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Awake

7.4/10
NBC Ended Drama Fantasy Thriller

1 Season · 13 Episodes · Premiered January 11, 1999 · Ended May 24, 2012

Awake is an intriguing drama about Detective Michael Britten who finds he's living two parallel lives. He's involved in a car accident that seems to have killed both his son and wife yet his mind creates an ingenious coping mechanism in which he now lives two separate lives - one where his wife survived and the other where his son did. Trying to regain some normalcy, Michael returns to solving crimes in both worlds with the help of two different partners, Detective Isaiah "Bird" Freeman and Detective Efrem Vega Michael is assigned a different case in each reality and quickly discovers that his dual existence is actually a powerful tool. He begins to solve impossible cases by using his two realities to gain unique perspectives and link clues that cross over from world to world. Helping Michael to navigate his two realities are his bureau-assigned therapists Dr. Evans and Dr. Lee While both therapists work to untangle his two worlds, Michael has no interest in proving either one is false. But when memories of the accident begin to haunt him, he is forced to confront the truth about what really happened the night of the crash.

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Jason Isaacs
Jason Isaacs as Detective Michael Britten
Laura Allen
Laura Allen as Hannah Britten
Steve Harris
Steve Harris as Detective Isaiah “Bird” Freeman
Wilmer Valderrama
Wilmer Valderrama as Detective Efrem Vega
Dylan Minnette
Dylan Minnette as Rex Britten
B.D. Wong
B.D. Wong as Dr. John Lee
Cherry Jones
Cherry Jones as Dr. Judith Evans
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