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Awake: Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 1, 2012
  • Season #: 1
Awake Image
Metascore
75 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 97 Ratings

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  • Summary: After a car accident, police detective Michael Britten (Jason Isaacs) wakes up to discover his son has also survived the crash, but his wife has died. A few days later, he wakes up to see his wife is alive but finds his son had died in the crash instead. Living in the two realities, he sees two different therapists and works with two different partners.… Expand
  • Genre(s): Action/Adventure, Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    Feb 28, 2012
    100
    Awake grabs you, unnerves you, breaks your heart and even makes you work a little.
  2. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Feb 28, 2012
    91
    Yup, the story can be downbeat, the pace at times languid. But this is a show with a brain and a heart.
  3. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Mar 1, 2012
    58
    NBC's newest drama Awake adds a drop of fantasy to its crime procedural formula and then practically buries it in musings about the mysteries of the subconscious.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 30
  3. Negative: 1 out of 30
  1. kitrav
    10
    One of the best shoes I've ever seen on tv. I can't believe it was cancelled. Maybe someday someone with more courage will pick it back up. Awake will be missed… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. ferro1970
    10
    I loved this show. I like the uncertainty of not knowing what is or is not real. It could be everything is real or nothing is real. It has definitely intrigued me enough that I want to see plenty more.… Expand
    • 8 of 9 users said yes
  3. Groogas
    3
    I could tell just minutes into the pilot of the show that it's doomed to fail. The writers/produces deprived us of the most satisfying moments. Where was the scene when the lead character FIRST awakes to a new/alternate existence. Where was that look of terror or joy the first time he sets eyes on his wife and son, brought back to life. Instead, we are fast forwarded through the accident and his first days living out these two existences. BBC TV would have mined this for episodes worth of great drama... I get it, they want to keep us guessing which reality is the real one. But guess what, I don't care.… Expand
    • 2 of 20 users said yes

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