EPISODE
Awake - Season 1 (2012)
After a car accident takes the life of a family member, a police detective lives two alternating parallel lives. In one existence, Britten's wife has survived the crash and his son has perished; in the other, his son continues to live but his wife was killed. Is one of his 'realities' merely a dream?
29 December 1970, Los Angeles, California, USA
21 June 1978, Baranquilla, Colombia
7 February 1969, Lamar County, Alabama, USA
15 July 1971, Forest Hills, Queens, New York, USA
14 August 1968, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
27 September 1960, New York City, New York, USA
8 September 1958, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1939, Hanoi, Vietnam
16 March 1956, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
30 November 1981, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
1 May 1972, Chicago, Illinois, USA
21 March 1974, Portland, Oregon, USA
17 November 1965, New York City, New York, USA
March 01, 2012
The good news is that the unusually ambitious Awake succeeds at several of the things it's attempting, and star Jason Isaacs grounds the drama with a charismatic yet subtle performance.
March 01, 2012
Hard to understand why NBC would keep Awake sitting on its bench for so long, because the show is better than most of the series the network had in its starting lineup for the season.
March 01, 2012
This is a show with a brain and a heart.
March 01, 2012
High-concept drama seeks to have its mysteries and solve them, too.
May 01, 2012
Even though it was unable to reach the lofty ideals set forth in the pilot, Awake was never a program that struggled to entertain.
March 01, 2012
Awake is an intelligent, thoughtful, provocative and well-acted show that by summer is likely to be just a memory.
March 01, 2012
It packs some punch. And Isaacs certainly doesn't sleepwalker through a decidedly distinctive role.
March 01, 2012
Awake offers a fascinating look at competing realities that makes it one of the 2011-12 TV season's most ambitious dramas.
March 01, 2012
When I got the screener that contained the first four episodes, I gobbled them all up in almost one sitting.
March 01, 2012
It is exploring new turf in terms of a relationship drama with a bold narrative premise, and vaguely spiritual aspirations.
