Guilty (Awake)
"Guilty" is the third episode of the American police procedural drama television series Awake.
The episode first aired on March 15, 2012 in the United States on NBC, and was simultaneously broadcast on Global in Canada.
"Guilty" was well received by television critics, who praised its storylines, noting the script to be interesting.
The show centers on Michael Britten (Jason Isaacs), a police detective living in two separate realities after a car accident.
In this episode, John Cooper (Clifton Powell), a convict that Michael arrested 10 years ago, escapes from jail.
Michael later finds out in the "red reality", that Jim Mayhew (William Russ) had framed him for murder.
Meanwhile, Hannah's (Laura Allen) friends organize a service for Rex's death in the "red reality".
The episode opens in the "green reality" (where Rex is alive and Hannah isn't), with John Cooper (Clifton Powell), a convict that Michael arrested 10 years ago, who is transferred to a medical clinic for dialysis because he is missing a kidney, by Nancy (Lolly Ward).
Michael speaks to Nancy, who admits that she helped Cooper escape but didn’t know he would abduct anyone.
Cooper then apologizes to Rex, stating that "no son should pay for the sins of the fathers", and walks out of the shack.
Later in the "green reality", Michael and the team head to the shed to get Rex, and take him to the hospital.
[2] The episode featured guest performances from many actors including: Logan Miller, who was cast as Cole, Rex's best friend.
Clifton Powell as John Cooper, a man who was falsely accused of a crime ten years earlier.
[8] It was simultaneously broadcast on Global in Canada, and was subsequently aired on Sky Atlantic in the United Kingdom on May 18, 2012.
[9] The episode obtained 277,000 million viewers in the United Kingdom on its original airing, making it the third most-watched program for that week on the channel behind Game of Thrones and Blue Bloods.
[6] Fowler thought that it "might have been a bit too much to accept that poor Rex had to suffer through yet another near-death ordeal", and that "the episode itself was able to provide genuine thrills mixed with some incredible moments of tenderness".
[6] Fowler noted that Michael fully took "advantage of his unique, tragic, situation by having him purposefully use one world as a source of information to help him solve a case".
[2] He noted that "the idea of the loved one getting kidnapped feels like a very big card to play this early", and that "it does fit in with the theme of the show".
