Detective Britten suddenly becomes a suspect in his own case when an FBI agent, Santoro, questions his methods of tracking down a serial hugger thought to be dead. Meanwhile, in the wake of her son's passing, Hannah is finding comfort in exploring the possibility of moving to Oregon and going back to school. Both Dr. Lee and Dr. Evans believe that if Britten moves out of Los Angeles that his healing will progress and that his dreams will disappear.
Season 1 Episode 5 of Awake resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
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.