Pilot (25 Jan. 2012)

For the third time in three weeks, Jake has run away from school and climbed atop a cell phone tower, breaking the tower's security alarms at precisely 3:18 in the afternoon each time. For ... See full summary »

Director:

Francis Lawrence

Writers:

Tim Kring (creator), Tim Kring

Stars:

Kiefer Sutherland, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Mazouz

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Kiefer Sutherland	...	Martin Bohm
Gugu Mbatha-Raw	...	Clea Hopkins
David Mazouz	...	Jake Bohm
Danny Glover	...	Arthur Teller
Titus Welliver	...	Randall Meade
Simon Delaney	...	Niles Borne
Karen David	...	Kayla Graham
David de Lautour	...	Simon Plimpton
Samantha Whittaker	...	Nell Plimpton
Raya Meddine	...	Mrs. Kozari
Shak Ghacha	...	Abdul Kozari
May Miyata	...	Miyoko
Wesam Keesh	...	Tarik
Joey Naber	...	Abdul's Father
Zarif Kabier	...	Terrorist in Sunglasses (as Zarif K. Sadiqi)

Storyline

For the third time in three weeks, Jake has run away from school and climbed atop a cell phone tower, breaking the tower's security alarms at precisely 3:18 in the afternoon each time. For Child and Family Services, they, who have previously diagnosed Jake as autistic, see Jake's behavior as Martin not being able to handle Jake on his own, they who send Clea Hopkins to investigate. To perform a proper assessment, she removes Jake from the home and places him in an institution for two weeks where she can monitor him. Martin not only finds that move contemptible, but also believes that Jake is trying to tell him something, especially as the numbers Jake is scribbling seem to pop up elsewhere in their lives, as Jake makes the stray cell phones that Martin has found for him ring simultaneously, and after the lottery ticket Jake temporarily steals ends up being the multimillion dollar jackpot winning numbers. In his search to find out if Jake is just mute or if he has some other condition ...

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Plot Keywords:

cell phone | tower | numbers | singer | oven | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Persian Japanese

Release Date:

25 January 2012 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tailwind Productions, Chernin Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

51 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the scene in Jake's bedroom, Martin accidentally slams his own finger into the dresser and cries out "Dammit!" Fans of 24 will recognize Martin's tone of voice as reminiscent of Jack Bauer's iconic exclamation "Dammit!"

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Goofs

The Irish car outside the pub has stick on magnetic plates, indicating this is not a real Irish plate or car.

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Quotes

Jake Bohm: [voice-over] Today we'll send over 300 billion e-mails, 19 billion text messages, yet we'll still feel alone. The average person will say 2250 words to 7,4 other individuals, will these words be used to hurt or to heal?

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Connections

Features Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger - London, New York, Johannesburg (2008)

User Reviews

An amazing experience

First thoughts that came to my mind when i read about the plot of the show i thought it's gonna be another procedural in which random numbers are given out and then there will be Martin(Kiefer Sutherland) doing pretty much the same what happens in "Person of Interest" but the first episode with its mythology and global storyline has proved me wrong.I guess this is one of the many times I've been wrong about something but believe me I was never so glad that i was proved wrong.I think with actor like Kiefer Sutherland and Danny Glover the show is bound to become one of the hits for fox.The kid is great too. The show just changed how i look at things like everything is connected. Tim Kring has got himself a winner.Well you know as they say "WELL BEGUN IS HALF DONE"