# Day Break premiere 11/15 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 15, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-break-premiere-11-15/380573 "2006-11-15T21:06:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-break-premiere-11-15/380573/1 "2006-11-15T21:06:22Z")
This looks interesting, like a prolonged Twilight Zone. Taye Diggs plays a detective accused of murder. He tries to get out of the mess along with his girlfriend, but every morning when he wakes up, it’s the same fateful day. This is on at the same time as the season premiere of Medium, so I will have to tape one of them. ---
**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-break-premiere-11-15/380573/2 "2006-11-15T21:43:10Z")
I’ve seen the commercials, but never realized what it was about. Sounds kind of cool and I’m definitely going to watch the premiere. CNN referred to it as Groundhog Day combined with 24. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-break-premiere-11-15/380573/3 "2006-11-15T21:57:40Z")
I wonder if each episode is an incarnation of the same day, or if they’re going to conflate multiple days into single episodes, depending on what key things need to be altered. I can imagine, though, that it’s going to be pretty confusing for the “Previously on Daybreak” blurb at the front. ---
**Author:** ![iluvurmom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iluvurmom/32/7276_2.png) [@iluvurmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iluvurmom)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-break-premiere-11-15/380573/4 "2006-11-15T22:15:06Z")
I think this show is going to be great! I actually went online and saw the first few days. So each episode has several days in it that are the same day but with somewhat different things happening!..The Premiere episode is tonight so I am going to watch it in its entirety! But from what I have seen it looks great! ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-break-premiere-11-15/380573/5 "2006-11-16T03:52:46Z")
I actually have to say that so far I like it. Our hero, a black guy named Brett (the least believable thing so far) is actually acting relatively intelligently. Two things, though. 1. You’re on the run from the cops but you keep your (or your girlfriend’s) cell phone on? 2. At the motel, the cops saw the assassins…but somehow the assassins managed to get right up to the front door with the cops there? Now, I was playing on the internet while watching…but did I miss something huge? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-break-premiere-11-15/380573/6 "2006-11-16T04:32:00Z")
I wasn’t expecting much; I mainly had Day Break on because I’m used to watching Lost at that time, but I thought it turned out to be pretty good. I thought that the premise of he’s living the same day over and over would get old quickly, but I like how they’re working with it. With the big frame up he’s trying to uncover and his girlfriend and sister he’s trying to protect, it seems like there’s a lot they can do with his day. Does anyone know how long the show is supposed to last? The commercials seemed to imply that the show is only going to be on for 12 weeks, until it’s time for Lost to come back on, and the whole show will be resolved in12 weeks. It seems like a good idea, but it seems surprising to me- does anyone know if that’s the case, or if it will just be at a different time once Lost comes back? ---
**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-break-premiere-11-15/380573/7 "2006-11-16T04:55:33Z")
I missed a bit because of a tornado warning. Can anybody tell me what happened in round 2 from the time he threw his brother-in-law through the trophy case until he was being chased through the subway? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-break-premiere-11-15/380573/8 "2006-11-16T12:03:27Z")
I like it. Taye Digg’s character acted fairly intelligently once he figured out it was really happening. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-break-premiere-11-15/380573/9 "2006-11-16T13:31:32Z")
I loved this show! Yeah, I’ve always had a soft spot for time travel stories, but I’ve always demanded they be well-told, and so far, Daybreak is. I like the twist that Brett’s _body_ seems to be looping. It means that Brett can’t exactly jump in the bathtub with a toaster to get a day off, but that bullet wound is going to be a problem. That said, I love how he confused the Quarrymen by talking about Garza, and how he is learning what people’s contingency plans are. I really want to know who called about that package-- and what’s in it. And finally – what is Chad doing with the killer? for **Rucksinator** 2nd iteration: Brett throws Randall into the school trophy case, then hauls his sister out of the classroom and tells her to get her kids and get the hell out of Dodge (although he fails to tell her he knows about the physical abuse). When the security guards come along, he skedaddles and gets his parner Andrea to meet him in a park. Something she says tips him off, and Brett realizes he’s under surveillance, so he bugs out, runs through a Mexican wrestling clothing store and onto the roof of a subway car. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-break-premiere-11-15/380573/10 "2006-11-16T15:04:23Z")
[QUOTE=RikWriter] I like it. Taye Digg’s character acted fairly intelligently once he figured out it was really happening. [/QUOTE] Yeah, he actually used his brains “They got the package already - I’ll have to come get it tomorrow” instead of having some angst-ridden whiney time. Then again, maybe it’s the timeslot that made me expect some angst-ridden whiney time. So, when he woke up the last time and was covered in blood…why? Is the bullet wound still there, but the bandages and all that disappeared so he started bleeding again? Will he keep all the wounds he picks up each day? Could he spend a couple weeks in the hospital and slowly heal? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-break-premiere-11-15/380573/11 "2006-11-16T15:05:35Z")
[QUOTE=Barbarian] And finally – what is Chad doing with the killer? [/QUOTE] Well, we don’t know why the ADA was killed - presumably something I.A. and the assassin bad guys want covered up. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![iluvurmom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iluvurmom/32/7276_2.png) [@iluvurmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iluvurmom)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-break-premiere-11-15/380573/12 "2006-11-16T16:00:50Z")
I think the show will be on for 12 weeks!..And I too love this show I too loved the fact that he was feeling the pain from what had happened before I think that added to it! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-break-premiere-11-15/380573/13 "2006-11-16T16:28:25Z")
I liked it, even though I thought the guy playing Hopper did a pretty poor acting job. Or maybe he was just given cliched dialogue by the writers. It sounds like it will be a one season show with everything wrapped up at the end. Nice idea, since so many people are complaining about the way “Lost” is palying out. I also like that they didn’t do it “Groundhog Day” style where every day is exactly the same except for how the main character changes things. It really threw me off when he started that last day with a bullet wound… Chad will be the guy to hate in this show. Prediction: At some point during the season, the girlfriend will also start experiencing repeat days with Hopper. (n.b.: My track record on predictions is terrible.) ---
**Author:** ![cruel\_butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@cruel\_butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cruel_butterfly)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-break-premiere-11-15/380573/14 "2006-11-16T16:46:15Z")
[QUOTE=Merijeek] \ Could he spend a couple weeks in the hospital and slowly heal? [/QUOTE] No. He would wind up in his own bed in his own apartment at the start of each day regardless of where he was at night. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-break-premiere-11-15/380573/15 "2006-11-16T17:22:51Z")
Good to hear that the show will last a set time. I think they certainly could have multiple seasons of this, but only in the sense that the format would remain the same. The next “day” would have to be maybe a mobster in Russia or something reliving his day. All I ask is that Jayne Cobb remains every year [/_Firefly_ fanwankery] Also, I think the repeating day should just be an accepted suspension of disbelief. I don’t think you could come up with any kind of semi-plausible explanation for the _Groundhog Day_ syndrome. (Speaking of which, he probably should have just told his girlfriend, “It’s just like _Groundhog Day_!”) ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-break-premiere-11-15/380573/16 "2006-11-16T17:35:25Z")
[QUOTE=cruel butterfly] No. He would wind up in his own bed in his own apartment at the start of each day regardless of where he was at night. [/QUOTE] Yes, but each morning he could check back into the hospital as the wound slowly heals (until it is no longer serious enough to be hospitalized). It wouldn’t be a two-week stay, but two weeks of one-day stays. But I don’t think it will happen - I think he’s just going to have that hole in his chest until it heals. I predicted, after he was shot, that he would still have the bullet wound the next morning, but I failed to anticipate that the bandages, etc. would have disappeared. Cool. I think I’m hooked. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-break-premiere-11-15/380573/17 "2006-11-16T17:40:08Z")
He needs to start tatooing himself (a la _Memento_) with stuff from the future, so he can impress people when he wakes up again. Also, he should start trading options, and building up a war chest to fight his enemies. Maybe even win the lotto. Then he’ll be too famous to be arrested… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-break-premiere-11-15/380573/18 "2006-11-16T17:42:48Z")
[QUOTE=cruel butterfly] No. He would wind up in his own bed in his own apartment at the start of each day regardless of where he was at night. [/QUOTE] I meant “keep going to the hospital every morning and accumulate healing-time”. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-break-premiere-11-15/380573/19 "2006-11-16T17:50:01Z")
[QUOTE=Troy McClure SF] Also, I think the repeating day should just be an accepted suspension of disbelief. I don’t think you could come up with any kind of semi-plausible explanation for the _Groundhog Day_ syndrome. [/QUOTE] Further evidence that the character is actually using his brain. His first (wrong) deduction was that the drug was causing The Groundhog Effect. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-break-premiere-11-15/380573/20 "2006-11-16T19:08:22Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] He needs to start tatooing himself (a la _Memento_) with stuff from the future, so he can impress people when he wakes up again. Also, he should start trading options, and building up a war chest to fight his enemies. Maybe even win the lotto. Then he’ll be too famous to be arrested… 😉 [/QUOTE] I wonder if a tattoo would work - my guess is that he would still have the scar the next day, but the ink would be gone (back to the needle from whence it came). And he can’t build up a war chest; every morning he would have to start over. However, I bet he could win some pretty good bar bets by predicting the end of the Dodgers game. Besides, money is almost no object, assuming he has a credit card. He could max it out every day. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-break-premiere-11-15/380573.md?page=2)