Just caught the premiere. Jason Isaacs is in the lead role, and plays a detective who has created two realities after a fatal crash involving his wife and son. In one reality his son died and wife survived, in the other his wife was killed. And he doesn't know which reality is real and which is a dream. Easily one of the best dramas I've seen on network tv in awhile. Has great emotional depth. Gonna have to keep watching to see where it goes.
Because of these 3 comments, I've added it to my DVR list. I'll catch the pilot tomorrow or over the weekend.
I saw the commercials for it and I thought it was a really cool premise for a show, but the premiere held my attention for maybe 10 minutes. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for a drama.
Couldn't he just pinch himself in either state? If he feels it, he's awake. If he doesn't, he's dreaming. Done.
I caught a part of it when WV was speaking and after that I couldn't get The 70s Show out of my head...might try again later.
I like the main actor in this series. He also played Malfoy senior in the Potter movies - and you don't immediately recognize that - and was a lead detective in a great mini-series based out of the UK. I wasn't really excited about this plotline, but will now watch.
No biggie. The pilot is being shown again today on about 4 different (minor) networks and it's on Hulu.com.
Always thought Isaacs (in his slightly younger years) would have made a great, Ian Fleming-esque James Bond. Will definitely check out this series.
You can feel pain in the matrix. I think that's one of the great aspects of this show. He's created such elaborate dream states there is no possible way for him to discern which is real and which isn't...and he doesn't even want to. He speaks to a therapist in each reality that tries to convince him that reality is real.
The first episode was very interesting and the show definitely has potential. But it's all in the execution going forward.
I enjoyed the first episode, but my tv experience tells me the ending will be something along the lines of 'Issacs died in the crash and both realities are fake' a la Lost. None the less, I will keep tuning in.
I doubt one reality is a dream and the other is not. I think he's lying in a hospital bed in some sort of coma or he actually died in the accident and is stuck in some sort of limbo.
I was thinking that too. If anything I like that there's multiple scenarios here, but I actually wouldn't mind if he actually is just dreaming in one world and has to gradually let one of them go. I think that would carry far more emotional weight.
Just watched the latest episode from yesterday (the framed prisoner) and I continue to be impressed with just how good this show is. I thought I was done watching Network TV procedurals, but the writing on this one is damn good. Thoroughly enjoying it.
I liked this past week's a little better than the previous. Hasn't quite topped the pilot for me yet though, because I think the first episode focused more on the psychology aspect of the show than subsequent episodes.
