We've reached the edge of America.

Decades since I saw the Pacific.

Must be about 70 years.

Are you kidding when you say things like that?

Oh, ho-ho! I wonder.

So, where's PhiCorp from here?

Um, maybe about... ten miles that way.

Technically, it's another city.

PhiCorp headquarters is in Los Angeles, and we're in Venice.

We need to find somewhere to hide while we plan the assault.

Can't we stay here, by the sea?

Not some stinking, dirty pit for once, Jack!

Please?

Hey, man. Believe!

Can't get rid of you,

- can I, dead man walking? - Yeah, yeah, yeah.

What is this "dead is dead" shit? I see posters all over the place.

It's the latest campaign.

As if Oswald Danes wasn't bad enough, this one's led by Ellis Hartley Monroe.

One of those small-town mayors trying to make a name for herself.

- Where are you? - Sorry, doc, no can say.

But if I wanted to know where I could get prescription drugs in Los Angeles,

no questions asked, then you could make your own conclusions.

And that's the only reason you called me?

Well, you are the doctor!

What are you doing in LA?

I never said I was in LA.

Well, it might surprise you to learn

that I haven't got my own private network of drug runners

- on the West Coast. - Come on, Vera,

you'll find a way.

I've seen what you can do with the doctor-patient relationship,

and the Hippocratic Oath, it doesn't cover it.

Ellis Hartley Monroe started the Dead Is Dead campaign, and do you know why?

She thinks we should treat people who should have died

as if they're already dead.

And right now, I think she's got a point.

I'm busy. Thank you, Rex.

You are so going to call me back.

I'm so not.

We don't have all day, Dr Juarez.

This hospital has been empty since...

'92, '93,

but it's still in remarkable condition, all things considered.

So, if you could listen.

Now, we have representatives from City General,

St Mary's, St Helen's,

the Open Brook, Grand Maple Forest, Attenwood's and Woolsey Heights, yes?

All of you with ICU departments stretched to the breaking point.

This would be the solution - we bring them all here,

all the emergency patients en masse.

Rather than have 15 hospitals at maximum capacity, we have one... this one.

But this place is abandoned.

I mean, we're going to need equipment and staff...

Al that taken into consideration, but the strategy would work.

So, we just put everyone inside and close the door?

Do you know what they called that in the old days?

- A plague ship. - Let me stress this,

this is a short-term measure.

The plan itself would have to be initiated by tomorrow.

- That's impossible. - That's not enough time.

The people want a healthcare solution and they want it immediately.

Now, for most of the people, Miracle Day is just that, it's a miracle.

People are beginning to move beyond the panic

to the possibilities of a golden age.

As long as the sick and the old are hidden away from sight.

Exactly.

But let's not forget, this isn't anything new.

The Western world has always hidden its unwanted.

We signed on for that a long time ago, before any miracles appeared.

And you, you said yourself - the plague ship is an old idea.

Now... I have set up a schedule

and I've made a list of transport liaison managers. If you would just...

Well, I'm not going to pretend, it ain't nirvana.

But if you want somewhere with no questions asked,

this is the best I got.

Well, as long as it's got electricity and a roof, this is all we need.

Hot water would be good.

I don't suppose it's any good asking who you are.

- We're travelling circus folk. - Yeah, and he's the clown.

I'm the bearded woman, but I've shaved.

Yeah, you missed a bit.

Cash in hand, and there's more of that tomorrow,

as long as you don't tell anyone we're here.

If anybody does ask, you let us know straightaway.

Sure thing.

By the way, if you get hungry,

there's a café on the corner does a guava jalapeno cheese tart

that's just fabulous.

Laters.

"Fabulous"? What is it with you?

- You make everybody around you gay? - That's the plan.

OK, now we can use this place as our delivery address,

we can order that spare server.

Then we start in on PhiCorp.

But first thing we've got to do is lift out

the security profile.

Oh, sorry, I've got to take this. Sorry. Um, yeah. I... just...

Sorry.

No, you know what Torchwood's like, it's terrible.

I mean, we're living in this...

shed thing, and...

there's no electricity, there's no water.

It's dark...

and cold and damp.

Oh! I thought it was boiling hot in Los Angeles all year round.