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That's was one of the best first episodes of any new show. What an amazing actor Jason Isaacs is, anyone else see it?
Can't wait for next weeks epsiode, along with homeland and touch at last some good new shows.
Can't wait for next weeks epsiode, along with homeland and touch at last some good new shows.
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They were unfortunately, with a 1.9 (18-49).
I wouldn't call them abysmal (for NBC, obviously would be for CBS, ABC or Fox) but it's worrying. If it stays stable, great. If not, it's done.
Such a shame. It's a brilliant show!
It was pretty poor even on NBC and it likely won't last unless the audience increases. First, the other two big US networks ABC and CBS showed repeats at that time so Awake faced less competition to begin with. Its ratings was much better than the first episode of series the Firm (1.9 v 1.4) but only 0.1 better than the premiere of the US remake of Prime Suspect (both the Firm and Prime Suspect aired at the same day and time as Awake). NBC has canceled the Firm and Prime Suspect already so even it has its limits. Unfortunately, Awake's ratings will almost certainly fall as the other networks air new episodes and its middling premiere ratings don't give it much buffer to withstand a drop. We shall see.
Nobody has brought it yet, but I can't see it working on a free to air channel, it doesn't seem to fit any of their other programmes. IMO, 'Watch' or Sky1 would be an ideal place for this.
I would say more Sky 1/Atlantic or FX, but hopefully it gets picked up soon.
did you watch the preview/teaser for the next episode ? cos
As for the American Constitution thing, though she put it up as "proof that she is real" I could see a couple of "ah wait, but maybe"s, but it was interesting he didn't bring that up with his male shrink... guess that fits into the "he doesn't want to know which is not real" thing.
As for the "how could this whole series be resolved", and thinking of the american remake of that 'time travel cop show with that guy from Wanted, not wait, not from Wanted, from somewhere else, but who only stayed for 2 seasons and so the writer rebranded the show and brought in that gal from that lesbian show which wasn't FingerSmith".... anyway, iirc all thru the USremake, in each ep, something would happen/appear to help the hero build up a picture of the overall mystery of him being "sent back in time", so methinks this Awake show will have something similar and end with, well I'm not saying but methinks this storyarc is one of those "there can only be one ending".
Anway, I'm in it for the long hawl(?) based on the lead actor who he is, though I would be v.surprised if it made it to 2 seasons (not cancelled for being bad, but only needing 1 season to fully tell its story)
I found myself already being drawn to one reality, like preferring it. (Where Rex is alive and Hannah is not). It's a shame about the ratings, I hate how no one watches the good shows It will be interesting to see where it goes. I hope it doesn't end cliche, like he's in a coma or something. He might even wake up and both of them have died.
btw: didn't think of doing this during my first watch but are there any scenes without the main guy in them ? and (if we accept that one of the realities is REAL) then could these be viewed as taking place in the REAL reality.
Something he could do: after working out which reality gets the day first (RealityA) -> at the end of the day check the news for something major that happened, then when he awakens in the other reality (RealityB), tell the shrink such-n-such will happen today. Then if that MAJOR thing DOES happen (a thing of which he has no control over, like a Tsunami), then either:
(1) RealityA is real and RealityB is just his mind copying stuff from RealityA
or (2) both realities are fake
But if that MAJOR thing DOESN'T happen then.... well I'm not quite sure what that would prove... darnit.
One clever thing the makers have done is since he's all "I don't want to find out which one is real" (so he believes one IS real), since that, that means he ain't gonna be testing either reality, ain't gonna be looking for proof of which one is 'right' and thus that should keep any glaring definitive proofs off of our screens for the forseeable future. <- that made sense, right ?!
I really enjoyed this first episode. Like others have said, Jason Isaacs did a terrific job, and the writing was pretty solid, except for the heavy-handed scene where the already slightly annoying son breaks down after the tennis match, which given how easily he brushed it off might just have been a ploy to get a hug from the hot tennis coach.
I'm thinking (hoping) the fact that NBC released the pilot online two weeks ago dropped viewing figures by a bit as many people may have already seen it. I reckon next week's 2nd episode will be a much more telling figure since it'll be a completely new episode for everyone.
Touch will be on Fox at 9pm, Awake is on NBC at 10pm. They wont clash.
Yes, that is right. But instead of "Reality A" and Reality B" I keep it all straight by thinking "Red Reality" and "Green Reality."