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|enemy            = [[Brian Friedkin]]<br />[[Charlotte Willis]]<br />[[Blue-Eyed Man]]<br />[[Oswald Danes]]<br />Wilson<br />[[Jilly Kitzinger]]|
|enemy            = [[Brian Friedkin]]<br />[[Charlotte Willis]]<br />[[Blue-Eyed Man]]<br />[[Oswald Danes]]<br />[[Wilson (End of the Road)|Wilson]]<br />[[Jilly Kitzinger]]|
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|writer          = [[Ryan Scott (writer)|Ryan Scott]] (story)<br />[[Ryan Scott (writer)|Ryan Scott]] and [[Jane Espenson]] (teleplay)|
|writer          = [[Ryan Scott (writer)|Ryan Scott]] (story)<br />[[Ryan Scott (writer)|Ryan Scott]] and [[Jane Espenson]] (teleplay)|

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End of the Road (TV story)[1] was the eighth episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day.

Synopsis

Jack faces a showdown with a man he thought was long since dead. But while Rex takes extreme action, is it too late to prevent the collapse of society?

Plot

The Torchwood team arrive at the Colasanto Residence, where it is revealed that the woman who brought Jack there is Angelo Colasanto's granddaughter. She explains that since meeting Jack, Angelo has devoted his life to making immortality possible. Angelo himself is now aged and infirm, lying on a bed connected to life-support machines.

Angelo's granddaughter, Olivia Colasanto explains that the three men who witnessed Jack's resurrection represented three different families, who were in some way responsible for the miracle. However, when Esther tries to trace them, there is no record of them.

The CIA enter the Colasanto residence, having tracked Rex through a phone call he made to Vera Juarez's brother. Rex confronts Friedkin, getting a confession out of him that he is working for the families, which he transmits through the contact lenses.

Allen Shapiro arrests Friedkin, but he triggers a bomb he is carrying, killing him and Olivia. Rex and Esther are once more allowed to work for the CIA.

While speaking to Angelo, Jack removes his breathing apparatus and kisses him. This causes the life support machines to start beeping frantically, and Angelo dies, leaving the CIA attempting to figure out how he died.

Esther spots that the flooring under Angelo's bed is higher than the rest of the floor. After investigation, Jack states that it is a null field, cancelling out the morphic field that is causing the miracle. Jack warns that any state knowledge of this alien technology could cause catastrophic disaster, since a null field can conceal mass weapons, among other things.

Jack begs Rex and Esther to get him out of there. As they do so, Jack is shot and Esther spotted, leaving Esther driving away with a critically wounded Jack in the back seat.

Cast

Crew

General production staff


Camera and lighting department

Art department


 Make-up and prosthetics


General post-production staff

Special and visual effects

Sound



Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources.
          

The Starz broadcast carried a final credit of "Originally Developed and Produced by BBC Cymru Wales". The BBC One broadcast says, instead, "BBC Worldwide Productions for BBC Cymru Wales and STARZ Originals".


References

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Story notes

Ratings

  • UK:4.64 million [2]

Myths

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Filming locations

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Production errors

If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.
  • Esther hangs up the phone after Rex gives her the names of the three families, but the call somehow stays connected.
  • When Brian Friedkin interrogates Rex, his voice isn't turned into the generic male voice by the Eye-5 contact lenses.

Continuity

  • Jack mentions Ianto when he is talking to Angelo, asking him whether he saw Ianto while watching Jack, and speculates about whether the two would have liked each other or not.

Home video releases

This episode will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on the 14th November 2011, alongside the other nine episodes.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ As with all episodes of Torchwood: Miracle Day, the episode title was not given onscreen, but comes instead from the official Starz Miracle Day website
  2. ↑ http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/09/dwn120911160212-ratings-update.html
  3. ↑ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Torchwood-Miracle-Day-Eve-Myles/dp/B005A5I9V2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314885858&sr=8-1

External links

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Children of Earth: Day One • Day Two • Day Three • Day Four • Day Five
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