Touch Season 1, Ep. 1 "Tales of the Red Thread"

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A father tries to connect with his son.
  • Runtime: 51 minutes
  • Original air date: January 25, 2012
  • Network: FOX
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  Episode   Original Air Date
Synopsis
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1. Tales of the Red Thread [HD]
  January 25, 2012
A father tries to connect with his son.
 
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2. 1 + 1 = 3 [HD]
  March 22, 2012
Global connections are tired together in the world premiere.
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3. Safety in Numbers [HD]
  March 29, 2012
More global connections are made.
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4. Kite Strings [HD]
  April 5, 2012
International paths intersect.
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5. Entaglement [HD]
  April 12, 2012
Martin connects with a woman avenging the death of her family.
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6. Lost & Found [HD]
  April 19, 2012
A shocking development occurs.
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7. Noosphere Rising [HD]
  April 26, 2012
Martin searches for Teller's workshop.
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8. Zone of Exclusion [HD]
  May 3, 2012
Martin reunites a woman with her mother and twin sister.
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9. Music of the Spheres [HD]
  May 10, 2012
Jake makes a connection.
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10. Tesselations [HD]
  May 17, 2012
Martin makes an important decision.
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11. Gyre, Part I [HD]
  May 31, 2012
New connections trigger a quest to find more.
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12. Gyre, Part II [HD]
  May 31, 2012
New connections trigger a quest to find more.
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13. The Road Not Taken [HD]
  September 14, 2012
In an all-new bonus episode, Martin's car mysteriously breaks down in the town where he first became a reporter.
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Episode 1, "Tales of the Red Thread [HD]"
Synopsis: A father tries to connect with his son.
Original air date: January 25, 2012
Runtime: 51 minutes
Captions and Subtitles: English
ASIN: B0071UYKG2
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #111,367 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
Touch Season 1 [HD]
Synopsis: From writer/creator Tim Kring (Heroes) and executive producers Peter Chernin (Terra Nova) and Katherine Pope (Terra Nova) comes Touch, a preternatural drama in which science and spirituality intersect with the hopeful premise that we are all interconnected.
Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Supporting actors: David Mazouz, Deidrie Henry, Catherine Dent, Roxana Brusso, Eyal Podell, Alan Blumenfeld, Sean McGowan, Amelia Rose Blaire, Alberto Frezza, Angela Gots, Robert Pike Daniel, May Miyata, Satomi Okuno, Bart McCarthy, Christopher May, Ondrej Habinak, Joan Wong, Brian Groh
Season year: 2012
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Executive producer: Neal Ahern Jr.
Network: FOX
ASIN: B0071UYN9G
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Not your "normal" TV show....I really hope they can keep this going!! Andrea  |  23 reviewers made a similar statement
The writing and acting are great. orion725  |  20 reviewers made a similar statement
I highly recommend it - there's nothing else like it on TV today. kacunnin  |  12 reviewers made a similar statement
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46 of 49 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars TOUCH pilot -- mathematically mesmerizing! January 26, 2012
Kiefer Southerland returns to television in TOUCH, a Fox original drama about a 9/11 widower attempting to raise his emotionally disconnected 11-year-old son. Southerland plays Martin Bohm, whose wife died in the Twin Towers. His son Jake (David Mazouz) seems to be autistic - he doesn't speak (although he does provide occasional narration), he inexplicably climbs cell towers, and he can't stand to be touched. But what's really interesting about Jake is his propensity for mathematical patterns, which he sees everywhere in the world around him. In those patterns, Jake makes connections that are ultimately extraordinary.

The theme of TOUCH is that we are all connected in inexplicable ways. A man in Ireland takes a cell phone video of co-worker Kayla Graham performing in a local club. He tells Kayla she's going to end up a superstar, and then he slips the cell phone into a random backpack. By the end of the episode, that cell phone video is projected on a massive Times Square-style screen in Tokyo - superstardom, indeed!

This is just a small example of the often miraculous interconnections revealed in this episode. Jake is obsessed with numbers on busses, lottery tickets, cell phones, newspapers, and calendars, using them as road maps to people and events that can be life-changing. One such chain of numbers connects the firefighter who tried to save Martin's wife back on 9/11 with a winning lottery ticket and a bus filled with school children. These are global connections that are overwhelming in scope.

TOUCH also features Danny Glover as odd-but-brilliant mathematician Arthur Teller, who tries to explain to Martin how Jake is using something called the Fibonacci sequence to reveal the world's interconnected patterns. And Gugu Mbatha-Raw plays social worker Clea Hopkins, who doesn't believe Martin is capable of taking care of Jake - that is, until she begins to suspect that Jake's deductive powers truly are miraculous.

Overall, TOUCH is a unique and engaging drama that has great potential. It was written and directed by Tim Kring, of HEROES fame, and produced by the same bunch that gave us TERRA NOVA. I found the pilot to be complex and intriguing - this is a show you'll need to pay careful attention to, as characters and events become quickly interwoven in ways that could become confusing. It's also a show with a lot of heart - there's one particular sequence where a grieving father experiences unexpected grace in a very unexpected way. This is an emotionally gripping show that knows the difference between sentiment and sentimentality. You might find yourself tearing up as you watch TOUCH, but you will never feel manipulated. I highly recommend it - there's nothing else like it on TV today.

The show will begin showing new episodes in mid-March, 2012.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars extremely promising January 28, 2012
i for one am glad to see kiefer sutherland in a role which doesn't involve horrific world events with massive explosions and destruction. this time out he is in a much more hopeful series where he plays a father of a gifted child who has been mistakenly diagnosed as autistic. he instead has a special ability to communicate through complex math patterns. in this episode, kiefer, the widowed father, a social worker, and a studier of this gift (danny glover) begin working out the true nature of the boy's living experience.

the boy actor is quite good. he narrates the series but does not speak dialogue. kiefer sutherland, in a recent interview, said that the boy actor was the first boy whom they tested with him in a scene. thereafter, they tested him with all these other boys until he protested, saying, "hey, just bring back the first kid. he was perfect." i agree. a mistake on casting with the boy would have been an utter disaster for this show.

there is a summary review on this item's product page that is excellent, written by another Amazon reviewer. it gives all the plot details and actors' names. i suggest you read it next if you want further detail. give this show a try. only the pilot aired in january so that has to hold you until march, when it begins as series tv.
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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars TOUCH pilot -- mathematically mesmerizing! January 26, 2012
Kiefer Southerland returns to television in TOUCH, a Fox original drama about a 9/11 widower attempting to raise his emotionally disconnected 11-year-old son. Southerland plays Martin Bohm, whose wife died in the Twin Towers. His son Jake (David Mazouz) seems to be autistic - he doesn't speak (although he does provide occasional narration), he inexplicably climbs cell towers, and he can't stand to be touched. But what's really interesting about Jake is his propensity for mathematical patterns, which he sees everywhere in the world around him. In those patterns, Jake makes connections that are ultimately extraordinary.

The theme of TOUCH is that we are all connected in inexplicable ways. A man in Ireland takes a cell phone video of co-worker Kayla Graham performing in a local club. He tells Kayla she's going to end up a superstar, and then he slips the cell phone into a random backpack. By the end of the episode, that cell phone video is projected on a massive Times Square-style screen in Tokyo - superstardom, indeed!

This is just a small example of the often miraculous interconnections revealed in this episode. Jake is obsessed with numbers on busses, lottery tickets, cell phones, newspapers, and calendars, using them as road maps to people and events that can be life-changing. One such chain of numbers connects the firefighter who tried to save Martin's wife back on 9/11 with a winning lottery ticket and a bus filled with school children. These are global connections that are overwhelming in scope.

TOUCH also features Danny Glover as odd-but-brilliant mathematician Arthur Teller, who tries to explain to Martin how Jake is using something called the Fibonacci sequence to reveal the world's interconnected patterns. And Gugu Mbatha-Raw plays social worker Clea Hopkins, who doesn't believe Martin is capable of taking care of Jake - that is, until she begins to suspect that Jake's deductive powers truly are miraculous.

Overall, TOUCH is a unique and engaging drama that has great potential. It was written and directed by Tim Kring, of HEROES fame, and produced by the same bunch that gave us TERRA NOVA. I found the pilot to be complex and intriguing - this is a show you'll need to pay careful attention to, as characters and events become quickly interwoven in ways that could become confusing. It's also a show with a lot of heart - there's one particular sequence where a grieving father experiences unexpected grace in a very unexpected way. This is an emotionally gripping show that knows the difference between sentiment and sentimentality. You might find yourself tearing up as you watch TOUCH, but you will never feel manipulated. I highly recommend it - there's nothing else like it on TV today.

The show will begin showing new episodes in mid-March, 2012.
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3.0 out of 5 stars REAL MOVIE NEWS REVIEW
Although the premise seems slightly different, "Touch" has so many similarities "Heroes" that it becomes impossible not to compare the two. Read more
Published 2 days ago by Ryan
5.0 out of 5 stars Touch, the TV series
Finally, a new show I like that does not look like it is going to be cancelled. On to season 3!
Published 9 days ago by Janice L. Seales
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
Love this series best tv series of its kind ever with superb acting and outstanding production, i am totally impressed with this dvd
Published 11 days ago by Pam Meehan
5.0 out of 5 stars Touch
KS delivers, good concept, strong acting by co- stars. Guest appearances by A- listers. Good over bad always a good thing.
Published 17 days ago by W. coco
5.0 out of 5 stars I absolutely, positively love it!!!
Sutherland and Mazouz give stellar performances. Touch is more than thought provoking; its the human condition.
Kudos to the writers, director and producer.
Published 28 days ago by Sherial Tibbs
5.0 out of 5 stars Miss this show
One of the best shows on TV. Certainly the best Fox ever had.
Miss the series. The first season was probably the best. It set the tone for all the rest of the seasons. Read more
Published 28 days ago by Carol Vandegrift
5.0 out of 5 stars love it
The very first epidode got me hooked when I was looking for something to watch. Now I have to see them all and you never know what's going to happen.
Published 29 days ago by April Dawn Hutcheson
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!!! Fibonacci sequence relate film.
This movie was a seat clincher, it was so good I could not leave my seat for any reason while watching it. Wow, wortht he watch for sure!
Published 1 month ago by Deborah Bickett
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
I love this season of Touch. I will be buying Season 2 when available also. Very interesting and kepps you tryin g to figure it out constantly.
Published 1 month ago by Kathy Leslie
4.0 out of 5 stars There's a little bit of cheese in this show, but it's brie cheese
This is an enjoyable show, with a bit of cheesiness, but you can overlook the cheese, and enjoy the touch.
Published 1 month ago by lee
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