99 Words About … NBC’s dreamy new ‘Awake’
March 1, 2012 - 2:02 am
Help Kyle Killen out, would ya?
He created "Lone Star," last season's best network pilot.
It lasted two episodes.
Now he's back with "Awake" (10 p.m. today, KSNV-TV, Channel 3), this season's best network pilot.
Following a car crash, an LAPD detective (Jason Isaacs) ricochets between two different-yet-connected realities -- his wife dead in one, his son in the other -- with no idea which is a dream.
It's engrossing, boldly original and cable good.
Although you shouldn't feel intimidated. It's still primarily a cop show.
One that deserves a long life.
But let's start with getting it that third episode.
-- CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE