Awake (2012)

Directed by

David Slade

Genre

drama television series, police procedural, fantasy television series

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 13 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 197 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A detective wakes up from a car accident to find himself living in two separate realities. In one his wife is alive and in the other his son is alive. He uses clues from each world to solve crimes in the other.

confusingintrospectivesombermysterioussuspensefulbittersweetemotionalgrief-stricken

What happens

Awake is an American police procedural fantasy drama television series that originally aired on NBC for one season from March 1 to May 24, 2012. The pilot episode had an early release on Hulu on February 16, 2012, two weeks before the series' premiere on television. Kyle Killen, the series' creator, was primarily responsible for the program's concept. Killen and David Slade served as executive producers of the pilot episode, and Killen continued producing the series along with Jeffrey Reiner and Howard Gordon. The show's central character is Michael Britten (Jason Isaacs), a detective who works for the Los Angeles Police Department. In the first episode, Michael, his wife Hannah (Laura Allen), and their son Rex (Dylan Minnette) get into a serious car accident. After the accident, he finds himself switching between two "realities" whenever he goes to bed—one in which Hannah was killed in the accident and one in which Rex died instead—and is unable to determine which reality is true. He uses details from each reality to solve cases in the other. Awake garnered critical praise, particularly for Isaacs' performance. However, its ratings were low, averaging 4.8 million viewers per episode and sitting in 125th place in viewership for the 2011–12 season. The series was canceled after one season. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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