| Awake | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama Science Fiction |
| Created by | Kyle Killen |
| Written by | Kyle Killen |
| Starring | Jason Isaacs Dylan Minnette Laura Allen B.D. Wong Cherry Jones Michaela McManus Steve Harris Wilmer Valderrama |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Howard Gordon Kyle Killen |
| Running time | 43 mins. |
| Distributor | 20th Century Fox Television |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Original airing | March 2012 |
| External links | |
| Official Website | |
Awake (formerly titled REM[1]) is an upcoming science fiction crime drama television series that will air on NBC starring Jason Isaacs.[2] On May 16, 2011, NBC announced that the show would serve as a midseason replacement during the 2011–12 television season. The show takes on the theoretical issue of quantum immortality.[3] The series will premiere in March 2012.[4]
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Police detective Michael Britten (Jason Isaacs) regains consciousness following a car accident involving his wife Hannah (Laura Allen) and his son Rex (Dylan Minnette). Michael moves back and forth between two realities: in one, Rex survived while Hannah is dead; in the other, Hannah survived but Rex did not. Trying to keep both his loved ones alive, Michael starts living a "double life," moving back and forth between the two realities, dealing with different personal conflicts and police partners. He also starts noticing strange links between the two realities.[5]
To differentiate between the two realities, Britten wears different colored rubber bands in each reality: a red one, for the one in which his wife is alive, and a green one, for the one in which his son is alive.
| "Red" reality | "Green" reality |
|---|---|
| Michael Britten (Jason Isaacs), a police detective living in two realities | |
| Detective Isaiah "Bird" Freeman (Steve Harris), Britten's partner | Detective Efrem Vega (Wilmer Valderrama), Britten's partner |
| Dr. John Lee (B.D. Wong), Britten's therapist | Dr. Judith Evans (Cherry Jones), Britten's therapist |
| Hannah Britten (Laura Allen), Britten's wife, who survived the accident | Rex Britten (Dylan Minnette), Britten's son, who survived the accident |
| Tara (Michaela McManus) Rex's tennis coach, to whom his father is attracted | |
In June 2011, Awake was one of eight honorees in the "Most Exciting New Series" category at the Critics' Choice Television Awards, voted by journalists who had seen the pilots.[6]
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