Eye of the Beholder is a drama about an investigator tracking a female assassin (or possibly serial killer). Stephen Wilson (Ewan McGregor) is the investigator who is tracking down Joanna Eris (Ashley Judd). It takes many years. He tracks her from state to state where she commits a series of murders against men she becomes involved with. As he digs into her past, he finds out how she became the way she is and even begins to fall in love with her. He even begins to act as her protector, which is in clear and direct violation of his orders. Now he has to choose to stop her or help her.