TEXT: Opening credits and series recap. JACK : (VO) Torchwood : Outside the government, beyond the police. Tracking down alien life on earth and arming the human race against the future. The 21st century is when everthing changes, and you gotta be ready. EXT. WOODS - NIGHT -1812. The woods are dark and foggy. A pretty blonde woman enters shot and looks behind her towards a young soldier. MARY : Nearly there, we've been right busy since you lot were billeted here. This your first time? The others been teasing you, that it? My name's Mary. Mary starts to undo the man's jacket button. Mary : Mary, like the virgin. The soldier slaps her hard across the face. MARY : Religious man are ya? The soldier slaps her again and she smiles at him incredulously and wipes her mouth. Moving closer she puts her hand over his cheek. MARY : I'm not your bloody hound! She scratches his face and runs into the trees. The soldier chases her. SOLDIER : Whore! Mary carries on running deeper into the trees. A shrill sound makes her cover her ears. She sees a light among the trees. She pauses, looks behind her then runs towards the light. The soldier is still running after her and he sees the light and stops to stare for a second. The soldier slowly draws his pistol and hears the same shrill noise - like a steam horn. The lights go out with a rush of wind. The soldier grits his teeth and walks quickly in the direction of Mary, pistol held out in front of him. He sees Mary who stands a short distance away, she turns as he lowers the pistol and walks towards her. SOLDIER : Do whores have prayers? He stops, raises the gun and shoots her calmly. Mary smiles. EXT. A BUILDING SITE - DAY - PRESENT The Torchwood SUV travels down a dusty track then stops between police cars. Owen exits the passenger door then goes to the boot
SUMMARY:
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.