Awake (TV series): Difference between revisions

* [[Sadistic Choice]]: Suggested by his psychiatrist in the pilot episode. His [[Take a Third Option]] was to sacrifice his own sanity to keep both alive.

* [[Schroedingers Gun|Schrödinger's Reality:]] Even though Britten's life should have been exactly the same until it split at the accident, it isn't: Events before the accident that occured outside Britten's perception range may vary depending on the plot. {{spoiler|Like Kate in "Kate is Enough" who had lived a drastically different life because of a decision her mother did or didn't take years ago. Also, whether or not Emma, Rex's girlfriend is pregnant varies - in the world where Rex lives, she miscarries. In the world where he dies, she doesn't. In both, she got pregnant just before the accident.}}

* [[Shadow Archetype]]: Gabriel Wyath III is acknowledged by Britten as what he fears becoming: a man suffering from mental illness, who's lost everything due to his refusal to recognise the death of a loved one.

{{quote| '''Britten''': He's not going to be playing the ''ukulele'' in heaven.}}

** In the red-reality end of "Slack Water", Emma has been watching a marathon of ''[[The X Files]]'' on cable while the Brittens were out.

* [[Terms of Endangerment]]: The Gemini Killer in "Oregon" refers to the FBI detective whose been following his case for years by her first name.

* [[There Are No Therapists]]: Averted. Britten has ongoing treatment with two different therapists in each reality, Dr Lee and Dr Evans, each of which are major characters in the series. The episode "That's Not My Penguin" is also set largely in a psychiatric hospital, and several therapists appear within.

* [[Two Scenes, One Dialogue]]: Happens occasionally and in some cases, it's the same person saying the same thing in both realities.

* [[Villainous BSOD]]: {{spoiler|Harper}} is working to keep things under control frantically yet effiecently. Then what {{spoiler|she's}} done catches up with {{spoiler|her}}, and she breaks down. [[Determinator|Briefly.]]

{{quote| '''{{spoiler|Captain Harper}}''': It's under control. }}

* [[Working the Same Case]]: In the preview, this happens. Due to the premise of the show however, Britten himself is working on the same case (or at least, a case involving similar culprits/victims) in each reality with each reality providing clues to reach the final confrontation in both.