Following a horrific car accident, Det. Michael Britten regains consciousness to learn that his wife, Hannah, had died and his teenaged son, Rex, had survived the accident. As he tries to piece his life back together, he awakens again in a world in which his wife is alive, but his son is dead. Because he wants to keep both Hannah and Rex alive, he begins living in two realities and turns to solving crimes in both worlds with the help of two different partners, Det. Isaiah "Bird" Freeman and Det. Efrem Vega. He is assigned therapists in both realities, Dr. Laura Evans and Dr. John Lee, who help Michael learn to deal with his new existence.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 1 Episode 1 of Awake resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Awake Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Pilot
• s01e02 - The Little Guy
• s01e03 - Guilty
• s01e04 - Kate is Enough
• s01e05 - Oregon
• s01e06 - That's Not My Penguin
• s01e07 - Ricky's Tacos
• s01e08 - Nightswimming
• s01e09 - Game Day
• s01e10 - Slack Water
• s01e11 - Say Hello to My Little Friend
• s01e12 - Two Birds
• s01e13 - Turtles All the Way Down

Awake Show Summary

Awake follows a man named Detective Michael Britten who wakes up after a car accident. he learns that his wife, who was in the car with him, died. He tries to put everything together to find what is going on. However, after a few days, he finds that his wife is not dead, but that it was his son who died. Confused, Michael goes back to work as a detective trying to put things normal again.

One moment he is talking to his wife about having another baby and then the next he is at a tennis match talking to his son's coach about how his son is dealing with the loss. All this time, he is trying to do the job he loves and thinking that he is going insane.