Random Shoes
- Episode aired Dec 10, 2006
- TV-MA
- 50m
The invisible spirit of a hit-and-run victim tries to convince Gwen to locate the 'alien' who might have been responsible for his death.The invisible spirit of a hit-and-run victim tries to convince Gwen to locate the 'alien' who might have been responsible for his death.The invisible spirit of a hit-and-run victim tries to convince Gwen to locate the 'alien' who might have been responsible for his death.
- Terry Jones
- (as Joshua Hughes)
- Policewoman
- (uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe DVD that Owen is watching from Eugene's collection is the "lost" sci fi classic A for Andromeda (1961). Notable for being a very early role for Julie Christie, only one full episode of the series is known to exist.
- GoofsEugene says that in the average human lifetime the human heart beats 2 million times. Average lifespan is 70 years, 36,792,000 minutes. At 70 beats a minute that works out to 2,575,440,000 beats. For comparison your heart beats 3,024,000 times in a 30 day month.
- Quotes
Eugene Jones: [narrating] The average life is full of near misses and absolute hits, of great love and small disasters. It's made up of banana milkshakes, loft insulation, and random shoes. It's dead ordinary and truly truly amazing. What you've got to realise is it's all here now. So breathe deep and swallow it whole because take it from me, life just whizzes by.
- ConnectionsFeatures A for Andromeda (1961)
Eugene Jones, a longtime TORCHWOOD "groupie" has been pursuing the team for years, trying to get them to look at something he found. When he suddenly becomes one of the group's new "cases," Gwen takes it upon herself to solve not only what appears to have possibly been a murder, but the riddle of Eugene's very existence. All while unknowingly being followed by his "ghost", who provides the narration throughout the story.
Even more reminiscent of THE X-FILES than most of the other episodes, "Random Shoes" ends on a sad yet uplifting note that's bound to be controversial for the lack of logic behind it. Which, if the viewer is paying attention, is not the point of the whole story. Liiving your life to the fullest, whatever that life is like...THAT is the point. And beautifully put, I might add.
- cchase
- Nov 18, 2007
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- Runtime50 minutes
- Color