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Touch Season 1 Episode 1

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AIRED: Jan 25, 2012

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Widower and single father, Martin Bohm, is frustrated because he is unable to communicate with his mute and autistic son, Jake. After consulting with experts, Martin learns Jake is a genius and has special gifts, and he communicates with numbers rather than with words.

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The new Fox drama from the creator of Heroes got off to a great, fuzzy-feeling start, but series longevity is a big question mark.

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Awesome

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By daviddunster, Apr 06, 2013

Have watched this show since it aired. Heard it was going to be axed and I damn near flipped out. If you have not watched it, start with the pilot show and each show there after. Do not skip any one show of you will miss out on what is progressing. Great show, well worth watching.
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Very Good

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By Fet991966, Feb 11, 2013

This is one of the best shows I have come across. I'm in Australia and once I found out about the show, a friend lent me Season one which I watched all epsiodes straight three times over. Just brillant start. How there are stoires within stories. There are many aspects in this show that I and others can all relate to. How they show the connection of people across the world. How one simple action affects the outcome of others. What a small and connected world we all live in. Hope that the show does contiune and is picking in viewing across my circle.

There a lot of us really looking forward to Season it gets to Australia. Keep it going...moreless
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Touch definitely touched me!

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By TrueTvWatcher, Sep 17, 2012

The pilot of Touch was a perfect premiere and I really enjoyed watching this amazing new series! The narrative from Jake in the beginning was great especially because his character doesn't verbalize. I loved watching the various story's unfold with common threads interconnecting everything. The story telling painted a vivid picture of individual human experience across the world yet how simply it was all connected. The cast was amazing and played their parts well. I love the way mathematical sequences and numbers are used. The ending was touching and felt enlightening in some ways. I certainly look forward to watching more episodes!!!!!!!!!moreless
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Needs to get going BIG TIME!

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By mnementh01, Jun 06, 2012

O.K, to explain my very late review, I live in Scotland and this series has just started on UK cable.

Sadly, I found the concept of this show completely unbelievable in that the boys father SUDDENLY begins to understand what his autistic son is trying to get across.

I'll further state that I'll be pilloried for this but as someone who doesn't have kids, so couldn't be in the situation Bohn is, I had absolutely NO empathy for the boy whatsoever.

I liken him to a cat v dog scenario. A cat is independent, aloof, could really care less about it's owner as long as the food keeps coming, while a mutt is basically unconditional love. Sadly, you can treat a dog like absolute crap and it'll keep coming back to lick your face.

The social worker is completely unlikeable (like most social workers).

Sutherland plays his part well, as far as that's possible, given what he's working with.

I downloaded a couple of episodes to see how it progressed but the fact that I started fast forwarding through the 2nd ep., doesn't bode well for the rest of the series.

I note "thefanof" has placed a review for the 2nd ep on this site and while I usually don't agree with most of his comments, he doesn't look at TV through "rose tinted glasses" and in the case of his review for ep 2, I DO, in fact, agree wholeheartedly with him.

Unless this show starts to make some sense at a rate4 of knots, I foresee stormy weather ahead.moreless
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Very interesting start!

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By amazing_race, Apr 23, 2012

The commerical for this show had me fascinated, although I wasn't sure what to expect. I watched the premiere and I ended up loving uit! Great episode, of what seems like a very interesting show!

The storyline seems extremely interesting, and I'm quite curious as to how the show will play out in future, but this episode was fgreat. Everything from the mobile phone going around the world to the storyline with Martin and Jake - it was very interesting!

Definitely enjoyed the premiere and can't wait for more! :)moreless
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Kiefer Sutherland	Martin Bohm
Gugu Mbatha-Raw	Clea Hopkins
David Mazouz	Jake Bohm
Danny Glover	Arthur Teller

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Karen Shenaz David	Kayla Graham	Guest Star
David de Lautour	Simon Plimpton	Guest Star
Judy Echavez	Sofia Martinez	Guest Star

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- The Teller Institute is located at 318 West Tesla Street. Edward Teller was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist, who was known as the father of the hydrogen bomb, and Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, who developed the modern alternating current electrical supply system.
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- Jake: (opening monologue) The ratio is always the same: 1 to 1.618 over and over and over again. The patterns are hidden in plain sight. You just have to know where to look. Things most people see as chaos, actually follow subtle laws of behavior. Galaxies, plants, seashells – the patterns never lie, but only some of us can see how the pieces fit together. Seven billion, eighty-million, three hundred sixty-thousand of us live on this tiny planet. This is the story of some of those people. There's an ancient Chinese myth about the red thread of fate. It says that the gods have tied a red thread around every one of our ankles and attached it to all the people whose lives we are destined to touch. This thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break. It's all been predetermined by mathematical probability, and it's my job to keep track of those numbers, to make the connections for those who need to find each other. The ones whose lives need to touch. I was born 4,161 days ago on October 26, 2000. I've been alive for 11 years, four months, 21 days and 14 hours, and in all that time… (whispers) I've never said a single word.
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- Martin: (cautioning Clea about not touching Jake) I wouldn't do that if I were you. Not unless you want to spend the next three hours peeling him off the ceiling.
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- Arthur: The whole cosmic wheel of humanity comes down to just electromagnetic energy and connections. There are those among us – mostly kids – whose sole purpose is to act as air traffic controllers for that interconnectivity.
  Martin: My son doesn't even talk.
  Arthur: Unnecessary, outdated. An evolutionary speed bump, like your pinky toe.
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- Martin: (to Jake) The doctor says you're going to be bigger than me. How the hell's that going to work?
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- Jake: (closing monologue) The ratio is always the same: 1 to 1.618 over and over and over again. The patterns, mathematical in design, are hidden in plain sight. You just have to know where to look. Seven billion, eighty-million, three hundred sixty-thousand people, and only a few of us can see the connections. Today, we'll send over 300 billion emails, 19 billion text messages, yet we'll still feel alone. The average person will say 2,250 words to 7.4 other individuals. Will these words be used to hurt or to heal? There's an ancient Chinese myth about the red thread of fate. It says that the gods have tied a red thread around every one of our ankles and attached it to all the people whose lives we are destined to touch. This thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break.
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- The song that Kayla Graham sang at the Irish pub was "Three Little Birds (from Touch)" by Karen David with Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman. Karen David portrayed the character Kayla Graham in this episode, while Wendy and Lisa composed the background music for the show.
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- Danny Glover's character, Arthur Teller, was originally called Arthur DeWitt.
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- This episode had a special preview on Wednesday, January 25, 2012, before moving to its regular timeslot on Monday starting in March. The airdate was subsequently changed to Thursday.
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- International Air Dates:
  Norway: Monday, March 19, 2012 on TV2
  United Kingdom: March 20, 2012 on Sky1/Sky 1 HD
  Australia: April 22, 2012 on TEN
  Finland: October 9, 2012 on MTV3
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