Is Awake too confusing to be a hit? (The Week)

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The Week - NBC's new drama is earning some of the year's strongest reviews. But not all viewers will have the patience to deal with its complex, multiple-realities plotCritics are praising Awake, NBC's maniacally-promoted new drama for its ambitious premise and makes-you-think plot. But does the show, which premieres Thursday, make you think too strenuously? Awake centers on an LA cop named Michael (played by Jason Isaacs), who survives a car accident in which either his wife or his teenage son has died. When he recovers consciousness after the accident, he appears to live in two different realities. One day, he wakes up to find his wife alive and his son dead. But the next morning, the situation is reversed. The two realities alternate from day to day, and neither Michael nor the audience can tell which is real and which is a dream. (Watch a preview below.) Are strong reviews enough to hook audiences, or will Awake crumble under the weight of its own complexity?

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