Ep 1. Pilot

The show Touch (2012) follows the life of Martin Bohm, a widowed father who struggles to connect with his 11-year-old son, Jake, who is autistic and has never spoken a word. The episode Pilot begins with Martin being told by the school principal that Jake has been identified as a special needs child. Martin is frustrated because he knows there is more to his son than meets the eye, but he doesn't know how to reach him.

Meanwhile, we also meet Arthur Teller, a professor and a former child psychologist at the State Mental Hospital who believes that Jake is more than just an autistic child. He claims that Jake has special abilities that allow him to see patterns in the world that are invisible to the rest of us. He describes Jake as a "living, breathing, thinking calculator," and he thinks that Jake can see the connections between everything.

As Martin struggles to understand his son, he learns that Jake is obsessed with numbers and patterns, and he communicates through numbers and patterns. Jake has been writing down a series of numbers every day, and Martin decides to investigate. He discovers that the numbers are actually dates of major global events, and that they are somehow connected.

Martin begins to believe that Jake is trying to communicate with him, but he doesn't understand what the numbers mean. He seeks help from an old friend, Avram, who is a professor of numerology and who has studied the connections between numbers and events. Avram is initially skeptical, but he decides to help Martin investigate.

As the episode progresses, Martin and Avram begin to uncover connections between the numbers that Jake has been writing down and major global events. They discover that the numbers are linked to a young girl in Tokyo who is predicting earthquakes, a single mother in New York who is in danger of losing her daughter, and a young man in Iraq who is trying to reunite with his family.

Despite the seemingly random connections, Martin becomes convinced that there is a greater purpose behind the numbers, and that Jake is the key to unlocking their meaning. With the help of Arthur Teller and his own intuition, Martin begins to piece together the puzzle. The episode ends on a dramatic cliffhanger, as Martin races to stop a catastrophic event that is unfolding in New York City.

Overall, the episode Pilot sets up the premise of the show and introduces the audience to the characters and their motivations. It also establishes the central mystery of the series – the connection between the numbers that Jake has been writing down and the events that they foretell. The episode is well-paced and engaging, and sets the stage for the rest of the series.