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List of episodes. " Immortal Sins " is the seventh episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day, the fourth series of the British science fiction television series Torchwood. It was originally broadcast in the United States on Starz on 19 August 2011. Torchwood: Miracle Day follows the aftermath of a day where humanity has stopped being able to die.
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was the seventh episode of Series 4 of Torchwood. It was written by Jane Espenson, directed by Gwyneth Horder-Payton and featured Rex Matheson and Esther Drummond resigned to cameo roles. For the most part, it consisted of a flashback in pre-Depression era New York City, which introduced the character of Angelo Colasanto, a lover that Jack Harkness met while standing in line at Ellis Island.
From a continuity standpoint, it was clearly the single episode of Miracle Day which made the most references to the broader DWU, even referencing the The Sarah Jane Adventures character the Trickster. Narratively speaking, it was the only episode in the Miracle Day arc to feature the appearance of an alien.
Gwen must fight to protect her family. She takes a terrifying journey covering miles and decades with Jack as the long history of the Miracle is partially revealed.
Gwen drives Jack through California to bring him to the people holding her family.
Flashbacks are seen of Jack's past. In 1920s New York City, he awaits his visa at Ellis Island. Angelo Colasanto steals it. Jack confronts him, retrieves his visa and visits Angelo in his cell. They talk, and Jack uses technology to create a visa for Angelo.
Angelo is freed and enters a relationship with Jack. At one point, they are retrieving an alien from a base when Jack is shot dead. Angelo is captured and imprisoned. Jack returns to America after Angelo's release. Angelo is terrified by Jack's immortality.
Angelo takes Jack to the butcher shop beneath their room. There are people terrified of Jack. They sadistically attack him with knives, guns and meat hooks to kill him and collect his blood. Three men visit Jack. They seem to know something about his immortality. Angelo, overwhelmed with horror and guilt, eventually lets Jack go. Jack quickly recovers and flees with Angelo to a rooftop, where he explains his immortality before jumping off to his "death". When Angelo reaches the ground, Jack is gone.
•Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
•Gwen Cooper - Eve Myles
•Rex Matheson - Mekhi Phifer
•Esther Drummond - Alexa Havins
•Rhys Williams - Kai Owen
•Mary Cooper - Sharon Morgan
Language
•"Grazie" means "thank you" in Italian.
Locations
•Jack says that the British consulate arranged his travel through the embassy in Rome. •Jack waits for a boat to Manhattan, while Angelo is imprisoned and waiting for a boat back to Italy. •Vera was from San Antonio. •Angelo comes from a tiny village on the Amalfi Coast, right on the edge of a clifftop. The village contained around 200 people. •Jack and Angelo have a room in Little Italy in 1927. •In 1927, Jack and Angelo visit Blessed Saints' Cathedral. •A mysterious box is located at Gallaco Wharf in Bay Five. •Someone above Maranzano found a weapon and told him to hold it until after the state election and then ship it to Albany. •Sing Sing Prison was founded in 1826. •Gwen and Jack travel to Mesa, California.
Individuals
•Jack questions whether he looks like a bureaucrat. Angelo replies that he looks like a soldier. •Angelo had a schoolmaster in his village who taught him English. •Random people are setting up memorial services for Vera Juarez. •Gwen says that she wants to show Jack souvenirs from back home. She then tasers him. •Angelo has scars. •Jack confesses to having sex with triplets. •Jack is sent to the church by Father Timothy. •Maranzano calls Jack and Angelo a pair of finocchi. •Angelo ask if Jack is working for the English government. •Jack and Angelo are working as bootleggers. •Franklin Delano Roosevelt is due to be elected Governor of New York in November 1927. •While in the Giardano's Butchers Shop, Jack is shot and slashed with various knives and meat hooks. •Giardano is asking for $10,000 for Jack.
•Writer Jane Espenson cites Immortal Sins as her favourite work as a writer.
•Jack explains that the brain parasite would rewrite history by enabling the Third Reich to win the Second World War. One week and a day after this episode was broadcast in the US and only two days after it was broadcast in the UK, the Doctor Who episode Let's Kill Hitler featured Adolf Hitler in a cameo role and was set in Nazi Germany in 1938.
•Esther watches the video clip Rex recorded of Vera Juarez's demise to see its viewing figures; her death occurred in TV: The Categories of Life [+]Jane Espenson, Torchwood series 4 (Starz, 2011)..
•Gwen talks about when she first joined Torchwood, and her first day on the job, shown in TV: Everything Changes [+]Russell T Davies, Torchwood series 1 (BBC Three, 2006). and Day One [+]Chris Chibnall, Torchwood series 1 (BBC Three, 2006). respectively.
•Jack told Angelo that something happened to him, alluding to his resurrection by Rose Tyler in TV: The Parting of the Ways [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005). and that he is a fixed point in time, as the Tenth Doctor surmised in TV: Utopia [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 3 (BBC One, 2007)..
•Jack advises Angelo to start saving money, alluding to the Great Depression that will occur with the 1930s, depicted in TV: Daleks in Manhattan [+]Helen Raynor, Doctor Who series 3 (BBC One, 2007). and also World War II, which Jack experienced, as displayed in TV: The Empty Child [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005)..
•Jack and Angelo encounter an alien associated with the Trickster's Brigade. The Trickster's minions have previously tried to change history, notably with Sarah Jane Smith, as shown in TV: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? [+]Gareth Roberts, The Sarah Jane Adventures series 1 (CBBC, 2007). and The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith [+]Gareth Roberts, The Sarah Jane Adventures series 2 (CBBC, 2008)., and Donna Noble as displayed in TV: Turn Left [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 4 (BBC One, 2008)..
•When Esther opens the Eye-5 computer programme, past dialogue can be found, which was recorded during the events of TV: Escape to LA [+]Jim Gray and John Shiban, Torchwood series 4 (Starz, 2011). and The Middle Men [+]John Shiban, Torchwood series 4 (Starz, 2011)..
•This episode was released worldwide in a box set containing all ten episodes of Torchwood: Miracle Day. In the United Kingdom, it was released on Region 2 DVD and Region Free Blu-ray on 14 November 2011. In Australia, it was released in Region 4 DVD and Region B Blu-Ray on 1 December 2011. In New Zealand, the same sets were released on 7 December 2011. In North America, it was released on Region 1 DVD and Region Free Blu-Ray on 3 April 2012.
•It was also released in the Series 1-4 boxset (Region 2 release: 14 November 2011.)
Immortal Sins. Jack, Gwen. Rex, Esther, Rhys, Mary, Anwen, Andy. Angelo Colasanto. Immortal Sins was the seventh episode of Series 4 of Torchwood. It was written by Jane Espenson, directed by Gwyneth Horder-Payton and featured Rex Matheson and Esther Drummond resigned to cameo roles.
Torchwood: Miracle Day is the fourth and final series of the British science fiction television programme Torchwood, a spin-off from the long-running show Doctor Who. [3] In contrast to the first three series, which were produced by the BBC, the fourth series was a British–American co-production involving the BBC's drama production house BBC Cymru Wales for BBC Worldwide and the US premium ...
Aug 19, 2011 · Locations Los Angeles New York USA Wales. UK Viewers 4.48 million. Synopsis. Gwen must fight to protect her family. She takes a terrifying journey covering miles and decades with Jack as the long history of the Miracle is partially revealed. Login to track and rate! View Rating Distribution. View as data table, Immortal Sins: ratings distribution.
Aug 19, 2011 · Miracle Day: Immortal Sins: Directed by Gwyneth Horder-Payton. With John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Mekhi Phifer, Alexa Havins. In 1927 New York, Jack encounters a young man named Angelo.
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