Random Shoes is hardly terrible. I had a fun enough time and think the comparisons to Love and Monsters is a little unfair. This episode works a lot better on the whole, and while not overly substantial, it is quite sentimental and I think our actors really carry what could have been a much more mediocre affair on the whole. I think the investigation nicely pairs itself with the outsiders perspective Eugene provides. There's some value in looking at how entities like Torchwood or the Doctor are viewed by the outside world, and this story does a pretty adequate job of exploring that.