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* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Tosh reads the mind of each of her co-workers and finds herself disgusted by their inner selfishness. The fact she cannot read Jack's mind only adds to the mystery about him.



* DirtyMindReading: Mostly between Gwen and Owen.

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* DirtyMindReading: Mostly between Tosh manages to find out through mind-reading that Gwen and Owen.Owen are having an affair between each other. She is rather disgusted by this.



* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Tosh develops telepathy. She races home hurt and angry after hearing the thoughts of her co-workers (such as Gwen's commentary on her outfit and Owen's dismissiveness of her sentence turning into a ramble), although Mary assures her that they do like her and she's picking up on things beneath the conscious level that they're not even aware they're thinking. On the other hand, it does help her stop a man from killing his ex-wife and kid ([[MurderSuicide and himself]]).
** At the same time, Jack is an utter blank to her, resulting in a NothingIsScarier situation. However, during the episode's climax, it's revealed that he may have suspected something and deliberately blocked out his mind, only letting carefully-selected thoughts slip to let Tosh know what to do. Given his past as a [[TimePolice time agent]], this could be part of his training, or it could be a side-effect of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays how the Bad Wolf changed him]].

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* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Tosh develops telepathy. She races home hurt and angry after hearing the thoughts of her co-workers (such as Gwen's commentary on her outfit and Owen's dismissiveness of her sentence turning into a ramble), although Mary assures her that they do like her and she's picking up on things beneath the conscious level that they're not even aware they're thinking. On the other hand, it does help her stop a man from killing his ex-wife and kid ([[MurderSuicide and himself]]). \n** At the same time, Jack is an utter blank to her, resulting in a NothingIsScarier situation. However, during the episode's climax, it's revealed that he may have suspected something and deliberately blocked out his mind, only letting carefully-selected carefully selected thoughts slip to let Tosh know what to do. Given his past as a [[TimePolice time agent]], this could be part of his training, or it could be a side-effect of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays how the Bad Wolf changed him]].



* OutOfCharacterMoment: Jack seems to have a problem with his transgender friend Vanessa, comparing her situation to Tosh hiding her telepathy and referring to her with male pronouns and the name Vincent when describing her transition. This does not gel with his (and 51st century people in general's) previous portrayals as being very open-minded and above the 21st century's various prejudices regarding gender.

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* OutOfCharacterMoment: Jack seems to have a problem with his transgender friend Vanessa, comparing her situation to Tosh hiding her telepathy and referring to her with male pronouns and the name Vincent when describing her transition. This does not gel with his (and 51st century 51st-century people in general's) previous portrayals as being very open-minded and above the 21st century's various prejudices regarding gender.


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* StepfordSmiler: Tosh's mind-reading of Ianto shows that he's hiding some pretty hurting thoughts underneath his calm butler-like exterior, enough that it causes Tosh to remove the pendent in horror.
-->'''Ianto''': [thinking] Can't imagine the time when this isn't everything. Pain so constant, like my stomach's full of rats. Feels like this is all I am now. There isn't an inch of me that doesn't hurt. [out loud] I'm about to brew some of Jack's industrial-strength coffee. Would you like a cup?


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-->'''Tosh''': Jack. Something Mary said. Probably the only honest thing she ever did say. I asked her why she gave it to me, and she said, after a while it gets to you. It changes how you see people. How can I live with it?
-->'''Jack''': There are some things we're not supposed to know. You got a snapshot, nothing more.
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* NamesTheSame: InUniverse, [[DramaticIrony our first clue]] about Mary's real deal.
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* BerserkButton: The British soldier hits Mary after she compares herself to the Virgin Mary. She [[DeadpanSnarker dryly notes]] that her client for the evening [[{{Hypocrite}} must be religious.]]

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* BerserkButton: The British soldier hits the prostitute Mary after she compares herself to the Virgin Mary. She [[DeadpanSnarker dryly notes]] that her client for the evening [[{{Hypocrite}} must be religious.]]religious]].

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* OutOfCharacterMoment: Jack seems to have a problem with his transgender friend Vanessa, comparing her situation to Tosh's telepathy and repeatedly referring to her with male pronouns and the name Vincent. This does not gel with his previous portrayals as being very open-minded and above the 21st Centuries various prejudice regarding gender.

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* OutOfCharacterMoment: Jack seems to have a problem with his transgender friend Vanessa, comparing her situation to Tosh's Tosh hiding her telepathy and repeatedly referring to her with male pronouns and the name Vincent. Vincent when describing her transition. This does not gel with his (and 51st century people in general's) previous portrayals as being very open-minded and above the 21st Centuries century's various prejudice prejudices regarding gender.
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* OutOfCharacterMoment: Jack's comments about being surprised by a friend of his who came out as transgender really don't sit well with everything we know about his more enlightened future attitudes.

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* OutOfCharacterMoment: Jack's comments about being surprised by Jack seems to have a friend of problem with his who came out as transgender really don't sit well friend Vanessa, comparing her situation to Tosh's telepathy and repeatedly referring to her with everything we know about male pronouns and the name Vincent. This does not gel with his more enlightened future attitudes.previous portrayals as being very open-minded and above the 21st Centuries various prejudice regarding gender.
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* WholePlotReference: To the ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' episode [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E18Earshot "Earshot"]], where Buffy gains telepathic powers, suffers from AMindIsATerribleThingToRead, and uses them to prevent a murder.

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* WholePlotReference: To the ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E18Earshot "Earshot"]], where Buffy gains telepathic powers, suffers from AMindIsATerribleThingToRead, and uses them to prevent a murder.

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* WholePlotReference: To [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E18Earshot "Earshot"]].

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* WholePlotReference: To the ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' episode [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E18Earshot "Earshot"]]."Earshot"]], where Buffy gains telepathic powers, suffers from AMindIsATerribleThingToRead, and uses them to prevent a murder.
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* OutOfCharacterMoment: Jack's comments about being surprised by a friend of his who came out as transgender really don't sit well with everything we knew about the more enlightened future he came from.

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* OutOfCharacterMoment: Jack's comments about being surprised by a friend of his who came out as transgender really don't sit well with everything we knew know about the his more enlightened future he came from.attitudes.
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* OutOfCharacterMoment: Jack's comments about a friend of his who came out as transgender really don't sit well with everything we knew about the more enlightened future he came from.

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* OutOfCharacterMoment: Jack's comments about being surprised by a friend of his who came out as transgender really don't sit well with everything we knew about the more enlightened future he came from.
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AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent. Our gang pulls up to a dig site. They find an old alien thingamajig along with a skeleton that has a big hole in the chest cavity. We are shown a lingering shot of a short-haired blonde woman watching the crew. She looks a lot like Mary.

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AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent. Our gang pulls up to a dig site. They find an old alien thingamajig along with a skeleton that has a big hole in the chest cavity. We are shown a lingering shot of a short-haired blonde woman watching the crew. She looks a lot like Mary.
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-->''Mary'': They should make an action figure of you.

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-->''Mary'': -->'''Mary:''' They should make an action figure of you.
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* PaterFamilicide: A divorced man attempts MurderSuicide by pulling a gun on his ex-wife and son in their home. Fortunately, Tosh overhears his thoughts in the street, follows him and knocks him out from behind before he can pull the trigger.

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* PaterFamilicide: A divorced man attempts MurderSuicide by pulling a gun on his ex-wife and son in their home. Fortunately, Tosh overhears his thoughts in the street, follows him and knocks him out from behind with a golf club before he can pull the trigger.

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* HumansAreBastards: Mary feels that Torchwood will [[TheyWouldCutYouUp lock her up and study her]] if she reveals herself to them. [[spoiler: [[IAmAHumanitarian She's more afraid her crimes will be found out.]]]]

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* HumansAreBastards: Mary feels that Torchwood will [[TheyWouldCutYouUp lock her up and study her]] if she reveals herself to them. [[spoiler: [[IAmAHumanitarian She's more afraid her crimes will be found out.]]]]]]


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* IAmAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:Mary needs to eat hearts to sustain her human husk]].
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-->''Mary'': They should make an action figure of you.

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* EvilSoundsDeep: How Mary tips Tosh off.

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* EvilSoundsDeep: How Mary tips Tosh off.off that she's an alien.
-->'''Put. The phone. Down.'''
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* EvilSoundsDeep: How Mary tips us off.

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* EvilSoundsDeep: How Mary tips us Tosh off.
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* NamesTheSame: InUniverse, [[DramaticIrony Our first clue]] about Mary's real deal.

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* NamesTheSame: InUniverse, [[DramaticIrony Our our first clue]] about Mary's real deal.
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* PaterFamilicide: A divorced man attempts MurderSuicide by pulling a gun on his ex-wife and son in their home. Fortunately, Tosh overhears his thoughts in the street, follows him and knocks him out from behind before he can pull the trigger.
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--> "I started looking into devil worship and stuff from that era [the 1800s], see if there's anything about plucking out hearts, and would you believe it, there's nothing! They ate eyeballs, they drank blood, they had sex with animals, but they did not pluck out each others' hearts, because obviously, that would have been ''weird''."

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--> "I started looking into devil worship and stuff from that era [the 1800s], see if there's anything about plucking out hearts, and would you believe it, there's nothing! They ate eyeballs, they drank blood, they had sex with animals, but they did not pluck out each others' other's hearts, because obviously, obviously that would have been ''weird''."
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She meets Mary again and they discuss the powers of the pendant, which leads to them having sex. Mary suggests going out in public to be able to use the pendant better. Tosh does so and ends up thwarting a divorced man from committing premeditated murder-suicide, but still feels like she's being invasive after hearing more thoughts from her coworkers.

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She meets Mary again and they discuss the powers of the pendant, which leads to them having sex. Mary suggests going out in public to be able to use the pendant better. Tosh does so and ends up thwarting a divorced man from committing premeditated murder-suicide, MurderSuicide, but still feels like she's being invasive after hearing more thoughts from her coworkers.



* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Tosh develops telepathy. She races home hurt and angry after hearing the thoughts of her co-workers (such as Gwen's commentary on her outfit and Owen's dismissiveness of her sentence turning into a ramble), although Mary assures her that they do like her and she's picking up on things beneath the conscious level that they're not even aware they're thinking. On the other hand, it does help her stop a man from killing himself and his ex-wife and kid.

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* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Tosh develops telepathy. She races home hurt and angry after hearing the thoughts of her co-workers (such as Gwen's commentary on her outfit and Owen's dismissiveness of her sentence turning into a ramble), although Mary assures her that they do like her and she's picking up on things beneath the conscious level that they're not even aware they're thinking. On the other hand, it does help her stop a man from killing himself and his ex-wife and kid.kid ([[MurderSuicide and himself]]).
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* HumansAreBastards: Mary feels that Torchwood will [[TheyllCutYouUp lock her up and study her]] if she reveals herself to them. [[spoiler: [[IAmAHumanitarian She's more afraid her crimes will be found out.]]]]

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* HumansAreBastards: Mary feels that Torchwood will [[TheyllCutYouUp [[TheyWouldCutYouUp lock her up and study her]] if she reveals herself to them. [[spoiler: [[IAmAHumanitarian She's more afraid her crimes will be found out.]]]]

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* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Tosh develops telepathy. She races home hurt and angry after hearing the thoughts of her co-workers (such as Gwen's commentary on her outfit and Owen's dismissiveness of her sentence turning into a ramble), although Mary assures her that they do like her and she's picking up on things beneath the conscious level that they're not even aware they're thinking. On the other hand, it does help her stop a man from killing himself and his ex-wife and kid. At the same time, Jack is an utter blank to her, resulting in a NothingIsScarier situation. However, during the episode's climax, it's revealed that he may have suspected something and deliberately blocked out his mind, only letting carefully-selected thoughts slip to let Tosh know what to do. Given his past as a [[TimePolice time agent]], this could be part of his training, or it could be a side-effect of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays how the Bad Wolf changed him]].

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* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Tosh develops telepathy. She races home hurt and angry after hearing the thoughts of her co-workers (such as Gwen's commentary on her outfit and Owen's dismissiveness of her sentence turning into a ramble), although Mary assures her that they do like her and she's picking up on things beneath the conscious level that they're not even aware they're thinking. On the other hand, it does help her stop a man from killing himself and his ex-wife and kid.
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At the same time, Jack is an utter blank to her, resulting in a NothingIsScarier situation. However, during the episode's climax, it's revealed that he may have suspected something and deliberately blocked out his mind, only letting carefully-selected thoughts slip to let Tosh know what to do. Given his past as a [[TimePolice time agent]], this could be part of his training, or it could be a side-effect of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays how the Bad Wolf changed him]].
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* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Tosh develops telepathy. She races home hurt and angry after hearing the thoughts of her co-workers (such as Gwen's commentary on her outfit and Owen's dismissiveness of her sentence turning into a ramble), although Mary assures her that they do like her and she's picking up on things beneath the conscious level that they're not even aware they're thinking. On the other hand, it does help her stop a man from killing himself and his ex-wife and kid. At the same time, Jack is an utter blank to her, resulting in a NothingIsScarier situation. However, during the episode's climax, it's revealed that he may have suspected something and deliberately blocked out his mind, only letting carefully-selected thoughts slip to let Tosh know what to do. Given his past as a [[TimePolice time agent]], this could be part of his training, or it could be a side-effect of how the Bad Wolf changed him.

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* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Tosh develops telepathy. She races home hurt and angry after hearing the thoughts of her co-workers (such as Gwen's commentary on her outfit and Owen's dismissiveness of her sentence turning into a ramble), although Mary assures her that they do like her and she's picking up on things beneath the conscious level that they're not even aware they're thinking. On the other hand, it does help her stop a man from killing himself and his ex-wife and kid. At the same time, Jack is an utter blank to her, resulting in a NothingIsScarier situation. However, during the episode's climax, it's revealed that he may have suspected something and deliberately blocked out his mind, only letting carefully-selected thoughts slip to let Tosh know what to do. Given his past as a [[TimePolice time agent]], this could be part of his training, or it could be a side-effect of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays how the Bad Wolf changed him.him]].
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* IHaveToGoIronMyDog: To get away from Owen, Gwen and their thoughts, Tosh says, "I think my desk is on fire."

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* IHaveToGoIronMyDog: To get away from Owen, Gwen and their thoughts, thoughts about their torrid affair, Tosh says, "I think my desk is on fire."

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