Miracle Day: Escape to LA 

The quartet escape to Los Angeles and attempt to enter the Phi Corp headquarters but they have been followed,by a man who claims to know Jack from long ago and believes he holds the key to ... See full summary »

Director:

Billy Gierhart

Writers:

Russell T. Davies (creator), Jim Danger Gray (teleplay) (as Jim Gray)

Stars:

John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Mekhi Phifer

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
John Barrowman	...	Captain Jack Harkness
Eve Myles	...	Gwen Cooper
Mekhi Phifer	...	Agent Rex Matheson
Alexa Havins	...	Esther Drummond
Kai Owen	...	Rhys Williams
Bill Pullman	...	Oswald Danes
Lauren Ambrose	...	Jilly Kitzinger
Arlene Tur	...	Dr. Vera Juarez
C. Thomas Howell	...	The Gentleman
Mare Winningham	...	Ellis Hartley Monroe
Juanita Jennings	...	Bisme Katusi
Candace Brown	...	Sarah
Kelvin Yu	...	Nicolas Frumkin
Desean Terry	...	Male Nurse
Roger V. Burton	...	Thin Old Man (as Roger Vernon Burton)

Storyline

The quartet escape to Los Angeles and attempt to enter the Phi Corp headquarters but they have been followed,by a man who claims to know Jack from long ago and believes he holds the key to Miracle Day,though he is killed by Rex. A right wing housewife Ellis Hartley Monroe achieves fame with her Dead Is Dead campaign,which involves herding the sick into ghetto hospitals. Danes,sensing that he will be eclipsed by her celebrity,publicly opposes it to general acclaim. However Gwen learns that her father is to be put into one of these 'overflow camps' for the sick,back in Britain.

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Plot Keywords:

torchwood | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 July 2011 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

BBC Cymru Wales, BBC Worldwide, Starz Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

49 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

This episode takes place in March 2011.

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Goofs

When Oswald Danes enters the new hospital facility to address the patients the media are waiting outside. Dr Juarez say's "Do you know who that is?" and the scene cuts to a female press photographer holding a Nikon DSLR with a Canon flashgun attached this is not possible as they are incompatible.

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Quotes

Captain Jack Harkness: We are travelling circus folk.
Rex Matheson: Yeah, and he's the clown.
Gwen Cooper: I'm the bearded woman, but I've shaved.
Captain Jack Harkness: Yeah, you missed a bit.

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