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2012
TV-14
NBC

2012
TV-14
NBC

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 dif...

2012
TV-14
NBC

2012
TV-14
NBC

Awake

Season 1 Premiere: Feb 16, 2012

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 29 Critic Reviews

74

User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 156 User Ratings

8.3

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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 dif...

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13 Episodes • 2012

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 29 Critic Reviews

86% Positive
25 Reviews

14% Mixed
4 Reviews

0% Negative
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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 29 Critic Reviews

86% Positive
25 Reviews

14% Mixed
4 Reviews

0% Negative
0 Reviews

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Negative Reviews

San Francisco Chronicle

Feb 28, 2012

Awake grabs you, unnerves you, breaks your heart and even makes you work a little.

By David Wiegand FULL REVIEW

Feb 29, 2012

If Killen and Gordon don't exactly maintain the quality of the pilot each week - subsequent episodes don't look as rich nor pack as big an emotional whallop - they come close enough, particularly in dealing with Britten's work and family lives.

By Alan Sepinwall FULL REVIEW

Mar 1, 2012

Awake manages something impressive: it focuses unflinchingly on the subject of loss, yet manages to be not a downer or painful to watch, but moving, absorbing and even hopeful.

By James Poniewozik FULL REVIEW

Philadelphia Daily News

Feb 29, 2012

I'd be happy enough with this cast and this concept to simply wander along for a bit, ignoring the trail of bread crumbs and focusing on the lengths one man might go to hold onto those he loves.

By Ellen Gray FULL REVIEW

Philadelphia Inquirer

Mar 1, 2012

On Awake, the concept is all. Consequently, it takes a little explaining.

By David Hiltbrand FULL REVIEW

Mar 1, 2012

It's mentally exhausting, at least in tonight's opener, to figure out exactly what the heck is going on here, and in which reality we're placed at any given moment.

By Michael Starr FULL REVIEW

New York Daily News

Feb 29, 2012

Viewers who don't regularly contemplate alternative-reality issues probably should tape the show as well as watch it, because the non-expert may have to watch it twice just to figure out what's going on, or even to understand what parts we don't understand.

By David Hinckley FULL REVIEW

See All 29 Critic Reviews

User Reviews

User Score

Universal Acclaim Based on 156 User Ratings

88% Positive
138 Ratings

6% Mixed
10 Ratings

5% Negative
8 Ratings

User Reviews

User Score

Universal Acclaim Based on 156 User Ratings

88% Positive
138 Ratings

6% Mixed
10 Ratings

5% Negative
8 Ratings

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Details

Production Company:

Letter Eleven
Teakwood Lane Productions
20th Century Fox Television

Initial Release Date: Feb 16, 2012

Number of seasons: 1 Season

Rating: TV-14

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Awards

IGN Summer Movie Awards

• 2 Nominations

Critics Choice Television Awards

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Young Artist Awards

• 1 Nomination

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