If you haven't caught NBC's "Awake" yet you are missing out on one of the more refreshing shows out there.  "Awake" stars the guy who plays Lucious Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies.  His name escapes me.  Something Isaacs??  He plays a detective Britten, a man who just awoke from a serious car accident to find himself living in two realities.  In one reality, his wife died in the car accident and his son survived.  In the other reality, his wife survived and his son died.  Right away it's an interesting gripping plot.  He goes to a psychiatrist in each reality, solves crimes, interacts with his wife and son, and pretty much lives a normal life.   He wears a colored band throughout the day to remind him which reality he is in.  You have to watch it if you haven't gotten a chance.  The best is at the end of every episode introduction you hear the female psychiatrist say, " I can assure you Detective Britten this is not a dream" in which he replies, "That's what the other shrink keeps telling me".

Just brilliant!!

Oh, and the other two actors I recognize are the male psychiatrist who was one of the high up feds giving orders in "Prison Break" and Fez from "That 70's Show" plays a younger detective partner in one reality to Britten (in the other he is still on patrol).
 


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