Rendition (TV story)

Rendition was the second episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day.

Synopsis
Jack and Gwen travel to America on a plane, with Rhys left behind in England. Jack is poisoned en-route. Esther discovers more about Torchwood and about those seeking to stop her finding out more. Vera Juarez attends a conference and finds out there will be even more ways that the Human race will run itself to painful extinction. Oswald Danes appears to a national audience, winning, of all things; sympathy.

Plot
Jack and Gwen are bundled onto a plane headed to America, with Rhys and Anwen being left behind. Jack's Vortex Manipulator confiscated, Jack and Gwen are stuck handcuffed on a plane with Rex and Lyn Peterfield, CIA agent.

Oswald Danes, convicted rapist and murderer, is being interviewed on TV. Prior to the interview, Oswald takes most of the food for the people at the station, much to a woman's disgust. On TV, when asked if he has anything to say, he cries and says he's sorry. Esther and other CIA agents watch on the TV, and Oswald wins some agents' simpathy. After the interview, Oswald and a Police Officer go into a lift, where Jilly Kitzinger congratulates him on his performance, knowing that he was acting. Jilly offers him her card, when Oswald tears the card outside the lift, after he had received news of another interview.

On the plane, Rex attempts to examine Jack's Vortex Manipulator, but just hears beeping. Jack tells him that he has low sodium levels, and that he needs salt. Rex calls Vera Juarez, who confirms that he does have low sodium levels.

Dr. Juarez then attends a conference in Washington DC, where she discovers that the miracle isn't all a miracle. People still age when they're dead, and they'll eventually shrivel up and shrink. Also, supplies will decrease radically, and the ever growing population could become a big problem.

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Cast

 * Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
 * Gwen Cooper - Eve Myles
 * Rex Matheson - Mekhi Phifer
 * Esther Drummond - Alexa Havins
 * Rhys Williams - Kai Owen
 * Oswald Danes - Bill Pullman
 * Dr. Vera Juarez - Arlene Tur
 * Jilly Kitzinger - Lauren Ambrose
 * Noah Vickers - Paul James
 * Charlotte Willis - Marina Benedict
 * Brian Friedkin - Wayne Knight
 * Andy Davidson - Tom Price
 * Lyn Peterfield - Dichen Lachman
 * Goeff Reed - Tug Coker
 * Lianna - Halley Feiffer
 * Danny - Finn Wittrock
 * George Sayer - Richard Augustine
 * Bridget Howe - Amy Benedict
 * Greta - Erin Chenoweth
 * Yu-King So - Ewan Chung
 * Laurie - Rachel Leah Cohen

Crew
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Biology

 * The continued use of antibiotics (and other drugs and medicines) and the lack of people dying will further the production/evolution of disease resistant viruses.
 * Human flesh effected by Miracle Day continues to age.

Drugs and medicines

 * Rex is given an aspirin on the plane by Danny, it was found in the co-pilot's shirt pocket.

Elements

 * Jack is poisoned with arsenic, and saved with a concoction made with (amongst other things); silver, cyanide, lubricant.

Category:Foods and beverages

 * Jack asks for a cola while on the plane, it is into this that arsenic is dissolved.
 * Gwen drinks water whilst on the plane.

Individuals

 * Jack had a boyfriend who died from arsenic poisoning.

Theories and concepts

 * Jack speaks at length about morphic fields, and how that their manipulation may have created the Miracle Day.

Vehicles

 * Esther steals a blue Mini.

Story notes
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Ratings
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Myths
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Filming locations
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Production errors

 * When walking in the Washington, D.C. City Hall, Dr. Juarez can clearly be seen walking past the Colorado state flag. A Colorado flag would not sensibly be an adornment in an official city building not located in Colorado.  More the point, perhaps, Washington has no city hall, since it's the only city in America administered by the US Congress.  The closest thing to a "city hall" in Washington is the John A. Wilson Building, but it's more akin to a state capitol than a city hall.  Suggesting that there would be a Washington "city hall", while pointedly reminding the viewers that it's "Washington, D.C." blatantly misses the point of what the initials "D.C." mean.

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