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    Torchwood 4×04 ‘Miracle Day: Escape to LA’

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    From Impossible Podcasts:

    Caleb Woodbridge and P.G. Bell give our commentary on episode 4, Escape to L.A. (check out our spoiler-free review), including Tea Party politics, the ethics of euthanasia, and the possible return of the Slitheen. We also consider Torchwood’s uncertain future, and wonder whether the show can go on without Russell T Davies at the helm.

    Length: 1 hour

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    We’ve just seen a man dressed as a pirate, on roller skates, playing a mandolin, waltz past in the background. It doesn’t scream global-conspiracy end-of-the-world, does it? — Impossible Podcast,
    Torchwood ‘Miracle Day: Escape to LA’ @0:10:52

    Oswald Danes—apparently, ‘patterns are forming around him.’ Mm-hm. Um, okay. Jack’s had a peek at the script, and he knows that it’s going to prove important by the end. … He’s just a chap who got interviewed. — Impossible Podcast,
    Torchwood ‘Miracle Day: Escape to LA’ @0:16:25

    Now here we have a comedy spy moment. They did this in the Charlie’s Angels movie! [laughter] This entire scene, where they’re getting the [ID] that they need to break into the top-secret server room. — Impossible Podcast,
    Torchwood ‘Miracle Day: Escape to LA’ @0:27:37

    I did find that Oswald Danes becoming the ‘one true voice of the people’ again— Yes. It’s like Gary Glitter becoming the one true voice of the people, isn’t it? Mmm, a bit of a stretch. — Impossible Podcast,
    Torchwood ‘Miracle Day: Escape to LA’ @0:53:30