A security robot operator in Detroit forms a connection with a young woman in North Africa who is trying to escape her engagement to a much older man.
Eye on Juliet tells the story of an unlikely encounter between Gordon (Joe Cole), a hexapod operator, and Ayusha (Lina El Arabi), a young woman from the Middle East. Gordon, guardian of a pipeline in this desert region, becomes fascinated by Ayusha, while piloting his robotic spider from the other side of the world, in America. Ayusha is promised to an older man she doesn't love. Despite the distance, their mutual fear and their imperfect interaction, he will do everything in his power to help her escape her fate.
Gordon (Joe Cole) works for an American security company, monitoring threats to their client's oil facility in an unnamed North African country, using dozens of hexapods that have the ability to shoot and cover a large area of desert.
Gordon has recently broken up with his girlfriend and is resisting his colleague's attempts to persuade him to "play the field." One day at work, he sees on his cameras a young woman, Ayusha Awad (Lina El Arabi), who resembles his ex-girlfriend. Ayusha is trapped in an arranged marriage and unable to be with her true love, Karim (Faycal Zeglat). As her family makes preparations for the arranged wedding, Gordon becomes infatuated by the illicit couple's love, and Ayusha in particular, and takes pictures of the couple. He observes Ayusha undressing in her room via heat-seeking camera and witnesses the couple discussing the logistics of eloping together, which would require Karim to join an illegal project to raise funds. Ignoring the warnings of his supervisor, Peter (Brent Skagford), Gordon becomes more involved in the couple's lives, drugging Peter while on shift in order to operate freely and sending the couple money for their emigration.
Gordon subsequently observes Karim and his associate tampering with the pipeline. In the ensuing events, the oil catches fire, leading to Karim's death. Gordon informs Ayusha via one of the hexapods and fictionalizes the final moments of Karim's life to gain her trust. He tells her about the money he sent her and convinces her to collect it from the bank and escape her family. Meanwhile, Peter confronts Gordon over his bizarre behavior. Gordon somehow convinces Peter to jeopardize his own job and allow him time to facilitate Ayusha's escape. However, when the woman returns home, her family, aware of her suspicious behavior, lock her in her room. Gordon sends a hexapod to break her out, and she follows it to her point of collection. Using the hexapod's microphone, Gordon tells her that she may have more than one soulmate and that observing someone like her, who is capable of true love, has made him happy. He also predicts that she might find another man and then makes her promise to meet him in Paris at exactly the same time the following year.
The next year in Paris, the two meet, and it is implied that they will embark on a romance.
