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Martin Bohm, a widower and single father, is haunted by an inability to connect to his autistic, mute 11-year-old son, Jake. Their relationship and their lives take an extraordinary turn when he discovers his gifted son

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Touch Season 2 Episode 11 - Accused
    7.2/10(295 votes)

    #1 - Accused

    S2:E11

    Martin rolls the dice with the authorities when he attempts to clear his name and spill the beans to a skeptical Detective Lange. As a result, Det. Lange escalates the investigation and issues an APB on a key player. Meanwhile, unforeseen events unfold when Jake leads Avram on a mission to a possible member of "The Righteous 36". Following Calvin Norburg’s recent meeting with Aster Corps executive Nicole Farington, their nefarious mission accelerates and it’s up to Martin to stop it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Touch Season 1 Episode 13 - The Road Not Taken
    7.3/10(376 votes)

    #2 - The Road Not Taken

    S1:E13

    In an all-new bonus episode, Martin's car mysteriously breaks down in the town where he first became a reporter. When he begins to suspect his mentor is involved in illegal activity there, he risks severing their friendship in order to find the truth.

    Director:Nelson McCormick
    Writer:Melinda Hsu Taylor

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  3. Touch Season 1 Episode 7 - Noosphere Rising
    7.4/10(487 votes)

    #3 - Noosphere Rising

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Gwyneth Horder-Payton
    Writers:Carol Barbee, Tim Kring

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  4. Touch Season 2 Episode 4 - Perfect Storm
    7.4/10(298 votes)

    #4 - Perfect Storm

    S2:E4

    Unforeseen developments at Aster Corps force Martin to make a nail-biting decision and strike a deal with someone unexpected. Meanwhile, Lucy visits the police with new information about Amelia’s kidnapping and Avram (guest star Bodhi Elfman) spots Guillermo in New York and warns Martin and Jake that he’s on the hunt for them.

    Director:Nelson McCormick
    Writer:Jennifer M. Johnson

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  5. Touch Season 2 Episode 6 - Broken
    7.4/10(307 votes)

    #5 - Broken

    S2:E6

    After three years of searching for Amelia, Lucy’s frustration and fury peaks. When she takes matters with Calvin into her own hands, he offers an unthinkable deal for Amelia’s return. As Martin and Jake search for Lucy, they enlist Trevor at Breakwire to help. Meanwhile, Guillermo is reeling from his recent sins in Mexico, and he makes some life-changing decisions after running into a defeated man hiking through the Arizona desert.

    Director:Matt Earl Beesley
    Writers:Karyn Usher, Tim Kring

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  6. Touch Season 1 Episode 6 - Lost and Found
    7.5/10(479 votes)

    #6 - Lost and Found

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Stephen Williams
    Writer:Robert Levine

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  7. Touch Season 1 Episode 8 - Zone of Exclusion
    7.5/10(445 votes)

    #7 - Zone of Exclusion

    S1:E8

    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.

    Director:Adam Kane
    Writer:Chris Levinson

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  8. Touch Season 1 Episode 9 - Music of the Spheres
    7.5/10(428 votes)

    #8 - Music of the Spheres

    S1:E9

    Martin exposes a corrupt parole officer, and a Brazilian street musician uses his guitar to win the heart of a beautiful woman. In addition, Jake bonds with another mute boy, while Clea and Martin learn new information about one of Teller’s key patients.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Touch Season 1 Episode 10 - Tessellations
    7.5/10(419 votes)

    #9 - Tessellations

    S1:E10

    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 and Palestinian girl fight to keep their relationship afloat. Clea uncovers some surprising documents about Jake, while Martin and his late wife’s sister meet to make a pivotal decision.

    Director:Jon Cassar
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Touch Season 2 Episode 1 - Event Horizon
    7.5/10(362 votes)

    #10 - Event Horizon

    S2:E1

    Not knowing what life holds for them once they reach Los Angeles, Martin and Jake, on the run from the authorities, immediately meet Lucy Robbins, Amelia's mother, upon their arrival. Lucy has been looking for her daughter now for three years, and is encouraged by her meeting with Martin. However, their relationship may not be totally harmonious as Lucy will do absolutely anything in order to track down Amelia.

    Director:Nelson McCormick
    Writer:Tim Kring

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  11. Touch Season 2 Episode 2 - Closer
    7.5/10(324 votes)

    #11 - Closer

    S2:E2

    Martin and Lucy become aware of the importance of Calvin Norburg in finding Amelia. As it is near impossible to get close to Calvin due to this publicity, Martin and Trevor believe the best way to gain access to Calvin is through Vikash. Although Martin does manage to gain access to Vikash, he finds that he must first assist Vikash on his latest personal mission.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Touch Season 2 Episode 3 - Enemy of My Enemy
    7.5/10(315 votes)

    #12 - Enemy of My Enemy

    S2:E3

    Martin’s mission to uncover clues and expose the potentially sinister Aster Corps has global consequences when an Aster Corps employee is crossing the border in Pakistan. Meanwhile, ruthless religious zealot Guillermo continues to track down "The Righteous 36", and Jake leads Lucy to a woman with alarming connections to her missing daughter Amelia.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Touch Season 2 Episode 5 - Eye to Eye
    7.5/10(301 votes)

    #13 - Eye to Eye

    S2:E5

    A race against time is triggered after Jake contacts Amelia with coordinates to a meeting location and both manage to escape their supervision. As Martin and Lucy desperately search for their gifted and determined kids, they uncover some critical details about Calvin’s brain-damaged brother. Meanwhile in Mexico, Guillermo confesses his sins to a priest and faces a brutal decision.

    Director:Milan Cheylov
    Writer:Barry O'Brien

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  14. Touch Season 1 Episode 2 - 1 + 1 = 3
    7.6/10(750 votes)

    #14 - 1 + 1 = 3

    S1:E2

    Martin is led to a pawn shop by his son Jake, 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. It’s up to Jake and Martin to link the thread between them all.

    Director:Ian Toynton
    Writer:Tim Kring

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  15. Touch Season 2 Episode 7 - Ghosts
    7.6/10(323 votes)

    #15 - Ghosts

    S2:E7

    During a rare rainy Los Angeles evening, Martin and Jake head to Breakwire to enlist the help of his old friend Dutch, a grizzled ex-Navy Seal. When the lights go out in the building, the storm is suspected, but all hell breaks loose when Guillermo enters the premises. As the intensity ratchets up and people turn up dead, Jake’s ability to communicate with Amelia proves to be critical in defending his life.

    Director:Seith Mann
    Writer:David Eick

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  16. Touch Season 2 Episode 12 - Fight or Flight
    7.6/10(265 votes)

    #16 - Fight or Flight

    S2:E12

    With the Aster Corps quarterly report just days away, executive Nicole Farington becomes increasingly desperate and the pressure is on for Calvin Norburg to deliver results from the company’s ongoing study of "The Righteous 36". Following an intense encounter with Aster Corps enforcer Tanner, Martin schemes alongside Trevor Wilcox, who puts it all on the line to go undercover and prevent the company’s distressed executives from harming innocent test subjects in the name of corporate greed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Touch Season 1 Episode 5 - Entanglement
    7.7/10(603 votes)

    #17 - Entanglement

    S1:E5

    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.

    Director:Milan Cheylov
    Writer:Chris Levinson

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  18. Touch Season 1 Episode 11 - Gyre (1)
    7.7/10(430 votes)

    #18 - Gyre (1)

    S1:E11

    In the first part of a two-part season finale, the Aster Corporation increases its interest in Jake, which forces Martin to join forces with Abigail Kelsey. When Avram convinces Martin that Jake and Amelia are connected, Martin begins a quest to uncover the truth. Meanwhile, the situation is intensified when Lucy, a mother whose daughter shares the same gift as Jake, becomes involved in the mission and the seemingly unrelated events are tied together.

    Director:Nelson McCormick
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Touch Season 2 Episode 10 - Two of a Kind
    7.7/10(303 votes)

    #19 - Two of a Kind

    S2:E10

    As Jake uses a cipher to locate Amelia, Martin tracks a bloody path to Guillermo, who is stalking Dr. Nell Plimpton, someone we’ve seen before and one of "The Righteous 36". Meanwhile, Calvin Norburg meets with Nicole Farington, the uber-competent CEO of Aster Corps, who introduces him to the first quantum computer in an attempt to woo him back to the company. When different roads lead to the same location, lives are lost as shocking events unfold.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Touch Season 1 Episode 4 - Kite Strings
    7.8/10(570 votes)

    #20 - Kite Strings

    S1:E4

    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 in Baghdad. But the soldier has troubles of her own when her convoy is ambushed, forcing her to hide in the Iraqi desert. Then, a lottery winner comes upon a depressed pastor.

    Director:Tucker Gates
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Touch Season 2 Episode 9 - Clockwork
    7.8/10(315 votes)

    #21 - Clockwork

    S2:E9

    As Martin tracks down Philip Green, a man that Jake led him to, he learns that Mr. Greene was Dr. Teller’s first patient and is on death row for the triple murder of Aster Corps employees. With the execution in a matter of hours, Martin rushes to the prison to look for answers, but Mr. Green won’t reveal anything unless he is reunited with his estranged daughter – Dr. Kate Gordon. Will the numbers add up when time is of the essence and lives are at stake?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Touch Season 2 Episode 13 - Leviathan
    7.8/10(318 votes)

    #22 - Leviathan

    S2:E13

    As Aster Corps closes in on the completion of the number sequence that could catapult them to the top of the global economy, determined executive Nicole Farington (guest star Frances Fisher) stops at nothing with her two new test subjects. Meanwhile, Martin and Trevor are on an intense mission of their own to interrogate Aster Corps heavy Tanner for answers. As Jake and Amelia remain at the epicenter of these critical events, it’s a race against time for Martin to save them before Aster Corps changes the world forever.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Touch Season 1 Episode 3 - Safety in Numbers
    7.9/10(815 votes)

    #23 - Safety in Numbers

    S1:E3

    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.

    Director:Stephen Williams
    Writer:Carol Barbee

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  24. Touch Season 2 Episode 8 - Reunions
    7.9/10(328 votes)

    #24 - Reunions

    S2:E8

    Following an exhausting turn of events at Breakwire, Martin, Lucy, and Jake track down Calvin outside Tony Rigby’s house. After Martin collars Calvin into helping him locate Amelia, they head to Calvin’s loft where he explains Aster Corps’ motivations connected to Amelia, while Jake attaches himself to a revealing brain scanner. Jake’s scan provides more information about Amelia’s whereabouts as well as a final piece to the puzzle for Calvin to communicate with his brain-dead brother.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Touch Season 1 Episode 12 - Gyre (2)
    8.0/10(448 votes)

    #25 - Gyre (2)

    S1:E12

    In the conclusion of a two-part episode, the Aster Corporation increases its interest in Jake, which forces Martin to join forces with Abigail Kelsey. When Avram convinces Martin that Jake and Amelia are connected, Martin begins a quest to uncover the truth. Meanwhile, the situation is intensified when Lucy, a mother whose daughter shares the same gift as Jake, becomes involved in the mission and the seemingly unrelated events are tied together.

    Director:Greg Beeman
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Accused" is the worst rated episode of "Touch". It scored 7.2/10 based on 295 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/26/2013. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Road Not Taken".