Kiefer Sutherland has performed a variety of roles ranging from the leader of a gang of teenage vampires in The Lost Boys to a federal agent fighting terrorists in 24, and he is perhaps most well known for his roles as action characters with tough personalities. However, in his new show Touch on Fox, Sutherland plays a more endearing role: that of a widower who must raise his mute child who has been diagnosed with autism. Although the first episode was aired last week, it was only a preview for the season set to begin in mid-March.

Touch is focused around the lives of Martin and Jake Bohm (Sutherland and David Mazouz), a father and son dealing with the normal stresses of life in New York City. The show begins with a day in the life of Martin, an overworked father who is still dealing with the loss of his wife due to the Sept. 11 tragedy. He has to leave work early to pick up his eleven-year-old son, who has run away from school and climbed a cell phone tower – again. Jake is far from being an ordinary child. He has not once spoken in his eleven years of life, he does not let anyone (including his own father) touch him, and he has a fascination with numbers. This fascination comes from his ability to see the world in a way that many cannot. Jake can see numerical patterns and sequences that occur in nature, as well as the connections between people; with this knowledge, he is able to predict future events. Unfortunately, because of his inability to communicate with Jake, Martin did not realize his son's true ability until after Jake arranged several collected cell phones in a pattern and set them to go off sequentially.

Alongside the Bohms, several other characters make an appearance in the premiere episode of Touch; a traveling father who has lost his phone, an Arabic boy whose family needs a new oven, a singer at an Irish pub and a NYC firefighter all become connected through Jake and Martin's help. Clea Hopkins (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) is also a crucial part of the show as the caseworker who must observe Jake. She too, sees Jake's amazing gift as she watches his groupings of objects into different series of numbers and tries to help Martin use Jake's ability.

This show is a return to television not only for Kiefer Sutherland but also for the show's creator, Tim Kring, who wrote and produced Heroes, the crime-filled drama Crossing Jordan and several others. Kring seems to combine crucial aspects of these two series to create this new series. It is filled with the extraordinary powers, although a bit more believable, that were featured in Heroes.  It also takes the drama, relationships and the interconnecting of people, places and events from the crime solving themes of "Crossing Jordan." Containing a lot of action, emotion, family dynamics, a fresh new story and talented actors, Touch is a must-watch series for the spring season and will premiere on Fox Monday, March 19.