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Random Shoes
Summary
"Random Shoes" is the ninth episode of the first series of the British science fiction television series Torchwood, which was originally broadcast on the digital television channel BBC Three on 10 December 2006.
The episode involves the alien hunter Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles) investigating the suspicious hit-and-run death of the alien enthusiast Eugene Jones (Paul Chequer) near Cardiff.
Gwen investigates the death of an alien enthusiast called Eugene Jones in a hit-and-run accident, and is intrigued by photographs of random shoes that are on his mobile phone. Taking an incorporeal form, Eugene follows Gwen to find out how he died, as his memories slowly return.
In 1992, Eugene blanked on an inter-school maths competition, losing it for his school and disappointing his father Shaun; Shaun left that same night, and Eugene and his brother Terry believed he found a new job in America. After receiving an eye that fell to Earth as a consolation prize, Eugene began collecting alien artefacts. He approached Torchwood several times but was always rebuffed.
After discovering Shaun worked at the local convenience store, Eugene decided to try to sell the eye on eBay in order to raise enough money to buy tickets to Australia for his co-worker, Linda. Eugene contacted the buyers and arranged to meet at the Happy Cook restaurant. Arriving there, he found that Gary, a co-worker, and Josh, a DVD store clerk, were the winning bidders. They had raised the price initially to get Eugene's hopes up, but, when the first large bid came in from a collector, they realised that, if they could get the eye, they could resell it for more. Eugene attempted to phone for a cab with his mobile phone, accidentally taking pictures of Gary, Josh and a waitress' shoes in the process, then swallowed the eye and fled the restaurant. He escaped from Gary and Josh, but unwittingly walked right into traffic, causing the accident that killed him.
In the present, Gwen uncovers the truth from Linda, Gary, Josh, and Eugene's mother Bronwen.
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