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Season 1 is the first season of the Fox drama series Touch. It was comprised of thirteen episodes, and originally premiered on January 25, 2012.

Then the series ran regularly after March the 22nd 2012. The season contained twelve 45 minute episodes. The average viewing for the season was 8.11 million. The highest viewed episode was "Pilot", bringing in 12.01 million viewers.

The season premiered with a special preview event on January 25, 2012 and began as an official series on March 22, 2012, following the rebroadcast of the pilot episode on March 15. FOX officially placed a thirteen-episode order for the first season on September 22, 2011. The majority of the season, episodes 1 through 12, aired in the first half of 2012, while Episode 13, The Road Not Taken, a special bonus episode, aired September 14, 2012.

Plot[]

Jake's repeated escapes from special schools put Martin's capacity to raise the child in question, and social worker Clea Hopkins (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) arrives to perform an evaluation of Jake's living conditions. Martin, worried that he might lose his son, attempts to communicate with him, but the boy only continues to write down a specific pattern of numbers. This leads Martin to discover Professor Arthur Teller (Danny Glover), who has seen and worked with cases like this before, claiming that Jake is one of the few who can see the "pain of the universe" through the numbers. Teller also alludes to the interconnectivity of humanity as envisioned by the Chinese legend of the red string of fate, whereby actions, seen and unseen, can change the fate of people across the globe for the better. Martin realizes that Jake is trying to tell him to follow the numbers. On subsequent days, Martin does as Jake wants, each time finding his actions improving those touched by the numbers, though his devotion to following Jake's message puts his evaluation with social services at risk.

A larger overarching plot involves Teller's work. Teller himself had seen the numbers during a stroke and has been fascinated with them since. The sequence of numbers that Jake presents falls into what Teller claimed was the Amelia Sequence (later known as the God Sequence), based on Amelia Robbins, who was one of his former child patients. Teller later is found dead after attempting to locate Amelia at the same facility where Jake spends his days. Martin discovers Teller's old office, rented out from a Jewish synagogue, where he had been performing further research on the Amelia Sequence. He also learns that Teller's office mate, Avram (Bodhi Elfman), recognizes Jake as one of the 36 Righteous Ones. Meanwhile, Clea learns that an organization called Aster Corps, which provides Jake's school with modern equipment, seems intent on studying Jake's abilities as well as having ties to Teller's previous work with Amelia. When Aster Corps attempts to force the state to relinquish Martin's custody rights, Martin, with Clea's help, is able to sneak Jake out and leave the city. Through Jake's directions, they end up meeting Amelia's mother, Lucy (Maria Bello), on a pier in Los Angeles.

Cast[]

Starring[]

  • Kiefer Sutherland as Martin Bohm: a former journalist turned baggage handler, whose wife died in the September 11 attacks.
  • David Mazouz as Jake Bohm: Martin's mute 11-year-old son, who is obsessed with numbers and can see past, present and future events through numbers, and shows his father the numbers so that his father can help stop bad events from happening
  • Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Clea Hopkins: a social worker who is sent to do an evaluation of the Bohms' living situation, and helps Martin and Jake escape from New York.
  • Danny Glover as Professor Arthur Teller: an expert on the gifted few who possess numerical clairvoyance.
  • Maria Bello as Lucy Robbins: the mother of Amelia, a girl who shares a gift similar to that of Jake and former client of Teller.

Guest Stars[]

  • Bodhi Elfman as Avram Hadar: a Hasidic Jew who shares an office with Teller. A student of Kabbalah, Avram believes Jake's special abilities are tied to this mysticism.
  • Frances Fisher as Nicole Farington: CEO of Aster Corps who tries to decipher the God Sequence in order to predict the future to the advantage of Aster Corps.
  • Mykelti Williamson as Detective Lange: an LAPD detective who believes Martin's story enough to investigate Aster Corps.
  • Adam Campbell as Anthony "Tony" Rigby: an Aster Corps executive who reports to Farington and is complicit in keeping Amelia away from her mother.
  • Leland Orser as Dr. Linus: an Aster Corps employee in charge of the dangerous experiments being conducted on select members of the 36 at Aster Corps' Sleep Assessment Center. The experiments are disguised as treatment for sleep disorders, but are actually being used to complete the predictive number sequence for Aster Corps.
  • D. B. Sweeney as Joseph Tanner: Aster Corps enforcer who works directly under Farington orders.
  • Titus Welliver as Randall Meade: New York Lottery winner and a former firefighter who tried to rescue Martin's wife in the September 11 attacks. Meade believes he has a task to fulfill to atone for Sarah Bohm's death, which is driven by "his" numbers.
  • Roxana Brusso as Sheri Strepling: the corrupt director of the board-and-care facility that Jake attended.
  • Catherine Dent as Abigail Kelsey: Jake's aunt and an Aster Corps executive seeking custody of Jake.
  • Linda Gehringer as Frances Norburg: Calvin's mother, a middle-school librarian who is called to be Amelia's handler after the girl is kidnapped. She is murdered under orders from Aster Corps.
  • Samantha Whittaker as Dr. Nell Plimpton: an archaeologist and one of the 36 who comes to Los Angeles to Aster Corps' Sleep Assessment Center.
  • May Miyata and Satomi Okuno as Miyoko and Izumi: Flamboyant Japanese friends whose online presence runs throughout the first season, beginning with a cellular telephone that they receive from an international journey.

Episodes[]

# Image Title Writer Director Air Date Viewers
1 S1E01 "Pilot" Francis Lawrence Tim Kring January 25, 2012 12.01[1]
Martin Bohm, a widower, former journalist, and single father attempts to communicate with his mute and autistic/emotionally-challenged 11 year-old son Jake through numbers (318), with the assistance of social worker Clea Hopkins and Professor Arthur Teller.
2 S1E02 "1+1=3" Ian Toynton Tim Kring March 22, 2012[2] 11.81 [3]
Martin is led to a pawn shop where a robbery triggers a sequence of unpredictable events that connect a distraught flight attendant in New York, a son visiting from India on a mission to spread his father’s ashes, a middle school magician in Moscow, a cancer patient in New York and a mobster in the Bronx.
3 S1E03 "Safety in Numbers" Stephen Williams Carol Barbee March 29, 2012[4] 8.92[5]
When Martin comes in contact with a homeless man who possesses the same obsession with numbers as Jake, he sets out on a series of seemingly unrelated tasks that connect an abused African woman, a group of African boys entering a dance competition and an outgoing woman at California's famed Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Meanwhile, Teller pays a visit to Jake's board-and-care facility and emotions run high for Clea.
4 S1E04 "Kite Strings" Tucker Gates Melinda Hsu Taylor April 5, 2012[6] 7.15[7]
Martin crosses paths with a young man who has a history with his deceased wife, Sarah. A couple managing an online instrument repair business work with an Iraqi heavy metal band that has a teenage follower who is looking to share his comedic talent with an American soldier (guest star Sprague Grayden) in Baghdad. But the soldier has troubles of her own when her convoy is ambushed, forcing her to hide in the Iraqi desert.
5 S1E05 "Entanglement" Milan Cheylov Chris Levinson April 12, 2012[8] 8.17[9]
Martin gets his laptop stolen on the day Jake is scheduled for an important evaluation. As a result, he becomes ensnared in a young Salvadoran woman's quest to avenge the death of her family. Meanwhile, Teller tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter. Also, a spirited Saudi Arabian girl tries to break free of the societal constraints imposed on her and a Montreal doctor attempts to meet a stranger on a train.
6 S1E06 "Lost and Found" Stephen Williams Robert Levine April 19, 2012[10] 7.32[11]
As Martin and Clea work together to uncover a shocking development involving Clea's mentally-challenged mother, Teller steps into trouble when he visits Jake at the board-and-care facility. Meanwhile, a plane crash survivor seeks new purpose to his existence and a Chinese couple struggles to find balance between work and life.
7 S1E07 "Noosphere Rising" Gwyneth Horder Payton Tim Kring & Carol Barbee April 26, 2012[12] 6.43[13]
Martin attempts to find Teller's mysterious workshop and winds up aiding another professor, Logan, to win big at poker. Meanwhile, a young Italian man creates a viral video to track down the love of his life, whom he only met in passing, and a city slicker who plans to sell off his dead father's ranch, winds up learning a lesson from a horse that makes him appreciate the rural life his father chose. Then, Martin's sister-in-law, Abigail Kelsey, visits Clea and Jake at the board-and-care facility, much to Martin's dismay.
8 S1E08 "Zone of Exclusion" Adam Kane Chris Levinson May 3, 2012[14] 6.72[15]
Following numbers from Jake, Martin helps reunite a French woman with her biological mother and twin sister, then he attempts to find the person responsible for their estrangement. In the meantime, a superstitious young Italian woman is fretting when her astronaut husband loses contact with earth.
9 S1E09 "Music of the Spheres" Michael Waxman Rob Fresco May 10, 2012[16] 6.84[17]
Martin exposes a corrupt parole officer (guest star Scott Michael Campbell), and a Brazilian street musician (guest star Louis Ferreira) uses his guitar to win the heart of a beautiful woman. In addition, Jake bonds with another mute boy (guest star Tre C. Roberts), while Clea and Martin learn new information about one of Teller's key patients.
10 S1E10 "Tessellations" Jon Cassar Zach Craley May 17, 2012[18] 6.02[19]
When Martin is mistaken for a criminal, he must involve himself with a heist crew in order to win back an innocent dock worker's job. Meanwhile, an Israeli boy (guest star Sean Peavy) and Palestinian girl (guest star Eden Modiano) fight to keep their relationship afloat. Clea uncovers some surprising documents about Jake, while Martin and his late wife's sister (guest star Catherine Dent) meet to make a pivotal decision.
11 S1E11 "Gyre, Part 1" Nelson McCormick Carol Barbee & Robert Levine May 31, 2012 [20] 4.58[21]
As the Aster Corporation increases their interest in Jake, Martin joins forces with Abigail (guest star Catherine Dent) as the stakes of Jake's custody escalate. When Avram (guest star Bodhi Elfman) reiterates to Martin that Jake and Amelia, a presumed dead girl with similar characteristics as Jake, are connected, Martin sets out on a passionate mission to uncover the truth. Meanwhile, circumstances intensify when Lucy (guest star Maria Bello) enters the picture and seemingly unrelated events are tied together.
12 S1E12 "Gyre, Part 2" Greg Beeman Tim Kring & Rob Fresco May 31, 2012 [22] 4.60[23]
As the Aster Corporation increases their interest in Jake, Martin joins forces with Abigail (guest star Catherine Dent) as the stakes of Jake's custody escalate. When Avram (guest star Bodhi Elfman) reiterates to Martin that Jake and Amelia, a presumed dead girl with similar characteristics as Jake, are connected, Martin sets out on a passionate mission to uncover the truth. Meanwhile, circumstances intensify when Lucy (guest star Maria Bello) enters the picture and seemingly unrelated events are tied together.
13 S1E13 "The Road Not Taken" Nelson McCormick Melinda Hsu Taylor September 14, 2012 3.07
In the bonus episode, Martin's car mysteriously breaks down in the town where he got his start as a reporter. When he begins to suspect that his mentor is involved in illegal activities, he risks breaking up their friendship in order to search for the truth.

Production[]

Touch season one was shot at The Culver Studios in Culver City, California, and on location in Los Angeles.

Trivia[]

Gallery[]

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