A Touch Too Much?

A couple months ago Fox premiered a new show, Touch, starring Kiefer Sutherland. The basic premise of the show is that Kiefer is a single dad (wife died in the Towers on 9/11) and he has an autistic son. His son can see the patterns of the world, lives intertwined and crossing, as a series of numbers. Using those numbers he gets his dad (Kiefer) to help some situations come together the way they were meant to.

The first episode was good. As a wanna-be writer I can see how difficult it would be to make the various situations all come together in a way that works and still relate to the numbers that Jake (the son) gives Kiefer. I liked the first episode,it was well crafted, but was a bit worried about how well it would translate to a regular series.

The regular series (months after the first episode appeared) finally aired. We watched the second episode (the first being a rerun of the premiere from months ago) the other night.

It's still a well crafted show. It takes alot of work to make those divergent people all cross paths in the way needed and still provide motivation for why/how they get to where they are. Like the premiere, some of the connections feel forced, but it still comes across decently.

The show has potential, but not if it ends up being the same thing over and over. But I don't see what can be added to keep the show fresh.

It has some comparasions to Alcatraz. That show has the same plot ('63 returns to present day, must stop them) but there's some mysteries throughout and most of the episodes end up answering part of the questions or adding a new question. So it keeps the repeat premise fresh.

Touch needs that, but I can't see where/how it will come from. And any potential aspect added will only come across as forced. Which won't help the show at all.

Also, Kiefer is annoying. He says the same things over and over and over. Big negative.