The Official "Touching Evil" (US) Discussion Thread - Blu-ray Forum

Groo The Perverted · 07-03-2010, 09:51 AM

Anyone seen this show? Unfortunately it only got one season (shut up Wyldeman), but it was fantastic. It aired on USA and was the complete antithesis of the current USA shows. While the newer shows such as Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Psych, etc are breezy and bright colored shows, this was a dark and at times creepy show.

Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice) stars as Detective David Creegan (of a Serial Crimes division in San Francisco) who is shot while investigating a house, and is dead for ten minutes and comes back to life.

When he comes back the aspect of his brain that deals with shame and impulse control is compromised and he acts out and basically is acting without a filter, thus doing things that most rational thinking people (much less police) would not do.

Started watching this again, and an interesting sidenote, in the pilot episode there are three actors who were in Lost.

Kevin Durand (aka Keamy) is an agent who's kinda ...off, and he does the tech type stuff.

Zeljko Ivanek (aka Edmund Burke, Juliet's a-hole ex husband) is a suspect in a child kidnapping in the pilot.

Brett Cullen (aka Goodwin) is an agent as well.

Also Bradley Cooper is one of the agents starting in (I believe) Episode 3 or 4.

Great cast including Vera Farmiga, Zach Grenier and Pruitt Taylor Vince.

chele519 · 07-03-2010, 11:29 AM

I loved this show too! I saved all the episodes to a dvd when I found out there was no dvd to buy. I think Jeffrey Donovan was great in it. A lot of funny scenes but yes creepy and dark most of the time.

GigiAm · 12-29-2019, 01:23 PM

Would love to get a copy of the Touching Evil USA series. How can I do that? Does anyone have a copy to share?

aggie113 · 01-01-2020, 03:39 AM

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Originally Posted by GigiAm

Would love to get a copy of the Touching Evil USA series. How can I do that? Does anyone have a copy to share?

Was just thinking of this myself. Looks like best you can do is some 720p rips floating around.

Shingster · 01-01-2020, 04:42 AM

It's a remake of a successful UK show that ran for three seasons (although UK seasons so not many episodes), so if you've seen all the US show has to offer you might want to seek out the original UK show. I've not seen either so can't say how close they are.

GigiAm · 01-04-2020, 07:23 PM

Haven’t watched the UK version. I heard that Jeffrey Donovan’s version of Creegan is so much better because you see how the gunshot affects his behavior much more. Plus, I like Jeffrey Donovan as an actor.

07-03-2010, 09:51 AM	#1
Groo The Perverted Blu-ray Champion Member since:Aug 2008 Blu-ray collection:109 DVD collection:8 Trading Score:272	The Official "Touching Evil" (US) Discussion Thread Anyone seen this show? Unfortunately it only got one season (shut up Wyldeman), but it was fantastic. It aired on USA and was the complete antithesis of the current USA shows. While the newer shows such as Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Psych, etc are breezy and bright colored shows, this was a dark and at times creepy show. Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice) stars as Detective David Creegan (of a Serial Crimes division in San Francisco) who is shot while investigating a house, and is dead for ten minutes and comes back to life. When he comes back the aspect of his brain that deals with shame and impulse control is compromised and he acts out and basically is acting without a filter, thus doing things that most rational thinking people (much less police) would not do. Started watching this again, and an interesting sidenote, in the pilot episode there are three actors who were in Lost. Kevin Durand (aka Keamy) is an agent who's kinda ...off, and he does the tech type stuff. Zeljko Ivanek (aka Edmund Burke, Juliet's a-hole ex husband) is a suspect in a child kidnapping in the pilot. Brett Cullen (aka Goodwin) is an agent as well. Also Bradley Cooper is one of the agents starting in (I believe) Episode 3 or 4. Great cast including Vera Farmiga, Zach Grenier and Pruitt Taylor Vince.

12-29-2019, 01:23 PM	#3
GigiAm New Member Member since:Dec 2019	Touching Evil USA episodes Would love to get a copy of the Touching Evil USA series. How can I do that? Does anyone have a copy to share?

07-03-2010, 11:29 AM	#2
chele519 Senior Member Member since:Apr 2010 Blu-ray collection:156 Trading Score:1	I loved this show too! I saved all the episodes to a dvd when I found out there was no dvd to buy. I think Jeffrey Donovan was great in it. A lot of funny scenes but yes creepy and dark most of the time.

01-01-2020, 04:42 AM	#5
Shingster Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Aug 2009	It's a remake of a successful UK show that ran for three seasons (although UK seasons so not many episodes), so if you've seen all the US show has to offer you might want to seek out the original UK show. I've not seen either so can't say how close they are.

01-04-2020, 07:23 PM	#6
GigiAm New Member Member since:Dec 2019	Haven’t watched the UK version. I heard that Jeffrey Donovan’s version of Creegan is so much better because you see how the gunshot affects his behavior much more. Plus, I like Jeffrey Donovan as an actor.

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