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Title: Touch (Season 2 - 2013)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on February 16, 2013, 06:39:33 am
Touch (Season 2)

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Episodes

Episode 1: Event Horizon (http://www.hulu.com/watch/454599#play-queued-show-by-original_premiere_date-asc)

Episode 2: Closer (http://www.hulu.com/watch/454593#play-queued-show-by-original_premiere_date-asc)

Episode 3: Enemy of My Enemy (http://www.hulu.com/watch/456065#play-queued-show-by-original_premiere_date-asc)

Episode 4: Perfect Storm (http://www.hulu.com/watch/457806#play-queued-show-by-original_premiere_date-asc)

Episode 5: Eye to Eye (http://www.hulu.com/watch/460038#play-queued-show-by-original_premiere_date-asc)

Episode 6: Broken (http://www.hulu.com/watch/463246#play-queued-show-by-original_premiere_date-asc)

Episode 7: Ghost (http://www.hulu.com/watch/467236#play-queued-show-by-original_premiere_date-asc)

Episode 8: Reunions (http://www.hulu.com/watch/468142#play-queued-show-by-original_premiere_date-asc)

Episode 9: Clockwork (http://www.hulu.com/watch/471135#play-queued-show-by-original_premiere_date-asc)

Episode 10: Two Of A Kind (http://www.hulu.com/watch/472762#play-queued-show-by-original_premiere_date-asc)

Episode 11: Accused (http://www.hulu.com/watch/481451#play-queued-show-by-original_premiere_date-asc)

Episode 12: Fight or Flight (http://www.hulu.com/watch/486006#play-queued-show-by-original_premiere_date-asc)

Episode 13: Leviathan (http://www.hulu.com/watch/487129#play-queued-show-by-original_premiere_date-asc)
Title: Re: Touch (Season 2 - 2013)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on February 16, 2013, 06:39:48 am
Added Episode 1: Event Horizon
Title: Re: Touch (Season 2 - 2013)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on February 16, 2013, 07:32:48 am
Event Horizon
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Another show that took an incredibly long time to get back on the air is Touch. The show was originally suppose to return in October. Well, that didn't work out, huh? They pushed this back another 4 months. Much like my views regarding how NBC is handling Revolution, FOX is clearly dropping the ball with Touch as I know most will have assumed this was cancelled already. Anyway, onto the actual episode at hand....

I was able to immediately get right back into the groove of the show and this coming after the fact that I can't remember much of what happened in Season 1. But as soon as you pick up the thread of the conspiracies, everything fell back into place. I like the addition of Lukas Haas as Calvin, another 'Super Genius' on the show. Well, that's what we were led to believe. The big twist at the end is that he is holding Amelia against her will. My guess is that he is getting all the numbers and formulas from her and passing it off as his own. But what his end game is, I don't know. He botched a billion dollar contract on purpose. So, money doesn't seem to interest him. Anyway, it's a nice twist that adds to the show.

Glad to see Maria Bello sticking around for a while. I was sure that she would only be doing a couple of episodes before they wrote her off the show.
Title: Re: Touch (Season 2 - 2013)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on February 16, 2013, 07:46:23 am
Added Episode 2: Closer
Title: Re: Touch (Season 2 - 2013)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on February 16, 2013, 08:44:56 am
Closer
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Starting with the last episode and continuing with this one, the show is starting to feel more like 24. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? I'm not sure. I do like that so far this season the plot is more geared toward a larger arc which makes it more of a serial, which I am a huge fan of. But I also liked those "stand alone" episodes from Season 1. There is a big addition this season and that is the Serial Killer guy who is killing off people that have the same ability as Jake, which adds more tension to the show. This is where the 24 angle kicks in as Martin is going to eventually have a showdown with this guy and it's not gonna be pretty. Bring on Jack Bauer!
Title: Re: Touch (Season 2 - 2013)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on February 23, 2013, 07:21:13 am
Added Episode 3: Enemy of My Enemy
Title: Re: Touch (Season 2 - 2013)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on February 23, 2013, 08:25:02 am
Enemy of My Enemy
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Well, Martin and Lucy just took a step closer in figuring out who or more to the point, what the objective is by the 'man with the neck scar'. Its gotta be incredibly scary and creepy for Lucy to find a photo of him in the background at Amelia's birthday party. Speaking of Amelia, I like the character. I wonder if she is playing her captor's for her own endgame. I would imagine that someone with her special skills could easily walk out the front door given that she can "see things into the future" based on patterns.
Title: Re: Touch (Season 2 - 2013)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on March 02, 2013, 05:54:17 am
Added Episode 4: Perfect Storm
Title: Re: Touch (Season 2 - 2013)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on March 02, 2013, 06:58:45 am
Perfect Storm
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I wasn't expecting them to give up the identity of the Serial Killer so soon. I figured it would be a cat and mouse chase as Martin tracked down who he is and what his purpose is, which could have run the entire season. Should have known that as soon as Avram popped up that he would be the one to figured this all out. Some pretty good twist at the end. Now Martin has to worry about 2 people (Calvin and Killer) coming for Jake.
Title: Re: Touch (Season 2 - 2013)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on March 09, 2013, 05:48:27 am
Added Episode 5: Eye to Eye
Title: Re: Touch (Season 2 - 2013)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on March 09, 2013, 06:54:26 am
Eye to Eye
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Another fantastic episode. I loved how Jake and Amelia were able to "communicate" with each other by way of Donkey Kong and then find each other down at the pier. I thought the scene with Lucy finding and then losing Amelia again was heartbreaking. To get that close to reconnecting with a child, only to have them snatched away again is brutal. I'm not surprised that this would be a moment where she would later run down Calvin in the parking lot with her truck. Not sure if he is dead. My guess he is not and that she will take him hostage as leverage to get her daughter back. The other big reveal is that we find out that the Serial Killer is actually one of the 36, the same people he is hunting down.
Title: Re: Touch (Season 2 - 2013)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on March 17, 2013, 05:25:26 am
Added Episode 6: Broken
Title: Re: Touch (Season 2 - 2013)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on March 17, 2013, 06:27:24 am
Broken
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So, my guess is that Astor Corp is the one that killed Calvin's Mother and took Amelia away. It's the obvious choice and I'm pretty sure that it was Calvin's partner, the one from earlier in the season that let Martin take the files from the computer. He hasn't been seen since and that's why I think it's him. I say it's the obvious choice and it's not entirely exciting from a writing stand point to go there. So, that leads me to believe we have another entry into the equation. Who or what that is remains to be seen.

Obviously it's not the Serial Killer Priest. But he did arrive in L.A. at the end of the episode. Not sure what to make of his character. He was being groomed as the shows Villain. But in this episode, they have him save the hiker, talk him out of suicide and returned to his family unharmed. So, does this mean that the character will in fact be the one that "saves" Jake at the end of the day, only to reveal and far more sinister villain? The options of where the story can go seems to be unlimited.
Title: Re: Touch (Season 2 - 2013)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on March 23, 2013, 01:11:00 pm
Added Episode 7: Ghost
Title: Re: Touch (Season 2 - 2013)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on March 23, 2013, 03:09:52 pm
Ghost
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It's official, the series after just only 7 episodes into the second season has jumped the shark. Good gawd, that was a pretty bad episode to begin with. The pacing was just weird, the music with that constant 'droning' was unbearable to listen to, but the kicker was Jake communicating telepathically. I was able to at least buy it that he could with Amelia, but when he started having a conversation with Guillermo, the serial killer, that's when I slapped my forehead and said 'what the f*ck'. Sheesh, what was this? Yes, I get that Guillermo has the same ability....but still.
Title: Re: Touch (Season 2 - 2013)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on March 30, 2013, 10:58:07 am
Added Episode 8: Reunions
Title: Re: Touch (Season 2 - 2013)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on March 30, 2013, 11:58:53 am
Reunions
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The title of the episode should have clued me in as to what was about to happen. I wasn't expecting a rescue mission already. Figured they were gonna drag it out as long as possible. Well, it was nice to see Amelia reunited with her mother. Unfortunately it was short lived. Based on what we see at the end, Aster Corp agents gunned down Lucy. But and this is a big BUT, we don't actually see her body. We don't see her actually getting hit. So, I'm gonna hold onto that and hope this isn't the last we will see of Bello. I like her and the character she plays. Besides, it will leave a bad taste if Amelia can't have that happy ending she deserves. My guess is that Lucy is alive and will be used as leverage to lure Amelia out of hiding. But Martin will definitely have something to say about that.

I particularly liked the reunion Calvin had with his brother. But, that too was short lived as he slipped back into his vegetative state.
Title: Re: Touch (Season 2 - 2013)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on April 06, 2013, 08:04:13 am
Added Episode 9: Clockwork
Title: Re: Touch (Season 2 - 2013)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on April 06, 2013, 09:02:26 am
Clockwork
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I want more, more, more! Awesome episode for one reason and one reason only: Annie Wersching. I love her on 24 as Renee Walker, so it was a thrill for me to see her pop up on Touch. It was a mini-reunion between Renee and Jack. Okay, not those characters, but you get what I mean. I have to think (and hope) that she will return in the future, given the fact that her father in this episode is one of the 36. But with him being executed on death row, it's up in the air how she will be brought back. As for my theory about Lucy possibly still alive, that was dashed at the end of the episode when Martin learns of her fate. In the words of Jack Bauer: Damn it!!
Title: Re: Touch (Season 2 - 2013)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on April 13, 2013, 05:41:29 am
Added Episode 10: Two Of A Kind
Title: Re: Touch (Season 2 - 2013)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on April 13, 2013, 06:44:57 am
Two Of A Kind
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Jake says his first words at the start of the episode and then smiles at the end. I guess he is finally coming out of his shell. Well, it will be slow to say the least, but I like seeing that and hearing there is progress on his part. This episode was more about introducing new characters than anything else. We have Frances Fischer (small cameo last week), Mykelti Williamson and Samantha Whittaker joining the cast. They each look to have a bigger role planned for them. Guillermo Ortiz served his purpose in relaying information to Martin about the 'nest of the seven' before taking his own life. One thing I find curious is that Avram is obviously hiding knowledge of the seven from Martin. I always suspected he knew more than we have been led to believe.
Title: Re: Touch (Season 2 - 2013)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on May 04, 2013, 06:01:13 pm
Added Episode 11: Accused
Title: Re: Touch (Season 2 - 2013)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on May 04, 2013, 06:56:46 pm
Accused
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Poor Avram, I guess that's what you get for trying to protect Jake. Martin was being way too irrational. He absolutely should know better that there is no "keeping Jake on a leash". If Jake wants to investigate numbers or anything else, he will do just that. When has Martin ever been able to reel him in and keep him in place? Exactly.
Title: Re: Touch (Season 2 - 2013)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on May 11, 2013, 06:23:12 am
Added Episode 12: Fight or Flight
Title: Re: Touch (Season 2 - 2013)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on May 11, 2013, 07:49:52 am
Fight or Flight
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There is so much potential in what to do story-wise with the series. But I've heard the likelihood of the series coming back for a third season is pretty much out the window. So, with how they ended this episode with Jake and Amelia getting kidnapped by Astor Corp, I'm not confident that they are going to be able to tie up all the loose ends with just one episode left. And there is of course the story involving Avram as well, which too looks like its got a big hill to climb in resolving that.
Title: Re: Touch (Season 2 - 2013)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on May 11, 2013, 07:53:22 am
FOX Cancels Kiefer Sutherland's 'Touch' After Two Seasons (http://screencrush.com/fox-touch-cancelled-kiefer-sutherland/)

Yep. Just as I suspected, the show was already cancelled. With such short turn around time, I highly doubt we are going to get a satisfying conclusion. Ugh.
Title: Re: Touch (Season 2 - 2013)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on May 18, 2013, 05:12:07 am
Added Episode 13: Leviathan
Title: Re: Touch (Season 2 - 2013)
Post by: Chiprocks1 on May 18, 2013, 06:26:10 am
Leviathan
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With the show being cancelled, my fear was that we wouldn't get any kind of closure on the series. Well, the wrapped everything up. But I wouldn't say it was to my satisfaction. Everything was ramped up exponentially that it just felt incredibly forced. It wrapped up a little too fast if you ask me. Beggars can't be choosers. At least nothing is hanging over the characters and the viewers heads wondering "what next". Anyway, time to bring on 24.........