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'''''The Categories of Life''''' was the fifth episode of [[Series 4 (Torchwood)|Series 4]] of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]''. It was written by [[Jane Espenson]], directed by [[Guy Ferland]] and featured [[John Barrowman]] as [[Jack Harkness]], [[Eve Myles]] as [[Gwen Cooper]], [[Kai Owen]] as [[Rhys Williams]], [[Mekhi Phifer]] as [[Rex Matheson]], [[Alexa Havins]] as [[Esther Drummond]] and [[Bill Pullman]] as [[Oswald Danes]]. | '''''The Categories of Life''''' was the fifth episode of [[Series 4 (Torchwood)|Series 4]] of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]''. It was written by [[Jane Espenson]], directed by [[Guy Ferland]] and featured [[John Barrowman]] as [[Jack Harkness]], [[Eve Myles]] as [[Gwen Cooper]], [[Kai Owen]] as [[Rhys Williams]], [[Mekhi Phifer]] as [[Rex Matheson]], [[Alexa Havins]] as [[Esther Drummond]] and [[Bill Pullman]] as [[Oswald Danes]]. | ||
It saw the creation of the [[Categories of | It saw the creation of the [[Categories of life]] to work around the loss of death. However, a dark truth awaited Torchwood when they learned the true fate prepared for those who were billed Category 1. The episode also saw the introduction of [[Colin Maloney]], who would quickly turn venomous toward [[Vera Juarez]] as she backed him into a corner, eventually growing so paranoid about incarceration that he would instigate her tragic demise. | ||
Elsewhere, [[Gwen Cooper]] would attempt to liberate her father [[Geraint Cooper|Geraint]] from the overflow camp in [[Wales]] after being removed from the hospital, only to compound his condition and set off another heart attack. [[PhiCorp]] would also rise to the forefront using [[Oswald Danes]] as their mouthpiece before a massive audience, with [[Jack Harkness]] desperate to derail their plans. Lastly, [[Jilly Kitzinger]] would encounter the a member of the shadow organisation that took down [[Ellis Hartley Monroe]], which was watching with approval. | Elsewhere, [[Gwen Cooper]] would attempt to liberate her father [[Geraint Cooper|Geraint]] from the overflow camp in [[Wales]] after being removed from the hospital, only to compound his condition and set off another heart attack. [[PhiCorp]] would also rise to the forefront using [[Oswald Danes]] as their mouthpiece before a massive audience, with [[Jack Harkness]] desperate to derail their plans. Lastly, [[Jilly Kitzinger]] would encounter the a member of the shadow organisation that took down [[Ellis Hartley Monroe]], which was watching with approval. | ||
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* [[France]] and [[Germany]] have started overflow camps, with the rest of Europe soon to follow. | * [[France]] and [[Germany]] have started overflow camps, with the rest of Europe soon to follow. | ||
* [[China]] says no to the camps, but the [[Pan-African Summit]] says yes. | * [[China]] says no to the camps, but the [[Pan-African Summit]] says yes. | ||
* The [[Categories of | * The [[Categories of life]] are a set of 3 judgments made about one's health. Category 3 is designated white, and denotes a person with good health and no injury. Category 2 is designated blue, and denotes a person who has sustained serious injury but continues to remain conscious without healing. Category 1 is essentially a death sentence, those who have little to no brain function, remain comatose, or have suffered excessive mutilation that would cause them to die without the Miracle sustaining them. Category 2s are placed in overflow camps to be classified and kept under watch with care, while the ill and lame-bodied Category 1s are cremated in modules to expunge disease. Patients are given coloured [[peg]]s to denote category. | ||
* All of the camps have [[module]]s hidden from public view, the walls of which are cold - possibly made from [[brick]] or [[ceramic]]. | * All of the camps have [[module]]s hidden from public view, the walls of which are cold - possibly made from [[brick]] or [[ceramic]]. | ||
* According to Esther, half of overflow camps are just converted old army camps. | * According to Esther, half of overflow camps are just converted old army camps. | ||
