For the people from the US who haven't watched the pilot yet and might be interested, I believe it's gonna be aired again tonight. So don't forget to watch it! (Or you can watch Community instead. The show needs all the support it can get right now.)
The show is more of a 6 degrees of separating type thing. That is the main plot. Helping to connect these people
I don't know. I saw a comment saying he's once been touched and kind of got that ability but that moment is why he's afraid of getting touched.
I'll still watch it, though, because it's not like it's bad.
I liked episode 2 better because the characters were more intertwined. What was the point of the girl that got stood up at the dance competition in this weeks episode? And the African subplot had nothing to do with the main plot.