If the Super Bowl preview haven’t gotten you excited enough about NBC’s Awake, I’ve got one more video to help you out. The mere fact that Harry Potter actor Jason Isaacs is starring in the lead role is more than enough for me to tune in!
The fantasy/crime/drama follows police detective Michael Britten (Isaacs) regains consciousness following a car accident involving his wife Hannah (Laura Allen) and his son Rex (Dylan Minnette). Michael moves back and forth between two realities: In one, Rex survived while Hannah is dead; in the other, Hannah survived but Rex did not.
Trying to keep both his loved ones alive, Michael starts living a “double life,” moving back and forth between the two realities, dealing with different personal conflicts and police partners. He also starts noticing strange links between the two realities.
Michael returns to police work and solves crimes in both worlds with the help of two different partners — Detective Isaiah “Bird” Freeman (Steve Harris, “The Practice”) and Detective Efrem Vega (Wilmer Valderrama, “That ’70s Show”). Also starring are Emmy Award winner Cherry Jones (“24”) and BD Wong (NBC’s “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”) as therapists in each respective world.
Awake premieres on NBC on March 1st, 2012 and will air on Thursday nights at 10/9 C.
