After meeting an usual woman named Mary at a bar, Toshiko is given a strange alien pendant. She is upset, yet amazed by what she now has - the ability to read people's thoughts. As the rest of the team puzzle over a centuries-old skeleton, Tosh discovers that her newfound ability is as much of a curse as it is it a blessing, and begins to question her commitment to Torchwood.

Known to the team as being obsessed with alien life, Eugene Jones wakes up in the middle of a road and discovers that he has been the victim of a fatal hit-and-run incident. As Gwen investigates the suspicious circumstances around his fatality, Eugene recalls events leading up to his death, involving a mysterious alien eye.