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Martin Bohm is a grieving widower who struggles to reach his 11-year-old son Jake, a silent child with an intellectual disability. Their tentative routine shifts after Martin realizes Jake isn't just isolated, he's seeing patterns that stitch people and events together across time and distance. Martin starts to follow his son's clues, which lead him into a chain of small rescues and strange coincidences, pulling him into a wider world of strangers connected by subtle signals. The series balances case-by-case incidents with a longer mystery about why Jake perceives these links and what they mean for father and son.

Created by Tim Kring and released in 2012, the show stars Kiefer Sutherland as Martin and David Mazouz as Jake, with Saxon Sharbino and Lukas Haas in supporting roles. It was presented as a blend of procedural episodes and serialized storytelling centered on an unusual father-child relationship.

Critical reaction was mixed, reflected in a 6.612/10 average from 312 votes. Reviewers often praised the emotional core and the performances, especially the chemistry between Sutherland and Mazouz, while some critics found the plotting uneven and the concept occasionally strained by melodrama. Major themes include pattern recognition, the ethics of using private insight, and the strain and rewards of single parenthood.

The show sparked conversations about how television portrays neurodiversity and how small actions can ripple outward, and it helped popularize a TV approach that links standalone episodes through an overarching supernatural premise. For viewers drawn to mysteries that suggest an underlying order to random events, the series offers a steady mix of human moments and speculative puzzles, with an emphasis on connection rather than clear answers.