Episode Reviewed: Touch: Kite Strings

Alright, I know it's been awhile since my last post, but I'm still here. You can't keep a good blogger down. So, this week on Touch, Martin and Jake are lead by a runaway kite to an old friend of Martin's wife, Sarah. Martin didn't know anything about this guy, though, and early on it's implied that Martin's marriage might not have been very solid. We also have some plot elements carried over from the pilot episode, most notably with the guilt-ridden, lottery-winning ex-firefighter who let Sarah die as he gets a sign after meeting a broken-down preacher. Plus, the Iraqi comic in training Abdul pays us another visit as we see him getting ready for an audition in front of some American soldiers, one of whom, a friend of his, is late as her convoy gets ambushed. This was an improvement over the last two episodes, as the A and B plots get more emotional and more engaging, and I doubt we've seen the last of the ex-firefighter. Sadly, we did not have an appearance by the magic phone. The ending, as usual, sweetens the episode quite a bit. I suppose it is possible the show is starting to lean a bit more towards melodrama, given the fact that the best two episodes have a been a mite melodramatic, and I'm actually fine with that just as long as it's done well, and the endings still give that nice feeling they have so far. Final Rating: 89%