Awake Review: "Turtles All The Way Down" (Episode 1.13)

When NBC announced that Awake would only receive one thirteen-episode season, I’ll admit to being pretty disappointed. Awake is, in my opinion, the best drama to come out the 2011-12 season on television, and one of the finest NBC dramas in years. The pilot was one of the best examples of great television this year I can think of, and besides a few missteps, Awake has been compelling throughout its short run.   read more

Awake Review: "Say Hello to My Little Friend" (Episode 1.11)

In the pilot of Awake, there’s a moment that defines Michael Britten’s view of his new reality. He wakes up and can’t find his wife or son. Britten freaks out. He screams, he cries, he even gets a knife and cuts himself in a last ditch effort to wake up from what he hopes is just another dream. Michael proves that he is willing to hurt himself to have both his wife and his son in his life still, regardless of the fact that they are in separate realities. Since then, Michael has mostly remained calm, content with the dual life that he has grown accustomed to. It’s not perfect, but at least he doesn’t have to deal with the loss. In “Say Hello to My Little Friend”, we get an entire episode that feels like Michael looking for the knife to wake him up and it’s one of Awake’s most compelling episodes to date.  read more

Watch the Premiere Episode of NBC's Awake

We’re a little less than half a month away from the premiere of NBC’s Awake, but the network has followed a recent trend by offering a sneak peak of the entire first episode via its website starting today.  read more