Awake
NBC, Thursdays 10/9 Central
Mar 01, 2012
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Jason Isaacs, Harry Potter‘s Lucius Malfoy, is Detective Michael Britten in Awake. For this mid-season drama, Britten has shed his platinum-locked Death Eater look, but not the fantasy element that went with it. In a violent car accident, Britten loses both/either his wife, Hannah (Laura Allen) and/or his son, Rex (Dylan Minnette). In a giant leap of imagination Britten lives a dual existence. In one, his son was killed and his wife survived, in the other, his wife was killed and his son survived. Apparently, all he has to do is blink and he flip-flops between these existences.
Awake is as absurd as it sounds and doesn’t provide much in the way of explanation. There are just too many holes in this far-fetched premise. Britten has two therapists—BD Wong (Law And Order: Special Victims Unit) when his wife is alive and Laura Allen when his son is alive. Both are diligent in trying to uncover the reason for his implausible double life. One positive thing that has come out of this mind scramble for Britten is that he has an unexplainable, psychic-like insight where crimes are concerned. Even this is glossed over with the throwaway reason of “a hunch” leaving his partners, Wilmer Valderrama (That ‘70s Show) in one life and Steve Harris (The Practice) in another, as stunned and confused as the viewer.
Despite the shakiness of the concept, the cast works surprisingly well—a credit to their acting chops under the circumstances. The actors’ confident portrayals go a long way in giving Awake the credibility its script lacks. The more Awake progresses, the more used to its settings you become, the more layers are revealed, and the easier it is to accept its incredulous concept. The core idea of not wanting to accept the death of loved ones is very real and that is what is keeping Awake tethered. After all, even Lucius Malfoy can’t wave his wand and bring his family back from the dead. (www.nbc.com/awake)
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