Finally got a chance to see Touch and my expectations were pretty high with articles such as Tim's giving it the thumbs up and man, was I disappointed... This was a very half baked idea, low in originality and with some awful acting by the key character: Sutherland's overacted, overemotional performance failed to convince me or have me connect with a guy whose personal tragedy is, paradoxically, so compelling (his unprovoked rant at the social worker made me cringe). Sure the tour of the world by mobile phone was an effective gimmick but a contrived one full of the worst of cliches: Japanese business men hooking up with giggly (and underage) prostitutes or the worst of all, the suicide bomber for an oven....
- Some redeeming factors: the kid's acting was pretty good as was the story with the fireman (just that story was enough for me or could have been say 90% of the ep) so intensely but well acted by Titus Welliver - I wish he was playing Jake's dad....moreless