In comparison to Touch, Awake is a masterpiece, however much that's saying. Production, acting, actors, all are superior. Conceptually the interludes with the psychiatrists are interesting.... they just have to insert that outside, 'the truth is out there' component soon, or most of America will snooze.
NBC's Awake premieres March 1
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Due to cancellation, the show ended last night and it looked as if they tacked on something to give the show closure.
Spoilers ahead...
During the episode, it looked like it was his wife who died, with that reality being the fake one. In the end though, I got to thinking that neither his wife or son died and that maybe he just split his day-to-day reality in his mind in order to deal with the crash and solve the underlying crime taking place. What do you make of the ending? I hope the show runners reveal something.
And what was up with the penguins?
Spoilers ahead...
During the episode, it looked like it was his wife who died, with that reality being the fake one. In the end though, I got to thinking that neither his wife or son died and that maybe he just split his day-to-day reality in his mind in order to deal with the crash and solve the underlying crime taking place. What do you make of the ending? I hope the show runners reveal something.
And what was up with the penguins?
Yeah, it ends tonight---here, anyway.
It aired in Canada last night.
^ Yeah, I forgot about that when I made my post.
I watched the pilot--didn't care for it so dropped it but I saw this thread about tonite being the finale so there isn't anything else on so I watched out of cuiriosity if it could provide a satisfying explanation when so many shows like in it in the last ten years fail miserably including LOST.
Yep I was right it sucked. The whole series was a dream-within a dream within a dream or you could say nightmare up until he wakes up and finds both his wife and son alive. I can't tell you how I hate "it all happened in my head" stories--doing a standalone is one thing but an entire series--Ugh. This ending is as bad as Life on Mars.
Well if it wasn't already cancelled I would say it needed to be--again Awake can go into the hand-waving mystery that adds up to a Big Fat Goose Egg when the dust settles category of tv shows.
Yep I was right it sucked. The whole series was a dream-within a dream within a dream or you could say nightmare up until he wakes up and finds both his wife and son alive. I can't tell you how I hate "it all happened in my head" stories--doing a standalone is one thing but an entire series--Ugh. This ending is as bad as Life on Mars.
Well if it wasn't already cancelled I would say it needed to be--again Awake can go into the hand-waving mystery that adds up to a Big Fat Goose Egg when the dust settles category of tv shows.
^You're presumptions are wrong. This was a season finale and only incidentally a series finale. We don't know what the truth might have been revealed to be if the second season had been allowed to followup on the last scene.
And for fuck's sake, Lost is over. It's gone. It is no more. find something new to complain about.
And for fuck's sake, Lost is over. It's gone. It is no more. find something new to complain about.
Oh HOLY CRAP. You watched one episode and then the finale and then complain? And every one of your assumptions is completely wrong. Stop bitching about LOST already. No one cares.
I really liked it---it was very "Prisoner" like in that we don't ever really know what happened at the end. Did he sacrifice the red universe to get justice in the blue universe? Did the dream at the end replace the red universe? If not, then why would he need the other realities at all, since they only existed to help him cope with the aftermath of the accident? Is he the one who died and he's trying to recreate his life?
And the penguins all relate back to the toy his son had, the stuffed penguin he was afraid of as a baby. So penguins keep showing up, but the reason why isn't terribly clear. A sign of danger?
It was different and completely fucked up. I LOVE that.
Don't you see him in other threads? He finds lots of shows to bitch and moan about, most of them he bitches and moans about WHILE watching every single episode for seasons on end!
Just caught the 'finale'... they did what they could on the tack-on. Shame though. Conceptually potentially fascinating with the right writers. 
I doubt I missed very much--this show seemed to be set up as a procedural for most weeks--there probably wasn't a lot revealed that was relevant that I missed. Besides I watched all of Heroes and BSG and LOST and Life on Mars they *ultimately* sucked when it came to piecing together a coherent logical and satisfying Mystery Arc--so watching the whole damn thing doesn't necessarily improve a show.
To me this show just smacked of being the type of series that tries to pass itself off as being some deep meditative philosophical cornucopia but sadly is just another pretentious bore where the writers have zero clue what they are doing and use the convenient cop-out that "we left it open-ended to foster debate and let the audience make of it what they will".
And usually if I don't like a show I drop off pretty quickly(Grimm, OUAT, Terra Nova, Game of Thrones, True Blood, Camelot, Touch, Missing, The B**** in Apt 23, Nikita etc to name a few) however a lot of new shows in recent years take more than a few episodes to figure really what the show is about and where it is going and whether I might like it or not--so I don't immediately bail on those.LOST for example was a series that really should be judged as a whole and that couldn't be done until the very end because the story was incomplete.
And then other times it is a show I enjoyed (Supernatural or Fringe or Veronica Mars or Prison Break or BSG or LOST or TNG or Roseanne) but went down hill and so yes--gasp--I continue to watch it til the bitter end because of the earlier investment in the characters and the glory days.
To me this show just smacked of being the type of series that tries to pass itself off as being some deep meditative philosophical cornucopia but sadly is just another pretentious bore where the writers have zero clue what they are doing and use the convenient cop-out that "we left it open-ended to foster debate and let the audience make of it what they will".
Funny all I ever see you contribute are horn dog pictures of female actresses and complaining about my posts but never offering anything substantive about the relevant topic yourself.
And usually if I don't like a show I drop off pretty quickly(Grimm, OUAT, Terra Nova, Game of Thrones, True Blood, Camelot, Touch, Missing, The B**** in Apt 23, Nikita etc to name a few) however a lot of new shows in recent years take more than a few episodes to figure really what the show is about and where it is going and whether I might like it or not--so I don't immediately bail on those.LOST for example was a series that really should be judged as a whole and that couldn't be done until the very end because the story was incomplete.
And then other times it is a show I enjoyed (Supernatural or Fringe or Veronica Mars or Prison Break or BSG or LOST or TNG or Roseanne) but went down hill and so yes--gasp--I continue to watch it til the bitter end because of the earlier investment in the characters and the glory days.
Seriously, Stewey Jr.? You consider your endless bitching and moaning to be a contribution? That would explain some of it.
The showrunner said the ending was exactly how it was going to be, even if it had been renewed.
Just caught the 'finale'... they did what they could on the tack-on. Shame though. Conceptually potentially fascinating with the right writers.
The showrunner said the ending was exactly how it was going to be, even if it had been renewed.
I knew how it was going to end.
I was just a little vague on how they were going to get there.
His family being alive in some right had to happen.
The psychiatrists bitching at each other was hilarious.
"If I am a figment of his imagination, that only proves that even a figment of his imagination is a better psychiatrist than you are."
But there's a reason that no one commented on this show in this thread for episodes 2 through 12.
It wasn't very good.
However...
I did quite enjoy the episodes where Britton found out about his grandchild.
I was just a little vague on how they were going to get there.
His family being alive in some right had to happen.
The psychiatrists bitching at each other was hilarious.
"If I am a figment of his imagination, that only proves that even a figment of his imagination is a better psychiatrist than you are."
But there's a reason that no one commented on this show in this thread for episodes 2 through 12.
It wasn't very good.
However...
I did quite enjoy the episodes where Britton found out about his grandchild.
And before NBC signed off on the script for this finale they had to tell the network what the first episode of a potential season 2 would be. Hopefully the show's creator Kyle Killen will explain what season 2 was going to be.Seriously, Stewey Jr.? You consider your endless bitching and moaning to be a contribution? That would explain some of it.
Just caught the 'finale'... they did what they could on the tack-on. Shame though. Conceptually potentially fascinating with the right writers.
The showrunner said the ending was exactly how it was going to be, even if it had been renewed.
I quite enjoyed the first episode, but by the time it aired over here, the series had already been cancelled, so I'm not bothering with the rest.
"It was all a dream" sucks as an ending - I remember our English class in fucking primary school (like, at age 6 or something) being warned never to do that ending to a composition, because it's such a rubbish ending. So I'm glad I'm not bothering with the rest of the series.
"It was all a dream" sucks as an ending - I remember our English class in fucking primary school (like, at age 6 or something) being warned never to do that ending to a composition, because it's such a rubbish ending. So I'm glad I'm not bothering with the rest of the series.
Seriously, Stewey Jr.? You consider your endless bitching and moaning to be a contribution? That would explain some of it.
Just caught the 'finale'... they did what they could on the tack-on. Shame though. Conceptually potentially fascinating with the right writers.
The showrunner said the ending was exactly how it was going to be, even if it had been renewed.
I stand corrected, as so often the case... still too bad it won't be coming back.
