# Wow, I'm looking forword to this show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 1, 2012, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-im-looking-forword-to-this-show/611412 "2012-02-01T11:31:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-im-looking-forword-to-this-show/611412/1 "2012-02-01T11:31:12Z")
Looking up one thing lead to another, and then another, and then I found out about this show coming up in March on NBC. It’s called [Awake](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awake_%28TV_series%29). > [@Wikipedia](#): > > Police detective Michael Britten (Jason 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. This sounds like it has the potential to be a really good show. Anybody else interested in seeing it? ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-im-looking-forword-to-this-show/611412/2 "2012-02-01T12:19:36Z")
Doesn’t sound like a bad premise, but a limited one. I don’t see how that could go on for more than one maaaybe two seasons, and US networks love to flog series to death. Also sounds very similar to Life On Mars and Abre Los Ojos. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-im-looking-forword-to-this-show/611412/3 "2012-02-01T12:21:57Z")
Yeah, that’s my only worry. How long can this go before it gets played out. And I was kind of thinking of _Life On Mars_ too, but I’ve never heard of _Abre Los Ojos_. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-im-looking-forword-to-this-show/611412/4 "2012-02-01T12:28:21Z")
Also sounds a little like the premise of [Goodnight Sweetheart](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodnight_Sweetheart) where a character switched back and forth between the '90s and WWII. Which despite very low production values, was actually a pretty good show. ---
**Author:** ![MsJinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/278dde/32.png) [@MsJinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsJinx)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-im-looking-forword-to-this-show/611412/5 "2012-02-03T03:07:44Z")
It reminds me a little of Sliding Doors, a film with Gwyneth Paltrow, that shows parallel lives that diverge from a moment where she either catches or misses her train home, and end where they converge again in a life-or-death situation with different outcomes. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-im-looking-forword-to-this-show/611412/6 "2012-02-03T03:24:24Z")
Saw the write-up for this in the preview edition of _Entertainment Weekly_ months ago, and was wondering when it was going to debut. It’s definitely an interesting premise in the alternate histories genre. Oh, and _[Abre Los Ojos](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125659/)_ (_Open Your Eyes_) is Alejandro Amenábar’s original film that Cameron Crowe remade as _[Vanilla Sky](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259711/)_ (another alternate timeline story). ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-im-looking-forword-to-this-show/611412/7 "2012-02-03T04:26:38Z")
I’ve been waiting for this show for 8 months. Here’s the [trailer.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfPVoiQKFvk) ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-im-looking-forword-to-this-show/611412/8 "2012-02-03T05:56:39Z")
> [@Just\_Ed](#): > > Oh, and _[Abre Los Ojos](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125659/)_ (_Open Your Eyes_) is Alejandro Amenábar’s original film that Cameron Crowe remade as _[Vanilla Sky](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259711/)_ (another alternate timeline story). Ah, OK. I only saw the last 15 minutes of _Vanilla Sky_. > [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > I’ve been waiting for this show for 8 months. > Here’s the [trailer.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfPVoiQKFvk) Not bad. The trailer seems to be playing up the emotional part and downplaying the mental or sci-fi aspect of the show, but I’m still interested.