Jason Isaacs doesnt have the best luck on television. In film hell forever be remembered (and forever get some sweet royalty cheques) for paying Malfoys evil dad in the Harry Potter franchise, but on the small screen he has hopped from critically-acclaimed commercial failures like crime drama The Brotherhood, to perennially underrated procedural Awake. That might not be the best way to describe Awake. Whilst it does have the structure of a police procedural, with crimes to solve every week, theres an added wrinkle: Isaacs detective was in a car crash, and his wife died. Except, when he goes to sleep, he wakes up and its as if his son died and his wife is still alive. The Life On Mars-esque mystery sustains the story arc that runs through the whole series, and sometimes discoveries in one reality help him solve cases in the other. Its a very effective, brilliantly acted and well written sci-fi cop drama with some visual flair owing to Hard Candy director David Slade working on it. Somehow, it only lasted one season.
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