glad NBC put the episode up early, they've been quite good IIRC about being open to the internet and not being overly provincial.
Awake was just as great as I'd expected. It wastes no time getting down to business; the cold open to the episode is basically the trailer. And oh my god is the writing staff biting off a lot at once; they're basically twisting every knife they could think of in for the guy. The new hot tennis instructor Tara, the wife wanting to move, the psychiatrists- I loved the Blue Psychiatrist printing out the Constitution and having him read it, you can tell the creator Kyle Killen sat down and thought through some logical implications of the premise.
Dustin Hoffman Jason Isaacs has a serious Jon Hamm vibe in those sunglasses. Besides orange/blue filters, I'm trying to figure out how they're approaching each reality visually- I tried keeping an eye on the framing, but so far the biggest connection I can find is that the male psychiatrist = son died, female psychiatrist = wife died.
As it's NBC I'm going into it with no expectations about longevity, but at the very least this is a fascinating short story. Here's hoping they can spin it out for an entertaining 13 episodes.
