"Touch" on FOX HD - Page 6

Originally Posted by petesimac

I think it actually enhances the narration because you get a window into what his character is thinking.

Originally Posted by Morpheo

The problem is if he's thinking like this, he's well aware of all the trouble he's causing, and most importantly if he's thinking like this, then he has no trauma then the show formula is pointless. Cause if he just refuses to talk he's an ass sorry. I'd rather have Kiefer doing the narration.

Originally Posted by jaypb

We are all on the same page that this kid is on the autism spectrum right?

We all know what the autism spectrum means from a communication/social interaction perspective right?

Originally Posted by Morpheo

Yes we are. Obviously I can't tell what's on the mind of an autistic person, and how this person formulates his thoughts. Maybe this example can seem silly, but remember Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man. The way he behaves never suggests that he can organize, so to speak, his thoughts like you and me. Yet, at the beginning of each episode in Touch, the kid makes perfect sentences and explains complex things without any difficulty. I don't criticize the fact that he's autistic and its relevance regarding the storyline, but the way he introduces each episode he looks pretty normal. So if it's indeed his character who's supposed to talk at the beginning of each episode, then his behavior is contradictory.

Originally Posted by vfxproducer

I think when you read the following, it makes it much easier to understand Jake's situation - or at least accept his narration.

Originally Posted by vfxproducer

I think when you read the following, it makes it much easier to understand Jake's situation - or at least accept his narration. This is an excerpt from a stage manager's daily performance report from a production of 'Harold and the Purple Crayon' staged at The Children's Theater Company in Minneapolis earlier this year.

PERFORMANCE NOTES: It was generally agreed by all that the show was kind of rough (tech wise). But after the show we learned that there was a 5 year old autistic child in the house. He had never spoken. But as the lights went down, he began to talk. In full sentences. He called the teacher by name. She had no idea he even knew her name. He was engaged in the show - at one point commenting to the teacher that if there is a dragon then there will be fire. And there was fire. He talked all throughout the show. When the lights came back up - he quit talking and returned to his world. So, yes, I could list all the little things that wrong today but that is not what this show is about. And that little boy certainly didn't see those things as he sat talking in the dark theatre watching Harold and the Purple Crayon.

It's also quite a statement on the power of live theater, but that's a discussion for a different web site.

Originally Posted by 73shark 

Hopefully the DVR sees it as a new episode since I'm out of town.

On FOX, an "extra episode" of Touch earned a 0.7 18-49 rating, down six tenths from last year's season finale.

Originally Posted by Charles R 

I finally caught the season premiere (one of only a few based on its ratings) and found it improved. Some what of a reboot especially with Maria Bello getting quite a bit of airtime. I think if this was the opening episode it would have served the series better as it might be too late to save.

Originally Posted by vfxproducer 

I hope more people agree with you about it being better this season, for the sake of the crew and their jobs. I'll be curious to see the ratings next week. My guess is that they will drop like a rock, unfortunately. I fear that all the people who were looking for something more like '24" had already tuned out last season, just leaving behind people who enjoyed the family-friendly 'Touched by an Angel"/"Highway to Heaven" aspect of helping random people each week improve their lives. Those family-friendly viewers most likely tuned out after about the second time (Not)Sylar cut the throat of somebody with special abilities. This show is one of the few TV dramas still shooting in Los Angeles. It would be nice if it sticks around for a while.

Originally Posted by diditagain 

Based on last night's ratings, I wouldn't be surprised to see Touch pulled from the schedule soon, with the rest of the episodes burned off this summer. Here are the ratings for the first three episodes (2-1 and 2-2 from 8pm and 9pm last week, 2-3 from last night at its regular 9pm slot):

Ep. 2-1: 3.94 million / 1.1 18-49 demo
Ep. 2-2: 3.59 million / 0.9 18-49 demo
Ep. 2-3: 2.53 million / 0.7 18-49 demo

While Friday is a dead night ratings-wise, I don't think any of the four major networks would be happy with a new episode of a Friday show getting a 0.7 in the demo (well, maybe if the show was incredibly cheap to produce, which Touch isn't, I'm sure).

Originally Posted by FOPA 

I am really enjoying this season, as well. I don't miss the Jake, Jake, Buddy, Buddy, constant yelling by Keifer. I think the addition of Maria Bello really helps the plot. She can go off either looking for her daughter or with Jake leaving Keifer to investigate his leads. Much more happens in an episode this way and I do like Bello as an actress. Wonder if they will become intimate. Do we know what happened to her husband or if she was married? I may just forgetting that bit of backstory.

Originally Posted by FOPA 

Do we know what happened to her husband or if she was married? I may just forgetting that bit of backstory.

Originally Posted by zeus33 

Remember when her story line was injected into the show? I don't exactly, but something to the extent that the husband wants her to stop looking for the daughter.

Originally Posted by vfxproducer 

She appeared in episode 1.11 last season where they were finding the trash from the Japanese tsunami washed up on the beach in California. And I think the specific conversation with her husband was in episode 1.12.