History Recap / TorchwoodS1E7GreeksBearingGifts

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 premeditated murder, 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 his 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.

* 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 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.

* 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 rambling), 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 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.

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

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

* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Tosh develops telepathy. She races home hurt and angry after hearing the thoughts of her co-workers. On the other hand, it does help her stop a man from killing his 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.

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

* 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.
* PowerPerversionPotential: And yes, we use the pendant to think kinky thoughts to each other.

* PowerPerversionPotential: And yes, we use the pendant to think nasty thoughts to each other.

* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Tosh develops telepathy. She races home hurt and angry after hearing the thoughts of her co-workers. On the other hand, it does help her stop a man from killing his 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 TemporalAgent, this could be part of his training.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Owen finds out that there are some thing even the occultic circles won't do.

* 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.

* WholePlotReference: The episode was clearly inspired by the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E18Earshot Earshot]]". Both involve characters granted mind-reading abilities and discovers negative thoughts.

* BiTheWay: Tosh has a lovely night with Mary after hearing her thoughts.

* BeatStillMyHeart: Right through the chest cavity, [[IndianaJonesAndTheTempleofDoom Mola Ram]] style.

* GenreSavvy: Jack notes that Tosh is not the first acquaintance of his to [[OutOfCharacterAlert suddenly start acting weird]] before doing something drastic or rash.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Mary is [[MyFamily Janey Harper]].

* NamesTheSame: [[DramaticIrony Our first clue]] about Mary's real deal.

* GenreSavvy: Jack notes that Tosh is not the first acquaintance of his to [[OOCAlert suddenly start acting weird]] before doing something drastic or rash.

* DirtyMindReading

* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead

It turns out to be a clever bit of manipulation, as Mary eventually lets Tosh convince her to take her into Torchwood to recover the transporter. Jack shows up to let Tosh know the truth: Mary didn't come to Earth alone in that transporter, she was sent here with a guard, whom she killed. She possessed the real Mary's body back in 1812 and plucked the heart out of the Redcoat, something she continued to do for years. She holds Tosh hostage in exchange for the transporter, which Jack gives to her, with the coordinates set for the centre of the sun. Tosh is horrified, but Jack quips that it's not that bad: the sun's probably not even hot, seeing as it's night.

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

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.

Tosh and Mary start dating. Tosh tells Mary that she'll give up the pendant to them, but Mary is [[EvilSoundsDeep rather insistent]] that she doesn't. She reveals herself as a telepathic alien that escaped from her homeworld and that the device Torchwood found is a transporter that can get her back home. She refuses Torchwood getting involved, as she believes they'll [[TheyWouldCutYouUp lock her up and study her]].

It turns out to be a clever bit of manipulation, as Mary eventually lets Tosh convince her to take her into Torchwood to recover the transporter. Jack shows up to let Tosh know the truth: Mary didn't come to Earth alone in that transporter, she was sent here with a guard, whom she killed. She possessed the real Mary's body back in 1812 and plucked the heart out of the Redcoat, something she continued to do for years. She holds Tosh hostage in exchange for the transporter, which Jack gives to her, with the coordinates set for the center of the sun. Tosh is horrified, but Jack quips that it's not that bad: the sun's probably not even hot, seeing as it's night.

1812. A young prostitute named Mary leads a willing Redcoat out into the woods for some fun when he starts getting a little too fresh. She strikes him back and then scampers off further into the woods. She notices a bright light and a weird buzzing sound and goes to investigate. The Redcoat catches up to her, aims his pistol at her, and fires, but enough of that!

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.

Poor Tosh feels like no one understands her and goes out for a drink. The same blonde woman from earlier shows up and rattles off a considerable amount of information about Tosh, introducing herself as Mary, a "scavenger", basically one of several people like Torchwood who collect alien objects but aren't nearly as organized. She offers Tosh a pendant that allows her to hear peoples' thoughts. Tosh says she'll show it to everyone else, but Mary is convinced she won't.

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

Tosh tells Mary that she'll give up the pendant to them, but Mary is [[EvilSoundsDeep rather insistent]] that she doesn't. She reveals herself as a telepathic alien that escaped from her homeworld and that the device Torchwood found is a transporter that can get her back home. She refuses Torchwood getting involved, as she believes they'll [[TheyWouldCutYouUp lock her up and study her]].

Later, Tosh is leading Mary into Torchwood to recover the transporter and Jack shows up to let Tosh know the truth: Mary didn't come to Earth alone in that transporter, she was sent here with a guard, whom she killed. She possessed the real Mary's body back in 1812 and plucked the heart out of the Redcoat, something she continued to do for years. She holds Tosh hostage in exchange for the transporter, which Jack gives to her, with the coordinates set for the center of the sun.

Tosh tells Mary that she'll give up the pendant to them, but Mary is [[EvilSoundsDeep rather insistent]] that she doesn't. She reveals herself as a telepathic alien that escaped from her homeworld and that the device Torchwood found is a transporter that can get her back home. She refuses Torchwood getting involved, as she believes they'll lock her up and study her.

* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: Pretty much said word for word by Jack at the close.