Awake: Season 1, Episode 1

Pilot (16 Feb. 2012)

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When Detective Michael Britten regains consciousness following his family's car accident, he is told that his wife Hannah perished, but that his teen son, Rex, has survived. As he tries to ... See full summary »

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When Detective Michael Britten regains consciousness following his family's car accident, he is told that his wife Hannah perished, but that his teen son, Rex, has survived. As he tries to put the pieces of his life back together he awakens again in a world in which his wife is very much alive, but his son Rex died in the accident. In order to keep both of his loved ones alive he begins living two dueling realities. Trying to regain some normalcy Michael turns to his work solving crimes in both worlds with the help of two different partners, Detective Isaiah "Bird" Freeman and Detective Efrem Vega He begins to solve impossible cases by using his dueling realities to gain unique perspectives and link clues that cross over from world to world. Helping Michael to navigate his new existence are his bureau assigned therapists Dr. Evans and Dr. Lee. Written by NBC Publicity

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Michael Britten: The thing is, Doctor... yes, I still see my wife, *and* my son. And I've also watched both of them lowered into the ground. And when you see a loved one buried, you have one thought over and over and over again. And that's that you would do anything... *anything* to get them back. So, if you're telling me that the price of seeing them, feeling them... of having them in my life is my sanity... then it's a price I will happily pay. Now, I'll come and see you and talk to you as long as they make ...
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