Escape to L.A.

35 – "Escape to L.A."
Torchwood episode
Cast
Starring John Barrowman – Captain Jack Harkness Eve Myles – Gwen Cooper Mekhi Phifer – Rex Matheson Alexa Havins – Esther Drummond Kai Owen – Rhys Williams Bill Pullman – Oswald Danes
Others Lauren Ambrose – Jilly Kitzinger Arlene Tur – Vera Juarez Mare Winningham – Ellis Hartley Monroe C. Thomas Howell – Torchwood Tracker Juanita Jennings – Bisme Katusi Candace Brown – Sarah Drummond Kelvin Yu – Nicolas Frumkin Desean Terry – Male Nurse Roger Vernon Burton – Thin Old Man Katsy Chappell – Woman April Clark – Young Mother Anthony Dilio – Lobby Guard David Fofi – Burly Guard Teresa Garza – Spanish Newscaster Roy Lee Jones – Maurice JoNell Kennedy – Veronica Masami Kosaka – Japanese Newscaster Ronobir Lahiri – Simran Michael D. Nye – Sick Man Barbara Mallory – Scared Old Woman Brian Keith Russell – Landlord Christian Svensson – Chauffeur Randa Walker – Candice David Grant Wright – Male Newscaster
Production
Directed by	Billy Gierhart
Written by	Story: Jim Gray Teleplay: Jim Gray & John Shiban
Produced by	Kelly A. Manners
Executive producer(s)	Russell T Davies Julie Gardner Jane Tranter John Shiban (co-executive) Vlad Wolynetz (co-executive)
Production code	104
Series	Miracle Day
Originally broadcast	29 July 2011 (2011-07-29) (US) 4 August 2011 (UK)
Chronology
← Preceded by Followed by → "Dead of Night" "The Categories of Life"
List of Torchwood episodes

"Escape to L.A." is the fourth episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series Torchwood, and was broadcast in the United States on Starz on 29 July 2011, in Australia on UKTV on 30 July 2011, in Canada on Space on 30 July 2011, and in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 4 August 2011.

Esther visits her sister, Sarah Drummond. She sees the house boarded up and tells Sarah why she's going to stop the miracle. She asks to see Alice and Melony Drummond before she goes. Sarah refuses because of her mental condition, thinking the miracle a poison, and shuts the door. In her car, Esther phones Social Services and reports the two girls are in danger, but refuses to give her name. She drives off. A man in a black car with the strange GPS triangle icon reports ESTHER DRUMMOND LOCATED. A voice orders him to follow Esther to lead him to Torchwood.

The team arrive in California and rent a shack to plan the assault. A woman gives Rex a Dead is Dead campaign flyer. Rex phones Dr. Vera Juarez. She tells him it's a campaign run by Ellis Hartley Monroe. Gwen gets a call from Rhys and asks about her father and daughter. Rhys says they are fine and jokes about why she is in Los Angeles. As Gwen talks, the man stalking them takes photos of her.

During a conversation with Rex, Esther reveals that he has family in California, but Rex denies all knowledge. Later on, he sneaks out to visit his father, who resents his presence and threatens him with a shotgun, claiming that Rex hadn't cared about him for fifteen years.

The team begin plans for a raid on PHICORP in order to steal server hard drives, where Esther reveals they have a bio-metric security system. In order to bypass it they need a voice recording, a palm print and a retina scan from a man called Nickolas Frumpkin. To obtain this, Jack and Gwen pretend they are an American couple and approach Nicholas Frumpkin, his wife and his baby. Jack uses the alias John Smith when he introduces himself to them, an alias often used by the Doctor. Using a great deal of skill, (recording him saying his name, taking fingerprints from a flask Gwen makes him hold and getting a picture of his eyes) they are able to begin the raid on PHICORP.

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