Aired: 2012-2013 (FOX)
DAD: Martin Bohm (Kiefer Sutherland) / Widower
DAD’S JOB: former news reporter
KIDS: Jake (David Mazouz) (11)
WHERE’S MOM?: Died in the WTC on 9/11
STAND-IN “MOM”: Clea Hopkins (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), social worker
Stories with plots centered around mysterious number sequences seem to keep popping up on TV Single Dad series. Numb3rs and LOST are two that come to mind. Here’s a third series.
Martin Bohm (Kiefer Sutherland) is a widower with a mute, autistic son, Jake. Mr. Bohm lost his wife during the attack on the World Trade Center, and since then has struggled with maintaining a home for his son. Jake is obsessed with a string of numbers, and writes them everywhere. The numbers intrigue a college professor (played by Danny Glover) who says that the numbers have special meaning about the ultimate nature of the Universe. Quirky, scary things happen, Danny Glover’s character gets killed off, and Kiefer has to simultaneously track down and avoid all the myriad folks who have developed a sudden interest in his son’s supernatural insights. Creepy, kooky, mysterious, and spooky. Not altogether ooky, though.