I don't mean to go off on a rave here, but ...
[oh -- and it's the last in my month of exclusive raves ... I'm so looking forward to returning to a regular ranting schedule in seven days ...]
... you should be watching Touch.
I catch it on the DVR so I'm only up to episode three, but I already now understand that I will follow a Tim Kring project wherever it ends up (my allegiance to his creative output now gets added to my previously stated affinities for anything to which Sorkin, Lorre, Garcia or Ball is attached). And I've noticed a few similar themes to his Heroes days (a global view, a decision to use subtitles and the actual language in scenes set abroad as a nod to the intelligence of his audience, a fascination with how evolution might play out with humans) ... but the biggest one (and the one that makes me well up at least once an episode -- I'm a softie, despite the tattoos and the shaved head) is how we are all connected in ways we couldn't even begin to imagine.
It explores how each action you take throughout the day may affect a "stranger", and how lives that intersect do so for meanings that just might not be apparent to you. I find it a comforting reflection on a life where people sometimes seem to be around for such a short amount of time and where folks appear and reappear and reconnect in unexpected ways. I see it as a call to action to more conscientiously move throughout our days, and to consider that every little interaction fits into a tapestry that we can't begin to understand.
And that's a message that transcends mere television entertainment ... one that all should hear.
THE OFFICIAL FOX WEBSITE:
http://www.fox.com/touch/
THE CONSPIRACY FOR GOOD:
http://www.conspiracyforgood.com/about.php
THE 2012 TV SCORECARD:
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Fall-TV-Schedule-1005618.aspx
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