March 1 saw the debut of NBC’s most impressive drama pilots in recent years. Jason Issacs stars and produces Awake, as Michael Britten, a detective who suffered a tragic car accident with his wife, Hanna (Laura Allen, Terriers) and son, Rex (Dylan Minnette, Let Me In). When Michael wakes from the accident he mourns losing his son with his inflexible psychologist Dr. John Lee (B.D. Wong) and Hannah, but when he goes to sleep, Michael wakes in another reality where Hannah died and he must cope with son and another psychologist Dr. Judith Evans (Cherry Jones) who is more open-minded to his experiences. Both worlds seem so real and Michael cannot determine which one if any is real.
That’s not the only strange occurrence; clues in one reality help him solve different cases in the other. Each psychologist assures him that his or her reality is the real...
That’s not the only strange occurrence; clues in one reality help him solve different cases in the other. Each psychologist assures him that his or her reality is the real...
- 3/15/2012
- by Ernie Estrella
- BuzzFocus.com
NBC Jason Isaacs in ‘Awake.’
Life is moving on in both the world where Michael Britten’s son Rex is alive and the world where his wife Hannah is alive. Michael’s single-father routine includes cereal for dinner, but lacks fabric softener. He picks up some tips from Hannah when he’s awake with her.
The art direction really shines this week, as it’s easier to tell the difference between Hannah’s timeline, filled with red and warm colors,...
Life is moving on in both the world where Michael Britten’s son Rex is alive and the world where his wife Hannah is alive. Michael’s single-father routine includes cereal for dinner, but lacks fabric softener. He picks up some tips from Hannah when he’s awake with her.
The art direction really shines this week, as it’s easier to tell the difference between Hannah’s timeline, filled with red and warm colors,...
- 3/9/2012
- by Amanda Harris Falls
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
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