Dead man's hand in popular culture In Legends of the Hidden Temple, an episode from the first season was told about the legend of Wild Bill Hicock and the Dead Man's Hand. In "Noosphere Rising" (Season 1 Episode 7) of the television series "Touch", a key is given to Jake Bohm (David Mazouz) by Dr. Teller (Danny Glover) with the number 1188 engraved on it. The number is identified by Martin Bohm (Kiefer Sutherland) as the "dead man's hand", and is part of the number pattern of the fictional Amelia Sequence. In "The Lightning" (Season 1 Episode 14) of the television series "Criminal Minds", Hotch plays
Dead Man Walking (Torchwood) on the other hand, praised the episode as "full of thrills and witty writing that is underpinned by a sublime, multi-layered performance from Burn Gorman." Dead Man Walking (Torchwood) "Dead Man Walking" is the seventh episode of the second series of British science fiction television series Torchwood. It was broadcast by BBC Three and BBC HD on 20 February 2008; it made its terrestrial debut on BBC Two on 27 February. In the episode, Death uses the recently undead alien hunter Owen Harper (Burn Gorman) as a bridgehead to come through to Earth. Death seeks to take thirteen lives to