The Categories of Life

36 – "The Categories of Life"
36 – "The Categories of Life"
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; William Thomas – Geraint Cooper; Sharon Morgan – Mary Cooper; Tom Price – PC Andy; Frederick Koehler – Ralph Coltrane; Teddy Sears – Blue-eyed Man; Marc Vann – Colin Maloney; Daniel Adegboyega – Guard; Brad Bell – Nurse Chris; Charles Carpenter – News Reporter; Jim Conway – Man; Jonathan Dane – Handsome Man; Teresa Garza – Spanish Newscaster; Brendan Hughes – Pidgeon; Joelle Elizabeth Jacoby – Excited Teenager; Liz Jenkins – Rachel; Ria Jones – Pushy Woman; Masami Kosaka – Japanese Newscaster; Eve Mauro – Maria Candido; Francine Morgan – Stressed Woman; Stuart Nurse – Thomason; Tracy Pfau – Pale Woman; Caroline Whitney Smith – Paramedic; Vito Viscuso – Angry Man; Randa Walker – Candice;
Production
Directed by	Guy Ferland
Written by	Jane Espenson
Produced by	Kelly A. Manners; Brian Minchin (UK unit);
Executive producer(s)	Russell T Davies; Julie Gardner; Jane Tranter; Jane Espenson (co-executive); Vlad Wolynetz (co-executive);
Music by	Murray Gold
Production code	105
Series	Miracle Day
Running time	55 minutes
First broadcast	5 August 2011 (US); 11 August 2011 (UK)
Chronology
← Preceded by; "Escape to L.A."	Followed by →; "The Middle Men"
	List of episodes

"The Categories of Life" is the fifth episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day, the fourth series of the British science fiction television series Torchwood. It was first broadcast in the United States on Starz on 5 August 2011 and in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 11 August.

Torchwood: Miracle Day follows the aftermath of a day where humanity has stopped being able to die. In the episode, a team called Torchwood investigate a concentration camp in California where sick and injured people who are unable to die are sent to. Meanwhile, Torchwood team member Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles) returns to Wales to try to save her father Geraint (William Thomas) from one of these camps.