First blog- Awake

Imdb page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1839683/
My Rate: 3/5


***MINOR SPOILERS****

The show I have decided to start with is Awake. What can I say about this show? Well, it is an interesting plot; basically it is about a man named Michael who is leading two lives- two parallel lives. Without giving too much away, he got into an accident and since then has been switching between these two lives. One day he could be with his wife, Hannah; he goes to work, hangs out with friends and enjoys time with her. At the end of the night he goes to sleep and, instead of drifting into dreamland, he goes to his other life. He is with his son Rex, his wife is dead, and he leads pretty much the same existence.

What can I really say about this show? Some of the pros is definitely the interesting plot: two lives, two existences... but which one is real? After reading this I know what some of you may be thinking: won't this get confusing?? The makers of Awake has solved that with filming the two lives in different styles. While with Hannah the images always seem brighter- no matter what you are watching in Hannah's world it is always a bright sunny overlay. Rex's world is always seems a little darker- a bluish tint covers the screen. Suffice to say, when it is bright you are with Hannah and when it is a little darker you are with Rex. To me, this simplifies things a lot; no matter what he is doing all you need to do to tell which world it is lies in looking at HOW the scenes were filmed.

Now for the bad news: while it is an interesting plot the story just has not grabbed me personally yet. He goes to work, leads his lives, talk to his loved ones and visits his therapists who both insist the other world is the fantasy.... and that is it. I keep waiting for something MORE to happen- maybe Rex gets into a fatal injury or Hannah gets pregnant again? Michael does have an interesting job, he is a cop, so perhaps the eventual storyline pickup will lie in this fact.

Either way the idea behind is enough to keep me entertained for now but hopefully it will get more interesting soon.