Martin learns that Jake is very special. He seems interconnected with people and things in inexplicable ways, such that it appears that he can see into the future, to a degree. Martin realizes Jake has been trying to communicate with him all along, through his obsession with certain numbers, and this behavior causes him to seek out the guidance of Dr. Arthur Teller (Danny Glover), a man who studied children with Jake's condition, but who has since been discredited. As Martin digs deeper into what makes his son tick, he realizes that events and people may be more interconnected than he first realized and he and his brilliant son may be mere pawns in someone's master plan.
Interestingly enough, a key character in every episode is a cell phone that makes its first appearance in Episode 1, when a man loses it at the airport where Martin works. The phone subsequently makes its way around the world, with each new person that finds it uploading videos and sharing information. The phone becomes a metaphor for communication in the series, popping up from time to time and bringing joy to people along the way. Just as we see the phone as a recurring character, so do we also see several people who found the phone as they continue their journeys. It's fun to watch the ways the show's creators intermingle these people with the storylines.
Touch: The Complete First Season is a really difficult show to sum up, without revealing all of its intricacies. It's one of those shows where you watch and you are intrigued, and then the episode ends and you are completely blown away, by how it intertwines all of these people and events together, and continues to do so throughout the season. The concept and execution is simply genius and we fell in love with the show. While it did slow down a little around the middle and there were one or two episodes that didn't come together quite as brilliantly as most of the others, it's a fantastic show with great actors the likes of Sutherland, Glover, Titus Welliver (Lost) and Maria Bello.
Special features are slim and include a handful of deleted scenes, the extended Pilot episode, and two featurettes on the making-of the show. All are worth watching, but none were near as mind-blowing as the episodes themselves. If you like your heartfelt dramas with a healthy dose of Sci-Fi, definitely check out Touch: The Complete First Season, because it's just terrific and you'd be doing yourself an injustice to miss it.
